EdChap87
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Less than $500, and it certainly draws in some fish (myself included, most likely), but I also think there are some competent players in there. (It's the biggest tournament of the week in terms of buy-in / runners, aside from the big monthly competitions.)
Nov. 13, 2015 | 8:56 p.m.
Thanks for your reply - very interesting and much appreciated.
I agree that checking back was the better option and that I'm protected on most turns (blocking the straight, etc.). In this situation, are you calling any turn card or, readless, would you fold if more over-cards (A, K, Q) and potentially any card that pairs the board came?
I'm also interested in why you think sets such a great hand to x/r flop on a dry board like this. Does Villain not get more value c/c'ing in the hope that I volunteer more money on the turn and river? Or are we aiming to get money from opponents with over-cards and backdoor draws before the turn bricks and slashes their odds of improving? A c/r just seems like it would fold out a lot of worse hands (e.g. mid-pair type hands like 99) that might put money in on the turn or river.
Nov. 13, 2015 | 7:49 p.m.
Second level of a live MTT, blinds at 50/100 with starting stacks of 10,000. Effective stack c.9,500.
Action is folded around to Hero in late position with 99. Hero opens for 300 and gets one caller in the small blind (too early for any concrete reads, although he had been fairly active already).
Flop: J83 rainbow. Villain checks, Hero bets 425. Villain raises to c.1,500. At this stage, I didn't have him on an overpair given he hadn't 3-bet, nor a set, since on such a dry board the general population tendency is to check-call the flop (and possibly turn) and let the pre-flop aggressor continue to volunteer money. It's possible that he's got a J10-type hand and is betting for protection, but I called as the check-raise felt a bit bluffy and 99 is too solid a hand to give up at this stage.
Turn: 6. He leads out for c. 3,000. I tank for a bit, but ultimately fold, choosing to wait for a better spot. The lead out felt weak, but how much heat can 99 really take?
What do you make of my line / reasoning? Would it have been an idea to shove over the top on the turn, putting him to a difficult decision or is it better to walk away with over 7,000 chips left?
Nov. 11, 2015 | 1:14 p.m.
In terms of sizing a bigger raise, are we thinking 2x pot? (They'd need to be good 40%+ of the time to call profitably, but are only c.36% to improve.)
After my 6k raise, the UTG call and the re-shove, the pot was 35k, and I was calling 16k more. I was left with 12-13k., which I agree isn't terminal at that blind level at all.
Thanks for the help.
Sept. 13, 2015 | 8:10 a.m.
Ha, point taken. Likely being too results orientated. I pretty much snap called and he showed J10dd and hit the flush on the turn.
I guess I was wondering whether my re-raise was sized correctly and/or whether if I'd flatted and the flush had come I would have given myself the opportunity to get away from the hand?
Sept. 12, 2015 | 7:40 p.m.
Early stages of a two-day live tournament, 6-handed table. Blinds at 100/200, no antes. Starting stacks 30k. Table reads: utter disregard for blind levels - huge over-bets OTF/OTT (in excess of 100% of pot), which were frequently being called down or re-raised resulting in end-size pots of c.10k.
UTG with 15k stack. Reads: had called down a big river bet with AAo on a 4-flush board and then complained about his bad luck. Tagged as weak / titled.
Villain in MP with c.22k stack. Reads: took a long time to take any action, weird bet-sizings (1/8 of pot having been aggressive pre-flop), had called down two or three streets of betting with weak holdings on more than one occasion already. Impression was that he was weak / a station.
Hero in BB with 35k stack.
Hero dealt J10ss.
4 limpers, including Villain. Hero checks thinking: (i) J10 flops well multi-way; and (ii) don't want to get re-raised off our equity.
Flop: AKQdd
Action: UTG bets 2k (into 1k pot), fold, fold, Villain calls 2k. Hero bets 6k into 5k pot thinking: (i) I have the nuts and want to charge FDs; and (ii) likely to be called by worse one-/two-pair hands given table dynamics.
UTG flat (and has c.9k behind). Villain re-shoves all-in for his remaining c.20k.
Hero?
@dablancninja - I like your logic re: balancing our x/r range with value hands (and agree that JJ+ mostly 3-bets leaving us with very few other options).
Nov. 13, 2015 | 9 p.m.