rwpeene
6 points
Thanks. Good point on the turn raise - I did think of that at the table - my thought process there was the table was quite aggressive and I didn't want to give villain a chance to 4-bet me out. Reasonable equity at that point was 30% (15 outs x 2) - not good enough for stacks.
Now if I though villain had a reasonable chance of folding....
Thanks for the last point. (although I am also thinking about mistakes my opponents make as a learning op when I get to see their cards )
Feb. 25, 2020 | 7:16 p.m.
First time posting here. Looking for feedback on mistakes in this hand either from villain or hero.
Live 2-5, loose game
Hero OTB with 53 spades. Stack $750
Villain UTG w QJ spades. Covers hero. Unknown player.
UTG opens for $15. Four callers including hero. Blinds fold
[ Normally 53s is in folding range, but decided to call because A) very multiway B) hi implied odds as table was pretty loose C) absolute IP ]
Flop: 2c 4h 8s (Pot ~$80)
Villain bets $50, folds around. Hero calls.
Turn: 7s (Pot ~180)
Villain bets $125. Hero calls
River: Ad (Pot ~430)
Villain shoves, hero calls
Potential mistakes:
1. Hero calling with 53s?
2. Villain bluffing on flop into 4 players OOP?
3. Hero turn call? (absolutely did not expect villain to have spades. Given bet into 4 players on flop, range looks almost exclusively like an overpair or set, which supports implied odds on river if the OESD+FD comes in. Maybe could see AKs playing out this way -but don’t even see this supporting the Flop bet given the field. )
4. Villain shove on river?
5. Other?
Thank you
This topic doesn't get enough attention. It is very difficult to teach.
A good reference: BLINK: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell.
Also in the book ZURICH AXIOMS, Max Gunther writes: "Your intuition can be trusted if it can be explained. First determine if you have a rich enough experience base to have formed a viable hunch. Don’t confuse a hunch with a hope: put more trust in hunches about negative outcomes."
This matches Daniel Kahneman’s advice to think about a problem as a member of a category instead of unique. If you don’t see the category or have not faced situations that “rhymed” then be careful of trusting your intuition.
Feb. 27, 2020 | 12:26 a.m.