JTs on Big Blind
1/3 Blinds
Hero (270$) / BB - TAG image.
V1 (200$) / UTG +1 - LAG in his 40s.
V2 (500$) / HJ - Mid 30s married TAG. 3 bets/Squeezes fairly often within his "tight" range.
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V1 opens to 8$, V2 calls, Hero calls on the BB with JhTh
FLOP (25$): Ts 9d 2s
Hero checks, V1 checks, V2 bets 8$, Hero raises 24$, V1 folds, V2 calls.
I raised here because I sensed some weakness from V2 due to his sizing and I have a backdoor straight draw and top pair.
TURN (73$): 9s
Hero checks, V2 checks
RIVER (73$): Qc
Hero bluff bets to 50$ to represent a Queen, a Flush or a 9 with the aim to throw Tens or worse mid-low pairs, V2 calls
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Will post results later.
8 Replies
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I call flop. You'll potentially be OOP to two players and your hand is unlikely to improve
The turn is good for the spade draws and sets you represented on the flop so you might need to continue betting as played
I probably just x/c or x/f river
Most of the hands you aimed to bluff out are worse, so why do we want to bluff them? You have showdown value
Pre - flat is good.
Flop - c/c
AP
Turn - c/f
River - c likely folding but may bluff catch depending on sizing.
Your hand is not strong enough (or weak enough) to c/r flop. After you do, you strengthen V’s continuing range. He now has overpairs and strong draws (many of which came in).
OOP with a marginal one pair hand and the range disadvantage, we should be trying not to inflate the pot OTF.
I call flop. You'll potentially be OOP to two players and your hand is unlikely to improve
The turn is good for the spade draws and sets you represented on the flop so you might need to continue betting as played
I probably just x/c or x/f river
Most of the hands you aimed to bluff out are worse, so why do we want to bluff them? You have showdown value
Pre - flat is good.
Flop - c/c
AP
Turn - c/f
River - c likely folding but may bluff catch depending on sizing.
Your hand is not strong enough (or weak enough) to c/r flop. After you do, you strengthen V’s continuing range. He now has overpairs and strong draws (many of which came in).
OOP with a marginal one pair hand and the range disadvantage, we should be trying not to inflate the pot OTF.
Thanks guys.
Results:
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1/3 Blinds
V1 opens to 8$, V2 calls, Hero calls on the BB with JhTh
FLOP (25$): Ts 9d 2s
Hero checks, V1 checks, V2 bets 8$, Hero raises 24$, V1 folds, V2 calls.
TURN (73$): 9s
Hero checks, V2 checks
RIVER (73$): Qc
Hero bluff bets to 50$ to represent a Queen, a Flush or a 9 with the aim to throw Tens or worse mid-low pairs, V2 calls
I don’t think this bet ever folds out a hand that’s beating you. If it’s a bluff, you’re targeting an *extremely* narrow range—like, exactly AT, KT, JT, T8 or JJ (and those all hands you block with JT!).
So, it’s a very bad bluff. Could it work as a value bet? Well…almost every draw came in, so the likelihood of him calling a 75%-pot bet with 33-88 or Ace-high is extremely low.
It’s just a badly-sized bet. It needs to be much bigger (so it can fold out KK) or much smaller (so it can get called by 77–or at least get you a cheap showdown). Nothing good can happen with a $59 bet!
Just check-call flop.
Just check-call turn.
Check-evaluate river.
Our hand is too good to bluff river. Flop check raise is optimistic, our hand is happy to check call a small bet.
You don't need to bluff the river, that makes no sense. Turn and river are both just checks and the flop raise is pretty optimistic as well, but not in a sense bad. He bet pretty small so the flop raise is fine.
Turn is not a good card for us - we don't want to bet this card, and can call depending on sizing, but will fold to a big bet.
River is just a check - fold to a lot of bets - JQ gets there, flush is there, we are only beating 78 or total random hands if he is a spaz. I probably fold river. Betting makes no sense and you are rarely gonna get better to fold. Even AT shouldn't lay this down as the price is too good.
