Facing flop C/R
£1/£1
MP opens £4
HJ calls covers
Hero calls BTN A3dd (£200)
This was one of my first hands of the session. I guess we can 3B here Im not sure if that is the more favourably option. Although nothing wrong with flatting too.
HJ is a pretty decent player I have played with for long time. I do think he runs over me a bit over the years as he is probably the better player and one of the better players in the casino.
Flop 10d10c8d (£14)
Hero bets £7
HJ £26
Hero calls
I don't think there is anything wrong with my line on the flop here
Turn 2d (£66)
HJ £34
Hero calls
I guess the argument here is should we call or raise. I think calling is best to keep in any of his bluffs and allow him to bet river with 10x. Although we could raise to get called of 10x and his worse flushes.
River 2c (£134)
HJ all in
I really cant find a way to call this river I only beat a bluff and after calling OTF & OTT I am unsure if he will shove the river with a worse flush and I could reasonably have a 10x
Im assuming if the river is a blank we just have to call off on the river. What would be the worse hands in our range we should be calling with here?
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I think you played it fine and thought about it fine. You could 3! pre and, as you mentioned it's a casino, should be more apt to do so if there is a rake.
I think I'd prefer a raise OTT, since he has so many value hands that you beat like FD or T and they aren't folding. The sizing feels like a T that didn't like the diamond. You can call if you think he has enough bluffs that will continue, but wouldn't most of his bluffs be diamonds?
I'd fold river too. I guess you are supposed to call against the machine. But IRL, your percieved range is mostly boats and flushes. You shouldn't have any good PPs, so what is he trying to bluff you off?
His sizing pattern doesn't look like a flush at all. CR. Flush comes in and he bets small. Board double pairs and he bets big.
I think you played it fine and thought about it fine. You could 3! pre and, as you mentioned it's a casino, should be more apt to do so if there is a rake.I think I'd prefer a raise OTT, since he has so many value hands that you beat like FD or T and they aren't folding. The sizing feels like a T that didn't like the diamond. You can call if you think he has enough bluffs th
Yeah the way he had played the hand it does seem like a 10x
Cheers
Why are you donk betting on the flop when you have a draw? Take the free card.
Overcalling is usually a bit weak but if there's ever a time to do it it's on the button with a weak suited Ace, so no issues preflop. Squeezing also fine, folding also fine.
I think betting flop is fine (not a desperately clear HH but it's not a donk, it's a bet in position when checked to). Flop favours a field caller [edit, it's field caller vs field caller so ignore that! In fact multiway perhaps checking is best] and you can get immediate folds from better Aces and some small pairs, plus buy yourself a free river card more often than not.
Probably raise turn before another diamond rolls off. River I'm struggling to see many bluffs, and I doubt you see any flushes other than perhaps the odd King-high one, in which case so be it. This is a Ten so often.
Overcalling is usually a bit weak but if there's ever a time to do it it's on the button with a weak suited Ace, so no issues preflop. Squeezing also fine, folding also fine.I think betting flop is fine (not a desperately clear HH but it's not a donk, it's a bet in position when checked to). Flop favours a field caller [edit, it's field caller vs field caller so ignore that! In
Tbh I would not have considers folding. Maybe that’s incorrect on my part but having suited Ax on button I would usually call or raise.
I think my biggest mistake was not easing turn. What sizing should we be using here
Raising turn would be a huge overplay.
Mostly that, and partly because he’s repping big enough that we could be piling in chips completely dead. We don’t have a lot to protect against and his bluffs are drawing almost or completely dead, while his trips will stack off anyways once he bets the turn.
Mostly that, and partly because he’s repping big enough that we could be piling in chips completely dead. We don’t have a lot to protect against and his bluffs are drawing almost or completely dead, while his trips will stack off anyways once he bets the turn.
Yeah it's a good point. I think the main point to raise was getting more value from 10x and flushes which I imagine is a big part of his range here. but I can see why we would want to keep his bluffs in too
My play would depend entirely on my read of villain:
I would fold if I thought there was a decent possibility that villain had a ten. A check-raise is a strong move and some bet it when they hit it. I know that kind.
If villain is tricky or just very capable of making a move, I would re-raise to 100. With a big semi-bluff flush draw, I want to force the issue now.
That’s just me & I’m sure I won’t always be right. Have no idea how the online guys would figure it.
