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Comment | showmehow commented on Bluff in SHR Day 1A
well said and if the balancing is realized then i think its optimal, although maybe even a bit more valuey sized bet on river then?



Aug. 31, 2013 | 2:32 p.m.

im curious to know if you defend HU vs jason, and if so what line is taken

Aug. 29, 2013 | 11:38 a.m.

think you definitely lost value, unless the guy had 89.  i don't mind a lead or a c/r on the flop, whatever from the gameflow you feel is gonna elicit the most chips getting in there for you.  overcard club turn could be scary, but could be to that guy as well.  your play to just shove here is not good though, essentially hes folding everything you beat (other than 22) and calling everything that beats you, with a small % of weird 2pairs or Qx thats in there as well.  even though its about a pot sized shove on the turn, i still think a weak bet or a c/r is a much better line here as you give him the opportunity to bluff and continue in the hand without risking his tourney life.

Aug. 29, 2013 | 11:23 a.m.

Comment | showmehow commented on Bluff in SHR Day 1A

given texture and the preflop action wouldn't you want to be pumping up the pot on the flop/turn with your nutted ranges? 

Aug. 29, 2013 | 10:57 a.m.

interesting hand.  you played this too passive imo. but as played, my initial thought here was since you took such a passive line he is ranging you to some midstrength hand with showdown value and as a result decides to shove you off your hand, knowing your calling range for his shove is so tight.  he might think you fire 100% of bluffs or Kx hands on that turn, and with the check back you just want to see a cheap showdown. also bubble considerations and the like mean his tool % is higher than normally it should be. 

i could be way off here and am interested to hear what better players think

Aug. 29, 2013 | 10:53 a.m.

as played i think its a pretty clear river fold vs anyone remotely competent.  even though its a rebuy and your assessment is fair that he could play differently in the rebuy hour... in this particular spot on this particular board hes just never shoving a naked flush or a bluff here imo.  just makes no sense to me as he must figure given your line you're snapping a lot of his shoves and definitely have a full house.

Aug. 29, 2013 | 10:39 a.m.

sure

i think that given its the bubble, hes a big stack, has played ~30% of the hands so far aggressively (albeit over small sample size) and we presume him to be a reg we can widen his 3b range here.  also given your stack size, he knows its somewhat awkward for you to play postflop with ~25bb and can be applying pressure knowing he folds to jams or can take flops in position on you.  obviously there is a % of his hands where this is nutted here, and if you feel from the gameflow or other live reads that its strength i wouldn't hate a flat (given 3.5:1 or so). you're going to brick a lot of flops but if his flop cbet after 3bets is 100% you can c/r here on certain textures too.

Aug. 28, 2013 | 7:31 p.m.

Aug. 28, 2013 | 1:32 p.m.

Comment | showmehow commented on Big 109 TOP 50

if rons a fish with strange moves, shouldnt this be a call?  his range isn't just the nuts on that river shove then

Aug. 26, 2013 | 12:04 p.m.

Hand History | showmehow posted in MTT: sunday kickoff 14 left
HJ: 431691
CO: 567612 (Hero)
BN: 1362964
SB: 292777
BB: 893067
UTG: 864994
LJ: 495344
7 handed/2 tables remain. villain is very LAG (32/28 or something like that) raising a lot of hands preflop and 3betting a decent amount as well, although he opens/folds far more than he 3b resteals. i have just won the hand before and raise again here with the 66 and get 3b pretty quick by him from the button. my stack size is such that I feel he can be 3b/folding (seen him 3b/fold to smaller stacks than me) and I feel I have a good amount of fold equity when I do ship. these spots are difficult to me as its such an obvious 3b spot that it makes me believe hes more value weighted, esp as earlier in the tourney i had 4b him from the CO when he 3b from the button and he folded then. given this information, I am wondering if I am overplaying these small pairs in spots like this vs hyper LAG villains, and in tournaments like this with good structure I can find a different spot? any thoughts are appreciated
Preflop (30000) (7 Players)
Hero was dealt 6 6
UTG folds, LJ folds, HJ folds, Hero raises to 40000, BN raises to 100000, SB folds, BB folds, Hero raises to 565612, and is all in, BN calls 465612
Flop (1201224) A Q Q (2 Players)
Turn (1201224) A Q Q T (2 Players)
River (1201224) A Q Q T 5 (2 Players)
Final Pot
Hero has 6 6 BN has T T BN wins 1175224

