MykalAleph
4 points
I would not open QTs UTG+1 here, but I think it's okay if you decide to play a bit more loose and aggressive.. If you play QTs here, you have to call the river.
March 16, 2015 | 4:09 p.m.
I guess you can find a fold here.
March 16, 2015 | 4:07 p.m.
clear fold.
March 16, 2015 | 4:02 p.m.
x/c on river.
March 16, 2015 | 3:50 p.m.
Hard to say without enough data/stats... Some of the players (as you described) tend to lead here with strong draws on the turn, so all the missed flushdraws are definitely in his shoving range on the river (when he 3-barrel bluffs with air, as you said).. Also possible, but rather unlikely, is that he hit is straight on turn or river.. in this case I guess he would play the hand the same way..
I guess when we think the hand through it's a call on the river.. He rather has pure air here and missed draws..Maybe Ah7h, or any other hands with 7h in it.. I would never put him on a J here.. unlikely but also possible could be hands like 89, 87 and 86..
March 16, 2015 | 3:45 p.m.
Check his stats on how often he donk-bets when he calls an open-raise. Usually, at low limits, bad players tend to donk top pair or better. It's not very likely that he has ATo/s, QTo/s here or T9o/s.. He rather has a weak king or a jack. Just fold the flop. Also think what he will do on the turn, I don't know his stats but since he donks the flop he will probably continue on the turn.. By the way: It would be interesting if you turn the hand on the flop into a bluff but 99 is probably a very bad hand in this spot to do it..
March 16, 2015 | 3:41 p.m.
Why would you fold on the turn once you call the flop?
What kind of hands (and what range) do you give MP?
What kind of hands of MP would you beat & what hands have you crushed?
You can't just call on the flop after MP flats, you have to already think about
what you are suppossed to do on the turn and/or what MP will do on the turn. Given
the way he plays it here it is obviously that he will bet all-in on the turn after the flop play.
BB could have everything here since he is very short.
I would re-jam on the flop with AQ. Probably I wouldn't flat-call the open-raise of MP pre-flop, but rather 3-bet. The decision on the flop would be easier then ;)
March 16, 2015 | 3:31 p.m.
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Feb. 28, 2014 | 10:47 a.m.
Why do we lead on the flop and then only call the re-raise? To me a c/r on the flop would be a better way, on the other hand if he calls the c/r and the turn hits, what he expects us to rep? How we proceed then? Does anyone ever ever plans on check-raising a second time? Just curious..
Feb. 23, 2014 | 10:22 p.m.
Hello everyone!
This is my first post and I have a question. Last week I played the GCOP Mainevent in the Kings Casino. On the Start of Day 2 I found myself on a "horrible" table, packed with pros and highrollers with way more experience than me. On Level 14 (Blinds 800/1600 Ante 200) I find a spot to double up my 30k Stack to 60k with TT > AQo after I raised all-in on his open-raise. The guy was immediately to my right and is a SuperNova and Regular. To his right is another SuperNova with a healthy stack who is opening a lot in the last few hours.
So here is the situation: Immediately after my Double-Up I'm in the BB and it folds to BTN. He open-raises 3,4k and now the SB (with the AQo before) shoves all-in for 27k. Before I pick up my hand I think about this situation and I kinda feel like "Okay, the BTN open-raises here extremly wide, he is not of concern, or very rarely, if I pick up a hand here I could possibly call. When it comes to the SB I felt like his hand is semi-strong as he knows the same of BTN and he knows that I play pretty TAG. So I look at my hand and find 66. I choose the fold and the BTN makes a crying call with A8o. SB shows 55 and wins the hand.
Can I call here? Easy call? Easy fold?
Thank you.
5-Bet pre-flop and get it in on the flop. Don't be worried about his 4-bet if he clicks back a lot you should be confident enough here to 5-bet with KK.
QQ is not in his range after he checks the turn, he would never check the turn with QQ. The river all-in puts pressure on you, he still could be doing this with a whole lot of hands that you beat. In this particular spot there are not many combos that you do not beat and I guess it is very unlikely that he has 45o/s .. As said, a 5-bet pre-flop would be best here, otherwise you'll end in a spot like this where the opponent uses your passive gameplay to put pressure on you in difficult spots.
March 16, 2015 | 4:16 p.m.