2/5 Correct or Incorrect Adjustment? + 2 HH Questions
Context: This is my second 2/5 session. I am 21 years old and I decided to take some shots and move up to 2/5 after beating 1/3 at my local casino for about 5 months now with a 19.36bb/hr winrate. Also, quite frankly, I find 1/3 incredibly boring in my casino. It is filled to the brim with passive players who often limp fold ATC.
One thing I have noticed so far in 2/5 is that players are much more willing to bet very large much more frequently and with a variety of holdings than in 1/3.
Anyways, on to the session. I sat down with $500, only 100bbs. There was a fairly young man, 26-30 who had a gigantic stack of over $7k in front of him and, after watching him play for an orbit or two, was very aggressive and was not afraid to put people to the test. I later managed to double through him by slowplaying trips and just c/c when he inevitably jammed on me on the river as you will see in the two relevant hand histories I post below.
We will call this guy MV (main villain)
I am sure I made quite a few mistakes with either one or both of these hands, please roast me accordingly it helps me learn!
Hand #1
H has the effective stack with ~$500
MV opens to $20 in UTG+2
H looks down at Q♦7♦ and calls out of the BB
Pot $42
Flop Q♠Q♣8♦
Hero checks, MV bets $50, Hero calls
Pot $142
Turn J♠
Hero checks, V bets $125, Hero calls
Pot $392
River K♠
Hero checks, V jams for Hero's remaining ~$305 effective
Hero?
Spoiler
I honestly almost folded considering there was pretty much no value I beat from him that I could think of, and a lot of hands he could have been bluffing with got there on the river. I eventually flicked in a call though only because of what I had seen from him earlier and was good. He showed JTs before mucking and I scooped a nice double.
Is this an OK call?
Hand #2
H has the effective stack with ~$1000
MV opens to $20 UTG
V2 calls UTG+2
Hero calls OTB with K♠Q♦
Pot $62
Flop K♣6♦2♠
MV bets $75, V2 folds, Hero calls
Pot $212
Turn 7♥
MV bets $150, V2 folds, Hero contemplates folding but tank calls expecting a river 3rd barrel
Pot $512
River 6♥
Hero loves to see MV give up and check. Hero?
Spoiler
Given that I called turn expecting him to jam river and preparing myself mentally to call off with TPGK, I was surprised that he checked and wasn't entirely sure what to do. I figured I could have jammed for value, but am only getting called by better most likely. A small bet for value seemed alright, but wasn't sure what could call after bet bet checking.
I ended up just checking back and he said he had ace high and mucked, and I scooped another nice pot.
Those were the two biggest pots I played against the MV.
Later on during the session, some time after the two hands I posted against him, I continued to play solid sitting with around 200bbs, opening to $20 pre with solid holdings that I believe I could slowplay and get paid off by this guy again as he had shown a willingness to attempt to bluff me in every pot we had played so far. However, this guy would relentlessly 3! to $120 IP almost every time I opened. So, in order to see flops against this guy, I just began open limping hands like KQs, JTs, 88, etc. This seemed to work, as he just raised to $20 over my limp and instead of paying 1/10th of my stack to play a hand vs him, I was now getting in much cheaper and it ended up working in my favor, as I won some more hands against him and booked my largest win ever playing live. It is strange as he didn't adjust his raise sizes to be larger over my limps preflop.
My question is: Were there better adjustments I could have made instead of open limping vs raising preflop with solid hands vs a talented loose/aggressive opponent? Was I Just lucky?
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Context: This is my second 2/5 session. I am 21 years old and I decided to take some shots and move up to 2/5 after beating 1/3 at my local casino for about 5 months now with a 19.36bb/hr winrate. Also, quite frankly, I find 1/3 incredibly boring in my casino. It is filled to the brim with passive players who often limp fold ATC.
One thing I have noticed so far in 2/5 is that players are much more willing to bet very large much more frequently and with a variety of holdings than in 1/3.
Anyways,
Reply:
I like the way you played the hands that you went over. One thing I’d recommend that can be intimidating when moving up in stakes but could be very useful is 4-bets bluffing this player type. If an aggressive player type is frequently 3-betting you too often, then try to add 4-bets bluffs so that player knows they can’t 3-bets you light and you gain some respect. Overall I’m glad you’re experience is going well with 2/5 and that you adjusted to a limp calling strategy that worked and you profited from, throw in some 4-bets bluffs and it’ll drastically change your game😁.
Is there a reason you bumped a two year old thread with a generic response that sounds like it was written by AI? Frankly, this looks like a set-up for posting spam later, and I'll likely ban the account if this post goes unanswered.
Yoooo, someone was beating 1/3NL at a 20bb/hr clip the first 5 months that he was legally of gambling age, then dusted off a LAG while he was shot-taking 2/5NL, and we left his posts on read and he never came back again? D':
RIP ErikTG, we didn't deserve you.
Last I heard he was up 7 figures lifetime on HCL. Can't be bothered with the opinion of peasants anymore.