Aug. 26, 2013 | 11:53 a.m.

think i like a check behind on turn, or a bet/jam (given your read prob not).  bvb if villain is competent he knows we can be floating damn near 100% of flops with our pf calling range intending to take it away (given stack sizes).  but more importantly we have a hand with a ton of showdown value and redraws without many real scare cards to come on that board, so i like repping weakness/pot controlling here and seeing whats up on river

Aug. 15, 2013 | 12:23 p.m.

not a fan of this line really, particularly the check/shove... imo you're only going to get called by better.  i guess if hes that bad AJ or the like, but smaller % of his range is that than the nuts/potential nuts combos to call here.  if you have an aggressive image yourself and have been 3b often, i think its a clear 3b here vs this guys 4x pre... you're oop giving him a completely free flop with his entire 4xing range when you have kings, need to get some money in that pot and take control vs the only guy that covers us.

Aug. 15, 2013 | 12:08 p.m.

Comment | showmehow commented on Flop spot 33 $ MTT
^^ id also say that call bb is a factor so you can see how wide hes defending


Aug. 15, 2013 | 11:50 a.m.

0. from my exp i would highly doubt hes bluffing you as you mentioned his calling range is so wide given the action coming to him in the bb

1/2. i think you can make a case for betting bigger on both streets, as I suppose he has a lot of weird 2pairs/draws still in his range from the bb.  but, you prob lost less as a result of your sizing here so seems optimal.  awful runout for 88

Aug. 15, 2013 | 11:44 a.m.

Aug. 15, 2013 | 11:31 a.m.

think its utg open and btn 3b, but agreed about the spot.  stack size of btn 3better leads me to believe while hes 3b/f some percentage, I think he's just ready to go with his hand way more.  also, i hate the sizing of the 4b... to me in 2013 it seems ppl peel min 4bs so often that you find yourself in terrible spots postflop with shallow stacks.  im not advocating 3xing it, but more than the clickback... maybe about 12k


Aug. 15, 2013 | 11:28 a.m.

Aug. 15, 2013 | 11:16 a.m.

so tough here to range without more info.  has ansky been playing back at him from his UTG opens either with flats or 3bets?  is jason leading out 100% of boards even multiway when opening UTG?  is jason the type to call off to anskys jam with some kind of 9 or similar hand? 

Aug. 11, 2013 | 1:13 p.m.

Comment | showmehow commented on MTT downswings
keep grinding, if you're at all uncomfortable there's no shame in dropping stakes until you are comfortable again.  also, you've got this site as a resource to always be learning/improving so don't sleep on that. gl

Aug. 11, 2013 | 12:23 p.m.

definitely and i felt dumb posting it, but im just interested to hear if many can justify a fold here vs a total unknown in hopes of finding a better spot even with a sub 20bb stack


Aug. 11, 2013 | 12:17 p.m.

HJ: 57458
CO: 112433
BN: 35970 (Hero)
SB: 50556
BB: 32715
UTG: 84036
UTG1: 48219
UTG2: 69292
LJ: 68458
HJ is unknown new to the table and my HUD, over 7 or so hands hes raised a couple but no real info to range him accurately. that said, bb is a donk if hj has played with him before he should know his blind is for the taking, but can't really make that assumption as table is new. i also got disconnected for a while and was moved to this table during this time, then came back about 10 hands ago and raised once got folds.
Preflop (3000) (9 Players)
Hero was dealt 7 7
UTG folds, UTG1 folds, UTG2 folds, LJ folds, HJ raises to 4289, CO folds, Hero raises to 35720, and is all in, SB folds, BB folds, HJ calls 31431
Flop (74440) A 2 6 (2 Players)
Turn (74440) A 2 6 2 (2 Players)
River (74440) A 2 6 2 8 (2 Players)
Final Pot
HJ has A Q Hero has 7 7 HJ wins 76690

Aug. 11, 2013 | 12:16 a.m.

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