How to improve my play?
Hi all, first post here. Looking to get some advice on a play I just made in a local poker tournament.
I was in the BB (stack size 30BB), action folds to Cut-Off (38BB) , who raises to 3BB, action folds to me and I call with 7 spades and 8 clubs.
Flop comes 6, 9, K (All spades), I bet 5BB, Villain calls.
Turn comes 3 hearts, I bet 12BB, Villain Jams, I call. Villain reveals Jack spades and King hearts.
River comes 5 spades and I lose my stack.
My question here is what could I have done generally better, should I really have folded on the turn with a flush draw and open-ender?
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Pre flop is OK. I likely call with this hand.
I definitely always check the flop here. I rarely donk anyway. The bet sizing is also too large (Villain can call or jam here with good hands). After checking, the Villain will likely make it 2 bb to 3 bb which would be an easy call. There are times that Villain will check it back which would make a turn lead bet very effective. I wouldn't c/r here partly because CO can have a flush and we would be drawing dead but also because we have a lot of outs to improve but not necessarily be ahead.
As played on the turn either check or jam. Betting 60% effective stack doesn't make sense. I would check because Villain called the flop bet and likely won't fold to a turn jam (I think Villain shoves the flop a bit with just a flush draw). We don't necessarily have an edge if a spade comes on the river. Also checking could lead to a check back by Villain based on fear that we would c/r jam.
Yeah I think this makes sense. I guess I should respect the wet board and being OOP a lot more than I did. Cheers.
I mean, not to be too harsh, but yeah, it's a bit of a mess.
This isn't a board you really want to donk on, and your sizing is huge to boot.
Once you bet that big and still get called, what do you think villain has? What kind of range calls a bet that large here? What are you hoping to accomplish with your turn bet?
A few mistakes, but obviously it's good that you are posting to get feedback and learn.
Preflop - It's a bit lose to call a 3BB raise with 87o and your stack sizes. I would call 87s
Flop: I would play this cautiously. I think you should check and see what the player does. After you bet and he calls you, I think you need to be done with the hand. Your bet is big and you could get the same result by betting 3BB.
Turn: Give up mode. After he calls your bet, you don't beat any hand. You might get the naked Ace of spades to fold, but most other hands are not folding. You bet too large and committed yourself. I think you should be betting smaller if you are going to bet in this spot. But I would just give up.
Pre is fine, would be a little concerned about calling a 3x raise but our hand is probably still fine to call with.
On flop, I think our whole range plays as a check because villain’s overall range is much stronger than ours. I’d probably check raise this hand if villain bets though. If you are going to lead, you have to prepared to lead some flushes and some top pair+ hands as well. It’s a really hard line to balance so I’d just not bother with it.
As played on turn, we probably have to continue now but I’d go smaller, like maybe 33% pot where we can conceivably fold to a jam but maybe get some Ax w/o As or even some second pair hands to fold. When we go with the size we went with we are kind of committed. Maybe some Kx without a spade folds, which would be bad when we have good hands in that line.
Big blind leads are a thing, but they’re usually in boards where the big blind range connects really well in comparison to our opponent. King high monotone boards aren’t those types of boards.
