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So just had one of the worst days ever, down 8 buy ins in one day and feeling dejected. Spewed at least a buy in and wondering if I should take the evening off.

Are you on a euro timezone Lucky? We might be tangling on the NL20 Speed tables :)

Also Ipoker rake is insane, your bb/100 takes such a hit!

Playing on iPoker, I've been planning to have a study group for ages, but never have time to get my Skype on :)

c/jam looks kind of bad imo, our hand seems to strong and we block some backdoor FD's villain could be bluffing with

He is 47/27 for 50 hands

3bet pre! Snap the river

It feels perverted to fold pre but I think I agree, villain is tight, it's SBvMP and we're facing a big 3bet in a reverse implied odds situation. Also if this is villains standard cbet sizing in 3bet pots we are really limited to how many flops we can defend.

I'd c/r flop or jam turn,
On the flop it's likely BB or CO will have a decent pair they will want to bet with and are unlikely to fold vs a raise, if they check we can get still get stacks in.

I have the power

1) Finding starting ranges is something you just have to work on and test out, it will vary from limit to limit. You can try Snowie opening ranges and tweek them for your games but be warned, these ranges are not meant for low stakes & will probably lose you money. https://www.pokersnowie.com/preflop-advisor.html

2) BBvMP would consist of a tighter range than BBvCO. Finding the hands to remove/add isn't an exact science as it will depend again on the limits you play and your opponent.
It's good to understand the reasoning behind the difference though, for example when the MP opens they will generally have a tighter range than the CO so we want to respond with a tighter range, also we don't have to defend as much as MP's raise has to get through 3 players.

Fold river, if you're going to let it go when you have 8 outs on the turn just fold the flop.

Gaucan, I play on iPoker as well, don't you find the level of rake insane? I just clocked 52K hands there and paying $872 rake @ 20 nl!

It's massively exploitable but people aren't bluff raising at the micros nearly enough to justify a call. Now as you get reads we can start expanding our calling ranges, so if I see a flop raise of 13%+ I'm calling here.

Well played, I think I prefer a check back on the flop but can't really fault a bet-check line.

When you check back the turn you're at the top of your range and a lot of villains will see it as an opportunity to bluff or value bet the river thinly.

I like the flop call here, villain will be c-betting very wide and I think we can auto stab any turn card and call when we hit some well disguised outs.

I think my handreading is so bad, I need to put more work into these spots when facing aggression

I'm confused by villains range tbh, I'm not sure what people would be in these spots

I'd just fold the turn I think, villain will be peeling Ax so often and is unlikely to be betting worse than a K

So After a horrible week played this hand badly Vs a tagfish I think.
Was losing 4 buyins in a session and wanted to gamble, probably should be calling the flop min raise and my turn shove isn't folding much out so should just check back

Thanks guys, been having a horrible time at the tables lately and wanted to do some line checks.

You played the hand well, cbetting OOP on Tx or below boards with no backdoors will be tough to make money.

So basically you are either crushed or crushing the villain so you should call

I think this is a deceptive spot and we should fold flop, an Ace is almost always a reverse implied odds hand and it's to far to the river versus a very strong range.

Now if BTN is firing here on the flop with some junk or weak value then maybe we can justify it

Thanks for the post, I haven't really been focusing on post flop play to much and this is something I will do more of.

OK, so I filtered some DB numbers and realise I'm making a ton by cold calling versus the BU and I CC in this spot 38%. So I guess I wan't to increase my range in general versus the btn. (or maybe wait for a bigger hand sample)

Yeah, I don't think his call 3bet range is quite that wide with a high fold vs 3bet plus being MPvCO. I would also discount at least some AA/KK.
You're right about value owning myself, I have an equity disadvantage on the river and I should be checking back, as 3bet calling ranges get wider I lose more equity as well.

I still think I prefer a double barrel (probably checking back AK), we get calls from AJs/JTs and the backdoor FD's on the turn (plus probably a combo of JT on these limits). Villain will fold most of these gutshots versus a delayed cbet I feel.

Turn call is loose because what do you beat on this board?

I look you up because you are repping.......

"To call a 5 bet after 4betting 20bb over a 3bet of 9bb, we need about 62% equity to be profitable."

errrm no, we would need about 38% equity to call, peoples 4bet ranges are tight but not static, a lot of people 3bet/jam AK and QQ and sometimes worse.
Remember when you have AK you have blockers to AA/KK so only 6 combos of them can exist.