Aces IP and behind apparently

Aces IP and behind apparently

1/3 NLHE 9 handed

We're early in the session and settling into the table which is a mix of loose passives and some nits, no one good but some of the nits probably turn a small profit.

V - Young asian station. I'll give point form description of his tendencies and he's a station but not always passive, he's trying to learn the game and watches mariano.

  • post flop he's very sticky and will tank but ulitmately stack off with TPGK, like KQo on K-J-8-7-T bdfd, he is the guy that runs into backdoors in ridiculous spots and stacks 4-people who you then see sitting on a massive stack and wonder where he got it
  • preflop he's less sticky but still a loose passive
  • preflop he can open too wide and gets bored, he opened 63s UTG earlier (he's been losing so far this session and is on his 2nd or 3rd buy in), he will also 3-bet light sometimes but rarely (not enough for it to be worth adjusting)
  • VPIP/PFR/3-bet about 40/20/4 with the occaisional spazz, so he has aggression, he once 4-bet me with JJ when I had AKs, flop came dry K-high and he shoved and I called and held
  • I've check/raised-bet-shoved OOP on a low connected board (like 7-7-6-4-3) and he's called me down with TT before, bluffing him is torching
  • doesn't adjust for size, so a PSB gets almost as much of his range to call as a 1/2 PSB
  • cbets at too high a frequency, doesn't protect his check back range, cbets too wide MW, uses half pot sizings, when he has a vulnerable overpair he sizes up and piles money in even on scary boards (cant read board texture well)***

Asian woman - very straightforward player usually but has some punts, her game is to buy in with 1-200 and just rip it in with value, premium, and high equity draws. Anytime she thinks she's ahead she's ripping it in or betting pot or over pot. She limps and calls a lot pre and just tries to make her decisions easier by going with it or not.

HH with Asian woman (would like your thoughts) - woman limps MP, two more limps, hero opens A 8 CO, woman limp calls, limpers both call, 4-ways IP. flop 3 2 2 woman leads for pot, limpers fold, I just call, turn 7, woman shoves AI for 90% pot. I tank fold. She says she had 9 7

--- Hero BTN 460, woman SB 250, V MP Covers ---

V opens MP 15, folds to H OTB who sees A A and raises to 45, SB woman calls 45, V calls 45. 3-ways IP.

Flop 135 - K J 6

Woman checks, V checks, H bets 50, Woman folds, V check-raises to 150, H tanks doing math and gets clock called on him by woman in SB, finally I call.

Turn 435 - 2

V shoves covering our 265$ remaining...

***Aside: I've come to notice this new parameter I'm trying to incorporate into my game and wondering if some of the good winning players here have this as a justification for calling wide IP. I've come to call this parameter the "glued implied odds". Several players in my room get "glued" to their hands and simply can't make folds on any runout with for example - TT+. So your speculative hands like 56s when the flop comes 4-6-7 bdfd have better implied odds because if you hit your trips, open-ender, or bd flush or whatever you get paid the maximum...they simply can't fold when these draws come in. Do you adjust for this at your game? Do you use it to justify wider calls pre?

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09 February 2025 at 09:26 PM
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Getting 1.6-1 I think this is a pretty trivial call. He may have a flush despite us blocking the nut. He may have JJ. We have >30% equity against the top of his range.

But inexperienced players often mis-/overplay monochrome boards.

Wouldn’t be surprised if this is pair + naked diamond or even AK no diamond. We are crushing these holdings.


Based on your 4th bullet point, this is a snap call, beat his chips into the pot.


by fatmanonguitar k

Getting 1.6-1 I think this is a pretty trivial call. He may have a flush despite us blocking the nut. He may have JJ. We have >30% equity against the top of his range.

But inexperienced players often mis-/overplay monochrome boards.

Wouldn’t be surprised if this is pair + naked diamond or even AK no diamond. We are crushing these holdings.

we most certainly do not have >30% against JJ


by Stupidbanana k
by fatmanonguitar k

Getting 1.6-1 I think this is a pretty trivial call. He may have a flush despite us blocking the nut. He may have JJ. We have >30% equity against the top of his range.

But inexperienced players often mis-/overplay monochrome boards.

Wouldn’t be surprised if this is pair + naked diamond or even AK no diamond. We are crushing these holdings.

we most certainly do not have >30% against JJ

My mistake. I still call


I can't fold here vs. this guy. I probably just shove the flop myself.


flop looks too big, obviously call turn. dont understand the flop tank to the point of getting clock called on u

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