Big draw OOP.
1/3 nl 8 handed.
Both myself and the villain have 400
The villain is UTG. He has opened a few times for small raises 6-8 dollars. IÂ’ve seen one showdown where he had QhQc from the LJ. He bet all the way and won. He has limped a few times and called big raises but didnÂ’t show. Nothing of note with his post flop play. He does seem sticky post flop getting to the turn or river a good bit. This is over about an hour.
UTG opens to 6, HJ calls, folded to me in the BB with AdKd I raise to 38, UTG calls, HJ folds.
76 in pot.
7dQd3s How should I proceed from here? Am I supposed to start a bluff? Do I start with a check? Is this a hand we might getting all in?
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PRE - obvious 3B is obvious. Sizing seems okay. I might have gone bigger, but probably just to $40.
FLOP - OOP and HU as the PFR, I'm checking most flops. Probably checking this one, to go for a chunky check-raise. If he bets 1/3 pot, like $25-ish, I'm probably making it $100, and just jamming all turns.
If he checks back, that's fine. I'm probably going for check-raise again on most turns.
I bet $25 pretty wide here and then get ready to size up OTT.
I bet pot or close to it on the flop and try to fold him right now. If raised, I’m gone.
If villain calls, it somewhat caps him and now:
Check turn without improvement
If villain bets, I’m likely gone
This is inline with my strategy to ‘frontload aggression’ and then backdown to pressure on later streets. Bet if we hit top pair we will be good most of the time.
AK played well is the best thing that can happen to your bankroll, because we get that hand more often than other premiums.
Jamming pre-flop is never terrible, but I need reads for that move. To me, it’s a hand that I would rather fold & be wrong, than get it in, and be wrong.
I bet pot or close to it on the flop and try to fold him right now. If raised, I’m gone.If villain calls, it somewhat caps him and now:Check turn without improvementIf villain bets, I’m likely goneThis is inline with my strategy to ‘frontload aggression’ and then backdown to pressure on later streets. Bet if we hit top pair we will be good most of the ti
Bet folding the nfd and 2 overs is a huge mistake.
I think betting small, potting, and check raising are all good options and we should mix.
Bet folding the nfd and 2 overs is a huge mistake.
I think betting small, potting, and check raising are all good options and we should mix.
Could be right, but that’s my first instinct, find out how interested villain might be. I don’t know if anyone ever notices, but nobody has anything a lot of the time.
Check-raise feels good, you can jam turn if you don't get an immediate fold
Could be right, but that’s my first instinct, find out how interested villain might be. I don’t know if anyone ever notices, but nobody has anything a lot of the time.
We can find out the same info by just checking, and either continue for a lower price, or save ourselves some money when we fold.
It's true that very often no one has much of a hand. We're better served by determining that before we start bluffing.
I would play it the easy way. Play to x/r / gii on the flop. If called, shove blank turns. If it checks back, it depends on the turn card.
FreeCard advice is lol. You don't want to be done with it. If you cbet and get raised, you have to gii.
If I can, I typically like to offer poor IO of 8:1 when setting up small SPRs where it is unlikely I'll be able to fold postflop with TP+. $400 stacks is kinda borderline in this regards, as our sizing would need to be about $55ish, which might be a little too largish. Still, I think that's what I would lean to.
Kinda awkward SPR of ~5ish thanks to our sizing, where OOP he can easily make us play for stacks whenever he wants. Anyhoo.
Think I'd mostly start with a small cbet and see what happens. But prolly a bunch of ways you can play this. ETA: Check/raise to then jam turn is also fine, and might be better as it probably flexes more FE.
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