February 14, 2010
Tough Decisions

He led into 4 people on a paired flop and then leads strongly on a blank turn, but he can credibly rep a 6 more than anyone else on this board.
SB: $297.95
BB: $620.95
UTG: $200.00
CO: $103.75
Hero (BTN): $105.65
Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BTN with Q
K
UTG raises to $4.50, CO calls $4.50, Hero calls $4.50, 1 fold, BB calls $3.50
Flop: ($18.50) 6
Q
6
(4 players)
BB bets $9.50, UTG folds, CO folds, Hero calls $9.50
Turn: ($37.50) 9
(2 players)
BB bets $21.00, Hero ????
I don’t think he ever leads the flop with a weak showdown hand, and I would expect him to barrel all his made hands on the blank turn, expecting a ton of value from my middle pair hands. Given I check back the turn, I think he is more likely to make a milk bet even with a flush because my hand looks like marginal showdown value. His line makes no sense, and I want to call.
BB: $100.00
UTG: $112.85
CO: $51.45
Hero (BTN): $103.70
SB: $91.50
Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BTN with 7
7
1 fold, CO raises to $2, Hero calls $2, 2 folds
Flop: ($4.75) 2
4
K
(2 players)
CO bets $4.00, Hero calls $4
Turn: ($12.75) 2
(2 players)
CO checks, Hero checks
River: ($12.75) Q
(2 players)
CO bets $10.00, Hero ????
My hand looks like a T, and his doesn’t. Why is he betting this river?
SB: $23.30
BB: $129.25
Hero (UTG): $113.35
CO: $46.85
BTN: $117.30
Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is UTG with 9
9
Hero raises to $2, 3 folds, BB calls $1
Flop: ($4.50) T
3
7
(2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $4.00, BB calls $4
Turn: ($12.50) 7
(2 players)
BB bets $7.00, Hero calls $7
River: ($26.50) T
(2 players)
BB bets $20.00, Hero ????
I see no value in a river raise because I feel that he would check twice with a monster on this board; expecting me to bet frequently on both this flop and this turn.
UTG: $50.00
CO: $49.20
BTN: $30.55
SB: $51.25
Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BB with A
K
2 folds, BTN calls $0.50, SB raises to $2.50, Hero raises to $7.10, 1 fold, SB calls $4.60
Flop: ($14.70) 6
T
J
(2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks
Turn: ($14.70) K
(2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks
River: ($14.70) K
(2 players)
SB bets $11.00, Hero ????
Villain SNAP bet this river, and I checked back with my usual hesitancy on both streets. Villain is very loose preflop and gets frisky in 3b pots. Giving timing and sizing, his bet doesn’t look like a VALUE bet imo…
BB: $269.70
Hero (UTG): $204.10
MP: $119.70
CO: $110.55
BTN: $349.85
SB: $200.00
Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is UTG with K
A
Hero raises to $4, MP calls $4, CO raises to $14, 2 folds, BB calls $13, Hero raises to $29.95, 2 folds, BB calls $15.95
Flop: ($78.40) 4
3
9
(2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks
Turn: ($78.40) 5
(2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks
River: ($78.40) 3
(2 players)
BB bets $56.00, Hero ????

4 Comments:
Djingo posted on February 14, 2010 at 21:24 PM
Hand 1: call and probably fold to a river bet unimproved
Hand 2: Snapfold
Hand 3: Fold river
Hand 4: bet turn. As played call river.
Hand 5: Shove preflop when BB overcalls. As played shove flop when checked to or fold river as played.
It would be a lot easier to comment on the hands if you have some reads or stats.
Tackleberry posted on February 14, 2010 at 21:29 PM
just in a hurry:
hand #1: fold turn, there are pretty much zero worse hands in his range he plays this way
hand #2: call, he probably would´ve bet fd on turn as well as Kx - which makes his bet pretty polarized
hand #3: call - his line doesn´t make sense :)
hand #4: cbet flop for value (plus equity when behind), as played call river
hand #5: bet bigger pre or flat and play postflop; as played fold river - Villain most likely hasn´t worse hands in his range
jjd323 posted on February 14, 2010 at 21:31 PM
Nice snap-response. I meant to add text, but posted it to check formatting first and then forgot. Adding now.
jjd323 posted on February 14, 2010 at 21:43 PM
I agree, I hate my 4b sizing in the last hand. However, if the 100bb stack elects to jam he gives the other deep stack in the BB a much tougher decision though so I guess it has it's merits.
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