99 in the SB against a LAG
1/2. Same V as previous hand (see results here for hero’s now not-so .... Hero now adjusts villain’s VPIP-RFI-3B to about 45-35-10. Hero saw V 3bet 68s and show down a flush. Stacks are now 400 effective. BB is loose-passive.
Limp, limp. V raises LJ to 20. Hero in sb with 99?
I normally take a 3-bet or fold strategy from the SB, with TT at the bottom of my range. Against this V, should I adjust my 3bet range to include 99 and 88? Just fold? Do you ever just call and set mine, given the implied odds of 22:1 and a passive BB?
Re - the rake...
Most rooms I play in around Philly, the rake is 10% up to $5 cap, with a $2 drop for promotions, at least at 1/3. I think it's the same for 2/5 and 1/2. The high hand promos usually run 7 or 8 hours, 6 or 7 days per week, depending on the room.
The dealers get paid, I think something like minimum wage, plus tips, obviously. I'd be curious to know how OP's card room gets away with not paying the dealers anything at all. Regardless, that rake is pretty bad for a 1/2 game.
Re - the hand, considering the rake - I suppose it makes more sense to play fewer hands, but play them more aggressively, and try to win more pots pre-flop. In that case, I think the EV between folding, calling, and raising is closer. If we have a skill edge, and especially if we're in position, I'd lean more towards calling. Out of position, I guess it becomes more of a raise or fold.
Most rooms I play in around Philly, the rake is 10% up to $5 cap, with a $2 drop for promotions, at least at 1/3. I think it's the same for 2/5 and 1/2. The high hand promos usually run 7 or 8 hours, 6 or 7 days per week, depending on the room.
Although the promo drop at Nat. Harbor is $3 max, HH promos run pretty much 24/7.
The dealers earn the MA service minimum wage of $6.75. So technically, they do pay their dealers, just not enough to make them stay without tips.
You do you, but to make the discussions here easier, I wouldn't include the tip when discussing rake, and wouldn't say the dealers only work for tips when they get paid hourly.
Regardless, the rake in your game sucks compared to most games in the US, I think, or at least the ones I play locally.
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I would just call. It's not only a set mine, I'm not folding to him and I don't wanna make it 80 since aggressive players love to call to try and hit flops which puts us at an awkward situation post flop with a pair of nines in a big pot with a low SPR and being OOP.
Id have to agree flatting here to set mine 20$ isn't much of a loss if you hit and you'll probably play exactly the same on the flop if you do hit and check unless the board is very wet.
To me it seems this guy is not going to fold if he's playing this loose. You'll get out ez if you don't hit even on a low end board since you can't raise for value on him post when you don't hit. There are just way too many variables on his range
20$ worth it 3! I'd not bother with.
Id have to agree flatting here to set mine 20$ isn't much of a loss if you hit and you'll probably play exactly the same on the flop if you do hit and check unless the board is very wet.
To me it seems this guy is not going to fold if he's playing this loose. You'll get out ez if you don't hit even on a low end board since you can't raise for value on him post when you don't hit. There are just way too many variables on his range
20$ worth it 3! I'd not bother with.
I agree he's not likely folding pre (lag's have a hard time folding to 3bets because they're more worried about their image and showing someone they're able to outplay them) but I'm not flatting just to setmine. Once we're above 77/88's we start to have SDV, so we can still win without flopping a set whereas if we had 44 then I would probably just fold for those odds to most standard players.
I agree he's not likely folding pre (lag's have a hard time folding to 3bets because they're more worried about their image and showing someone they're able to outplay them) but I'm not flatting just to setmine. Once we're above 77/88's we start to have SDV, so we can still win without flopping a set whereas if we had 44 then I would probably just fold for those odds to most standard players.
I agree with you that 99 isn't a pure setmine in this spot. But it is going to be awfully hard to win, since we will be inviting the limpers and the BB in, and we know the LAG is cbetting 80% of flops. The LAG gets to bet all of his air for $40 on Q83r and J52tt and we just have to fold the best hand since there are going to be two players left to act behind us.
