Overplay? Big pot 2nd pair FD hits river Online SH
Overplay? Big pot 2nd pair FD hits river Online SH

Overplay? Big pot 2nd pair FD hits river Online SH

Found this while reviewing hands, so I don't recall any reads.

Ignition - $1/$2 (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG: 61.99 BB
CO: 22.09 BB
BTN: 83.26 BB
SB: 158.01 BB
Hero (BB): 69.08 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has J A

UTG calls 1 BB, CO raises to 2 BB, fold, SB raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 4 BB, UTG calls 3 BB, CO calls 2 BB, SB calls 1 BB

Flop: (16 BB, 4 players) K 8 J
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG bets 1 BB, CO calls 1 BB, SB calls 1 BB, Hero calls 1 BB

Turn: (20 BB, 4 players) 9
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG bets 2 BB, fold, SB calls 2 BB, Hero calls 2 BB

River: (26 BB, 3 players) 2
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG bets 2 BB, fold, Hero calls 2 BB

18 June 2024 at 04:14 PM
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Getting 14:1 on your money I think it’s fine. I would bet flop.


I agree with betting flop as played. I usually just call preflop (I think this sort of hand plays better without the initiative) but I could be convinced that’s wrong.


yea if I'm going to Cap pre I have to lead flop....

can I cbet the turn tho after all the callers? I guess I would have to and then maybe xc the river?


by asmitty m

I agree with betting flop as played. I usually just call preflop (I think this sort of hand plays better without the initiative) but I could be convinced that’s wrong.

Can you expand on this a little? What is you cap range here? Are you also calling with AQs? TT? JTs, T9s? I am likely folding 22-55 and AJo for sure. Maybe mistakes on the pairs.

I figure this a a solid mw hand, I am oop and if I am going to call 2 cold I might as well cap and possibly get some folders or dragalongs with sub par hands for some extra bets.


by killians3 m

Can you expand on this a little? What is you cap range here? Are you also calling with AQs? TT? JTs, T9s? I am likely folding 22-55 and AJo for sure. Maybe mistakes on the pairs.

I figure this a a solid mw hand, I am oop and if I am going to call 2 cold I might as well cap and possibly get some folders or dragalongs with sub par hands for some extra bets.

I don’t have a capping range in the BB here. I have a fairly wide calling range (AJo+, KQo, any two suited broadway, 55+, J9s, T9s, 98s, 87s) and then figure out what to do once a flop hits. In theory, there is a way to construct a well-balanced capping range preflop, but in practice I find it easier not to have one.


If it was three ways, yeah, but doesn’t it become better to have a 4bet range in a four way pot? If this was CO raise, sb 3bet, I don’t have a capping range.


Cap pre is good. I also agree with leading the flop.


by checkraisdraw m

If it was three ways, yeah, but doesn’t it become better to have a 4bet range in a four way pot? If this was CO raise, sb 3bet, I don’t have a capping range.

So if the action were like MP raises CO 3bets SB calls, I could get behind having a capping range But if the SB 3bets, I think there is a real advantage to not having a capping range out of the BB - it gives you a lot more optionality on the flop (which is really, really important when you have a hand like AJdd where your equity is going to shift dramatically depending on the flop). I agree with the general principle that you should be more likely to cap out of the BB the more players there are.


Yeah I cap most of my continuing range here. Especially at lower stakes the limper might fold but I can see arguments on both sides.

My first thought was bet the flop, you get called by all sorts of slop, but I wonder what our equity actually is five ways with a king and all sorts of draws out there. I wouldn’t hate it if the flop checked through


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V had Ato. Not sure why he bet flop, could see the turn cbet when he picked up OESD and river bluff.


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