Luke Boyadjian

Hey All,

This is a hand that I played last night in the $82r Saty to APPT Melbourne event. Interested to know your thoughts as in game I assumed this is was a snap call, however after reflecting on it, it may not have been that straight forward.

Anyway..

We are playing 6 handed

Blinds 40/80

Hero - $4163
Good Reg - $3348
Fun player - $1308 - been limping all over the show with a wide range

UTG (fun player) limps for 80, fold fold fold, SB Hero (AA) raises to 240 , BB GR calls 240, UTG calls

Pot = 720

Flop - 5d 2d 9c

Hero bets 448, Call, Call

At this point im really not bothered about the UTG player, however I think the BB can have a range of 77/88/99/1010/JJ/QQ/AKdd/AQdd with sometimes KK but most likely 4 bets pre. I think he folds most under pairs pre and KQ's KJs etc

He might raise this flop somethings with QQ/JJ/KK but I think calling his full range is decent.

Pot = 2068

Turn - 5s

Hero checks (I check here to induce worse hands to think they are good and to essentially turn my hand into more combos of AK/AQ which has completely wiffed the flop and giving up).

BB bets 650, UTG calls all in 620, Hero calls.

The reason why i dont shove here is that I think my hand is weighted to value hands when i c/j this turn. Its very unlikely I am doing this with 88/77/AK/AQ/9x so i think i fold out alot of his smaller pairs. I also dont think he is on a FD anymore as im not sure b/c with KQdd or AKdd here is that great for him, probably bad. So I think his new range is 88/99/1010/JJ/QQ.

Should i be C/J this turn?

Pot - $3924

River 10c

Hero checks, BB goes all in for $2094

Now thinking about his shoving range, I think we can discount bluffs as i don't think he has enough missed diamond draws if any after playing the hand this way. He would check back 77/88 and go all in with 99/1010/KK. I think we can argue a case that he actually checks back his JJ/QQ some of the time as I am not calling off with any worse hands most of the time (as i either have boats with smaller PPs or missed draws which cant call).

So given that he jams 99/1010/KK and sometimes JJ/QQ can we argue a case to fold AA a reasonable amount of the time. Given I dont have the A it makes a call better imo.

Would be interested to know your thoughts.

Cheers in advance.

Hey guys, im pretty sure I
played this badly. Knew to PLO so all feedback is encouraged!.

Playing 1/2
PLO (9 players)

UTG Raises to $5, fold, Call (loose passive but has shown
to b/f defs a fish), fold, fold, Call (loose agg reg), Call (tight agg reg), Sb
(just a meh player) completes and I complete in the BB ($175) with A 6 4 5

Pot =
$30

Flop = A 3 5

Me to
act..

Thoughts on donking over check/calling over check/raising?

I
decided to donk pot. My range looks pretty nutted, plus if someone has 24 i
expect them to raise here to protect the hand. Sets and FDs obvs call one but on
many turns i can donk pot again and fold them out. Plus i had decent equity here
especially if i fold out FDs on flop.

I bet $30, fold fold, Call (loose,
passive), Call (loose agg), Call (tight agg).

Pot is $150

turn is
10

I go
all in for $130

Thoughts?

Hey RIO Pros,

Can we please have a pro make a video/video series around the 180 mans on stars. Im pretty sure there is plenty of us grinding these from 2.50's to 15's but not only that, often grinders will add some in for table space. I think this will benefit a vast amount of people on the site.

Keep up the good work! 

Who hates this, Who loves this, who thinks it's meh. 

Playing 1/2 and playing 4 handed

Hero 8s6s2d3d (UTG - $265) straddles for $4, button calls ($300ish), sb calls ($300ish) and bb call (160ish). 

Pot = $16 Flop 2s5s10c sb checks, bb checks, hero checks, button bets $16, sb calls, bb folds, Hero calls.

(I call here thinking there is alot of good bluff cards on turn)

Pot = $58 Turn 6d sb checks, hero checks, button bets $45, sb calls, hero jams all in..

Thoughts? 

My reads is that i know that the button can be barrelling nut flush/sets/ 2 pairs/ wraps/ nuts. He is aggro and will double/triple barrel. BB is a reg also, i put him on spade draw thinking he would have c/r or lead with any thing better. Therefore i think i can fold out a massive range of hands and if called have good equity against sets or combos of 43. Worst situation is someone to call me with 43Axss. 

Result,

button instant folds, SB tanks and calls. KsJsKc7c so basically on spade draw. 

River As. 

But thoughts on this play please? I really liked it and still do. 

Playing 5/5 at a local live game.

UTG limps, UTG+1 limps, LAG reg pots to $30 (playing $90 behind), fold fold, Hero (button) AQ99ds calls $30 (covers everyone), fold, BB pots $145 (playing $210 behind), LAG reg goes all in, hero??

This is a pretty easy call right? Just wanted a line check.