LaughingBuddha
9 points
Got a few good notes & things to consider about my ranges, thanks.
Oct. 13, 2017 | 11:49 a.m.
With the blinds being passive and not really at risk of being squeezed, are you just folding 22-66?
Dec. 19, 2013 | 4:16 a.m.
It also depends on whether you've seen and/or can expect him to spaz. Betting the turn strong is fine against him playing like that, as long as you're aware that you are committing yourself to the hand at that point. Holding a small overpair here on the river and with how little is remaining in your stack compared to the pot size and his stack off range, you should never ever fold.
The only scenario you could fold this river would be if you were betting a hand with no showdown value as a complete bluff. And if that was the case, there was likely a mistake made to get you in that spot unless you were trying to exploit a specific flaw in his game that you've witnessed.
Not knowing how the previous hand went down and just based on the fact you said he was aggressive played into my response. But be careful to note in which ways someone is being aggressive, him raising you with second pair can mean a whole different thing than him donk betting a 3-bet flop.
Dec. 12, 2013 | 6:42 p.m.
There are other situations/streets where a small raise can be great, but with this specific villain and situation I think you should only be minraising if you can expect him to repop spaz a lot as ToothePaste noted above, and that's with the full intention of continuing not to be bet/folding.
There's a bit behind this situation that would have me happily committed on the flop and to reraise stacking the flop in this 3-bet pot:
1.) He's recently shown aggression and also stacked off + sucked out with 2nd pair vs. you(though the details behind that previous hand are important too). He may perceive you on tilt or be over confident in his play.
2.) His FR range is extremely wide here if that's over 50 hands, but be careful with small samples, around 50 is still small but good enough here imo to believe it's not just a heater.
3.) JJ isn't strong enough to abuse his aggro by just calling, and even if you did you're probably going to be putting in around a full stack anyways. There are a lot of cards you won't like on the turn, and it can get especially ugly by the river that you may convince yourself to fold the best hand too often.
4.) You also want him to put in more money to see another card with worse hands, which he seems to like to do. You don't want to be offering his range such great odds to call a small raise.
5.) While you're going to either be way ahead or way behind, given the situation/history/spr, folding JJ is way too tight here and a hand i'm happy to get all in with.
Don't worry if you lose, and take a note no matter which action he chooses.
Dec. 12, 2013 | 1:08 a.m.
In what way was villain playing aggressive towards you before this hand? Did he donkbet his second pair? Thru how many hands is he 74/29?
And yes once you put money in on the turn you are committing yourself to this hand. As played and with the remaining stacks there isn't a single river card you should ever fold to. A larger raise on the flop also would have made it easier to get it all in on the turn with less than a pot sized bet, which combined with the history and him possibly thinking you're on tilt, I also would've done no matter what card came on the turn.
Loved this video, thanks. For this format I especially liked the use of webcam & blurring effects, personally it helped me connect & focus on the whole discussion better.
June 5, 2018 | 10:31 p.m.