nhilathak
233 points
This is so awesome to hear.
Congratulations to you!
March 22, 2015 | 6:48 a.m.
I mean that you don't make him fold any better hands than ours.
Dec. 19, 2014 | 6:40 a.m.
I like check calling flop, you get to continue on a lot of turns (any broadway and any diamond).
Betting flop is iffy because you are bloating the pot OOP with a hand that does not bluff better hands, does not get called by worse.
Dec. 17, 2014 | 4:03 p.m.
Absolutely never folding this.
This is a spot where you are happy to get raised.
Dec. 17, 2014 | 3:57 p.m.
True that!
Dec. 1, 2014 | 10:26 p.m.
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:)
Dec. 1, 2014 | 11:45 a.m.
Congrats Pedro!
Nov. 30, 2014 | 8:46 a.m.
+1
Looks fine postflop.
3beting this vs unknowns and 5bet jamming but I like flating vs v nitty openers.
Nov. 29, 2014 | 3:42 p.m.
I think you played it well.
It is close to the bottom of your range you check on the river.
You should have 55,77,88, A3s, A4s also given his small preflop size and deeper stacks which should check call. Worse hands that get to the river this way and don't bluff should be like AJ AQ type hands, you probably felt all AK combos pre. I don't mind folding A high and the underpair(22), you still call him plenty to not be exploitable.
Nov. 27, 2014 | 9:18 p.m.
What Raphael said.
Nov. 27, 2014 | 8:01 p.m.
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Nov. 27, 2014 | 2:49 p.m.
AFAIK winnings from all forms of gambling are not taxed by the UK.
Nov. 27, 2014 | 2:03 p.m.
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Nov. 27, 2014 | 1:59 p.m.
Kind of standard. Cbeting is ok, you can also checkback some % of the time to let him bluff you on turns but I think I like betting a bit more often than checking.
Never folding to his mr on the flop. Turn is a bad card for your range, standard giveup.
Nov. 27, 2014 | 12:37 p.m.
Definitely checking back turn, it's too thin for value.
Nov. 27, 2014 | 12:32 p.m.
Very standard, you have alot more A and K high floped flushes than low ones on the river so no problem folding here.
He has to turn something like badly played 99 QJo or AQo into a bluff for you to be good here.
Easiest fold ever.
Nov. 27, 2014 | 10:35 a.m.
Pre seems close to me, would fold vs a tight player, call vs the rest.
Your line seems fine from a GTO standpoint. Flop is a standard call, and on this turn this is very close to the bottom of your range so I like turning it into a bluff, would size it bigger, though, like 2.5 or something and shove blank rivers.
From an exploitative point of view, I doubt 10 NL guys might be too spewy and stationy to turn this into a bluff since they probably don't have the discipline to fold TT here. You should exploit them by not bluffing.
Nov. 27, 2014 | 10:25 a.m.
Especially with two flushdraws out you can bet bigger on the turn since you will probably only have KQ, AQ, QQ, KK, AA (you sometimes raise the flop with KK and AA) and will have all clubs and spades combos you play preflop.
River I agree is a valuebet, he mostly continues leading backdoor draws after donking flop and picking up equity on the turn, so you kinda have the nuts here since you block QcXc.
Nov. 27, 2014 | 10:13 a.m.
Hand seems rather standard vs a 50/47 guy. You want to exploit his wide range by calling wider IP when he opens and vbet ligher postflop.
Vs a normal reg turn would be a checkback for me, don't see alot of value in betting since you will have a decent amount of flushes,straights, 2pair and almost no air on this turn after calling pre and on the flop. You also don't need protection against draws since you have Th and he is always calling Ah or Kh on the turn.
Nov. 27, 2014 | 10:08 a.m.
I would fold this pre. You also got a 10 bb guy in the BB who will squeeze rather often I guess and your hand does not play well oop even vs a fish CO opener.
Postflop I don't like CR vs a fish either, would call flop fold turn if he keeps betting.
Nov. 27, 2014 | 10:03 a.m.
Your opening ranges need some work.
AJo, AQo, KQo are profitable opens, 65s-89s, even some A6s-A9s might not be profitable in a tough lineup.
99-TT are not good 4bet bluffs since they block some 3bet bluffs and don't block any 3bet value hands. Those you can defend vs a standard 3bet and play OOP.
In general, you should be defending close to half your range to be unexploitable to light 3bets.
Not gonna go over my exact preflop strategy but hope this helps to some degree.
Nov. 27, 2014 | 9:17 a.m.
Nice slap in the face for Amaya.
GJ Vicky!
Nov. 27, 2014 | 9:09 a.m.
Vs a 74/42 never. Vs a nitty reg I like a bet/fold.
Nov. 26, 2014 | 5:11 p.m.
Just fold, even if he shows me 99 I would fold.
You don't double your EV if you double in chips and you are probably flipping against his range.
Nov. 26, 2014 | 2:02 p.m.
Since you do have a blocker to QT and the only Tx he has are T8s, KTxx, ATcc, QT, I would use this hand to bluffcatch rather than AA or a set or whatever since he is never vbetting worse than a straight.
I am worried we are overfolding if we only call a Tx hand here.
So I advocate calling him down with a straight or QJ/QQ.
Nov. 26, 2014 | 1:57 p.m.
Vs a 74/42(presuming you have at least 50 hands) bet 3 streets, never think about folding.
Vs an unknown I don't mind check calling 3 streets about half the time, betting 3 streets the other half.
It is a board that he has more nutted hands than you on so would be more likely to start with a check the deeper we are.
Nov. 26, 2014 | 1:41 p.m.
Bet flop for value and keep betting most turn river combos or check call 3 streets.
Checkraising is an overplay since you shut out his bluffs (that have close to 0 equity on this v dry board).
Nov. 26, 2014 | 11:27 a.m.
You answered yourself.
Call flop with KdXd as it has enough showdown value.
Turn and river are awkward given your flop raise.
This is TdXd 90%+ of the time imo. So let it go.
Yes, you are overfolding if you only call flushes but I really doubt a lowstakes reg is exploiting you here.
If villain was a fish, I would call expecting to see some Ax type hands along with random spazzes.
April 4, 2015 | 9:44 a.m.