LeavingWinterBehind

Thank you so much for sharing this wisdom! Really good job on making this video in an entertaining and educational way!

All in all i think you're right that checking this river is the best option.

I actually meant what hands to put in my X R-range on the flop. On this flop we have a lot of strong hands and also a lot of pretty easy calls. Its not very difficult to find hands to defend with but I actually had difficulty deciding what hands to put in my check-raise bluff range.

That's actually one of my "rules" I'm not allowed to break while playing: If i'm close to timing out on a decision I still don't know what to do I have to fold/check.

Thanks for your input guys. I definitely think its a mistake to try to bluff people of TPGK and overpairs in 50NL without reads. I also thought that check fold probably was the best option. I did check in game. Whats keeps me wondering though is that it seems to me that population most of the time plays their value very fast. So I actually expect to get raised on flop or turn by 77,88,TT, 8T, QT a lot of the time. If this is the case then betting river must be best. Whats your opinion on this?

These spots I find very difficult in game and often blank out or just go with gut feeling. There is not enough time to break down villains hole range. I need some way to organize my thought process in game so that I can come to some kind of an educated decision.

Also what hands would you use as XR bluffs in this spot. We have many really strong hands and combo draws to balance with.

Thanks for the input. I am check-calling AA. I actually made another post with a range construction on AK7r and didnt use a Check-raising range. Then I got the comment that I should have a check-raising range.

Not getting any more comments on this post. Should I interpret that as sign that this range contruction looks decent?

Ahh ok i got it thank you!

I think they are overfolding pre but more important is that they are overfolding postflop and just play bad in general in 3-bet pots. That said I dont 3-bet all hands in that range 100% of the time. Its very villan dependent of cource and I also call some of the time depending who is in the BB. But many regs where I play minraise the button very very wide and doesnt defend enough.

The best book in my opinion is Applications of no-limit hold'em by Matthew Janda. Also The Mental Game of Poker 1 and 2 are great. GL!

What format do you play and what stake? What kind of work did you do to come up with those numbers? Im not sure I understand exactly what you mean with " We should bet everything at 33%"? We should have 33% cbetting range Im guessing?

AA is actually in my check-calling range, seems like I missed writing it here.
My reasoning for betting the pp on flop is basically to deny equity to all the overcards in villans range that will fold to a cb. I think population folds way to much on this board so I will fold out alot of hands that would have outdrawn me around 30% of the time. I dont know but I think cb is better then checking. Maybe we should make a post on this topic to see what the community thinks?

I like to have some hands in my flop cbetting range that can check-call turn , A6s, A7s, A8s ( I see that I also missed to write A7s and A8s in "value" CB range.)

Pre flop size 3,5-4 times BTN open. On this board I cb 50% as a standard but sometimes smaller , 33%-40%, vs regs.

Did some more work and here is the updated version. What do you think?

Hero SB 3-bet vs Villan BTN on Flop: Ad 9s 4h

Total combos: 308 CB: 57% Check: 43% (defend 80%)

"Value" CB: AK(6),AKs(2), Ajs+,A6s,A4s,T9s,97s+,AJo+, = 80

"Bluff " CB: KQ, KJ, QJ, ,KQs(4),KJs(4),KTs(4) Kxs(dd,ss,hh (24)), 97s(3),86s(3), 75s(3), 66, 77, 88 = 97

Check-Call: Ako(6),AKs(2), ATs,A5s,A3s-A2s,K9s,Q9s,J9s, ATo, = 66

Check-Raise value: 99, A9, A9s= 22

Check-rasie Bluff: QJs(3), Jts(3), T8s(3), 87s(3), 76s(3), 65s(3)= 18

In my experience a very solid tendency/read of fish and weak players in general is that they never raise bluff you. They barrel as a bluff and they stab as bluff but almost never raise you. When they bluff they often do it in very predictable spots - when they miss a draw. Or sometimes when it just makes no sence and they cant really rep a hand. Thats when I call them off. This spot i fold without second thought.

Thanks for the input. You are right that TT and JJ make much cbets to deny equity. My reasoning for check-call KQs,KJs, JQs is that Im folding out the handsin villans range that I beat Kx, Qx and getting called by hands that Im behind. But maybe the EV ofcbetting them is higher. The fact that population fold way to much on this board. Another thing that i recognise where I play is that villans stabs recklessly when checked to IP. They do it for one or two streets but never fires a third barrel with air. So better to cb more nonpaired hands and checkcalll more pairs. Cheers!