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Poker Video: Limit Hold'Em by BigBadBabar (Mid Stakes)

AJs defense in the BB vs and UTG raiser, then the discussion about x/r the flop or waiting for the turn -- does this flop texture matter?

Here the flop is J 6 2 (basically paint rag rag) and the turn bricks a 3. I'd imagine that turn raise looks stronger than usual (which you mention in the video, a turn'd back door flush draw would make your x/raise look a little friskier).

So with that said, would a J T 2 flop (effectively paint paint rag) fix some of the problems with some turn's bricking out? (Just aesthetically for the villain at least).

[edit: err, by paint paint I mean broadway broadway]

That being said, does the flop texture even matter or does what the turn bring matter more? Or does it mostly matter how well you balance your flop x/c range?

vs somebody really good i think balancing better (or at least being aware of things like flop composition like you mentioned) would be more useful. against this guy who just seemed more aggro/weird i don't think it's that necessary. i was just trying to think of how to get roughly one postflop raise's worth of value and what line would be best for that. in retrospect maybe if i c/r flop this guy will just 3bet and barrel off, or call and freeshowdown raise the turn, or do something else silly, but it's hard to say. i think a lot of people would expect any jack to checkraise this flop, so they just assume optimistically that you have whatever draw the turn could have put up (when you c/r the turn)

semi unrelatedly, even at these stakes, just in general, it's amazing the number of people who checkraise basically any pair or any draw in almost any hu situation. 2+2 SSSH has lots of that kind of advice as well.

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Do you think defending A2o vs a 6m UTG open from a lag or lag/tag type opponent is a mistake?

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13/9 with a high wtsd over a reasonable sample (if I'm reading your hud correctly). I actually think QTs is a pretty easy fold and something like KJs is closer.

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I think call is the better play by a reasonable margin. HJ is just going to have a good to monster hand here (pretty shocked he didn't in this case) and the situation you mentioned of isolating kelly out of the pot if we raise is a bit of a disaster for us.

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I think its maybe opponent dependent whether we should C/R an ace river or a brick river. I find aggressive regulars will raise the flop with just about any pair hoping to get it heads up vs a hand like ace high. So vs this opponent I think their call call range is a lot more ace hi heavy and we can C/R the river. Against the less aggressive opponents that just call with Kx/88/7x on the flop, we can probably just bet the river. Although if they're good, they probably aren't calling this river with worse than Kx anyways, so maybe C/R is still better?

Do you think defending A2o vs a 6m UTG open from a lag or lag/tag type opponent is a mistake?

yeah, a small but definite one.

13/9 with a high wtsd over a reasonable sample (if I'm reading your hud correctly). I actually think QTs is a pretty easy fold and something like KJs is closer.

I think you're right, I just ran the stove now and I'm in worse shape than I thought at the time.

I think call is the better play by a reasonable margin. HJ is just going to have a good to monster hand here (pretty shocked he didn't in this case) and the situation you mentioned of isolating kelly out of the pot if we raise is a bit of a disaster for us.

talking about the flop decision or the turn decision?

talking about the flop decision or the turn decision?

Flop decision, although I think a call on the turn is the correct play as well.

I think its maybe opponent dependent whether we should C/R an ace river or a brick river. I find aggressive regulars will raise the flop with just about any pair hoping to get it heads up vs a hand like ace high. So vs this opponent I think their call call range is a lot more ace hi heavy and we can C/R the river. Against the less aggressive opponents that just call with Kx/88/7x on the flop, we can probably just bet the river. Although if they're good, they probably aren't calling this river with worse than Kx anyways, so maybe C/R is still better?

well i expect most regs to call with Kx on the ace river if I lead, and usually bet/fold if I check/raise, so I think my expectation is about the same when they have Kx. if they have Ax, I think they bet most always on the ace river if I check, and usually call the checkraise, and they probably only call if I lead. so that'd lean toward checkraise being better.

on a brick river, i guess i'd look at things like their showdown-bound-edness and their aggression to see whether i should bet or check. i agree with you that many opponents will raise any pair on a lot of flops but i'm not sure that that's optimal.