TheAwfulDin

over 1 year ago

NL200 6max: OESD + 1OC vs. Midstackfish

As a general rule, when a passive-seeming fish gives you great immediate odds on a draw, flatting is going to be a better line than raising or folding.

Even if villain does have a few...

over 1 year ago

200nl: Flopped set, what would be best raise size on turn?

Leaving aside the issue of whether or not to raise, I think a good place to start is by making some assumptions that allow us to calculate an optimal sizing. (Caveat: I'm still fairly new at thi...

over 1 year ago

NL100 6max: Turning my hand into a bluff here ->spew or horny?

Horny.

I like it. This should be the standard line until you've developed specific reads/history for this situation.

over 1 year ago

NL100 6max: Do you val.bet here thinnly?

For those not betting the river, what is the weakest hand you do VB with?

over 1 year ago

100nl: calling 3bet oop with K7s

Ok, to do this profitably you need to be very confident in your hand reading ability, have a good plan for a bunch of different board textures, and solid reads on opponent's tendencies etc... et...

over 1 year ago

NL2006max: Decent 3BarellBluff_Spot vs. a fish?

Flop is fine. His range is weak, and you have a hand that turns plenty of decent barreling cards.

Turn is questionable. The 7 is at the bottom of your range of barreling cards and giv...

over 1 year ago

200nl: betsizing in 3b-pot

I played around with flopzilla a bit and this board is actually not as bad for us as I'd originally thought. I think the key factor is how often villain floats A-high and if they will try to bar...

over 1 year ago

200nl: betsizing in 3b-pot

In answer to your general question, I agree that on wetter boards I would often size the flop bet larger than normal to setup the option of a turn shove.

In this hand specifically, I'...

over 1 year ago

100NL: oop floating a raise vs flop cbet

Agreed on giving up the flop.

There are definitely people against which the float here would be fine, but you'd really like to have a better idea about things like how thin he raises...

over 1 year ago

A9 decide to cr flop and get into a tough spot!

With a board this dry I think you're better served flatting your entire non-folding range on the flop. There are so few value raising hands that you become imbalanced very quickly when you start...