[400NL] XR-B-? in 4B pot

[400NL] XR-B-? in 4B pot

Villain is standard reg.

How do we lose as little as possible in your opinion? XF, XC, shove, Bet 10% ?

Winamax - €4 NL (5 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG: 198.39 BB
CO: 100 BB
BTN: 114.38 BB
SB: 141.26 BB
Hero (BB): 167.37 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, BTN raises to 2.2 BB, fold, Hero raises to 10 BB, BTN raises to 24 BB, Hero calls 14 BB

Flop: (48.5 BB, 2 players) 3 A 3
Hero checks, BTN bets 4.85 BB, Hero raises to 19 BB, BTN calls 14.15 BB

Turn: (86.5 BB, 2 players) 5
Hero bets 23 BB, BTN calls 23 BB

River: (132.5 BB, 2 players) K
Hero checks, BTN bets 48.38 BB and is all-in,

24 August 2024 at 03:15 AM
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Once he calls the flop, why not just shove the turn? Stack to pot works out.


what’s the point in raising so big OTF? u don’t need a very big size to make anything less than top pair indifferent OTF.


I think X/C is better then shove, could still bluff idk what...

B10 is just weird when its just B35 left


Have to call this river AP.

Versus a reg I would consider shoving pre to punish their weak 4b. Calling is 0ev according to gtow. But calling and not calling down on AxxxK seems like a bigger mistake.


by redwhirl k

what’s the point in raising so big OTF? u don’t need a very big size to make anything less than top pair indifferent OTF.

Villain microbet the flop


this is a good river for us yes? all-in, sucks to lose.


x/f is a pretty big deviation, for anything other than that I don't think it matters a ton what you pick

As far as I can tell, they'd have to not only be both under 4betting non-AK Ax in general and pure 4betting AKo pre, but also pure calling turn with KK, as well as not bluffing river with QQ-JJ or any other pairs to consider a x/f

So at lower stakes or in weaker pools you could maybe consider a x/f here


by The Horror k

Once he calls the flop, why not just shove the turn? Stack to pot works out.

Except if the board is (very) drawy and the value of fold equity is high, the theory always favors betting small with this SPR.


by DeeKayBee k

I think X/C is better then shove, could still bluff idk what...

B10 is just weird when its just B35 left

It's very weird but potentially a way to maximize value on QQ-TT. In hindsight, I think this looks like the best play.


by whitemares k

x/f is a pretty big deviation, for anything other than that I don't think it matters a ton what you pick

As far as I can tell, they'd have to not only be both under 4betting non-AK Ax in general and pure 4betting AKo pre, but also pure calling turn with KK, as well as not bluffing river with QQ-JJ or any other pairs to consider a x/f

So at lower stakes or in weaker pools you could maybe consider a x/f here

Yes I checked afterwards and xf is a big theoretical error but in my simulation:

- Lots of AKo 4B shove pf.
- More than half of KK fold turn.
- The majority of Ax shove river without accomplishing anything because the rake cap has already been reached.

I don't know what it is in reality but XF, which I chose ingame, seems really terrible.

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