Just a quick question
I feel like i'm being exploited. I'm not sure if it's just a certain player type that makes it feel this way or if I"m actually being exploited. This happens quite frequently online when I'm playing. I'll just give an example. 3bet pot heads up. I have ATs. flop comes T74. He checks I bet. He check raises a fairly large size. like 20bb. Now in this spot do I just jam because I believe I have the best hand. I still have nearly 70bb behind is the problem. If he's got a set or an over pair say JJ I would be punting off my stack into obvlivion. So I just call with the thinking that I'll just let him keep punting if I hiave him beat and If i'm beat I'll try to lose the minimum. But of course I just get the worst run out ever. J on the turn and Q on the river and the guy triple barrels all in on the river and I'm in the tough spot in the blender and don't know what to do. My hand went from being rather nutted to basically a bluff catcher. These spots seem to constantly happen and I don't know if my opponents have picked up on my play and realize they can just buy pots off my 24/7 or they actually have a nutted hand. It seems like every time I find the balls to call them down they have me crushed. I just find it hard to believe that I'm behind on every one of these hands. Anyway. Like in the example provided what do you do? Just get it in on the flop? Call down on any run out? Or fold when the worst runout possible hits on turn and river?
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There are way too many variables to say for sure - Different positions/opponents/board textures will all play differently. One thing I will say though, is that players are rarely exploiting you as hard as you think. Its a common emotional bias people feel when playing poker (and why players are able to get paid off with big hands).
Most opponents are playing their own range and often a lot of tables. It is likely you get bluffed now and then, but I doubt you are specifically targeted in these triple barrel lines, assuming this is micro or small stakes.
As a very broad answer to the technical question - You can fast play vulnerable but strong hands once the pot is a reasonable size. For instance a 3bet pot on the flop when the opponents range is wide enough (ie. SB vs BTN, less so SB vs UTG). The opponent should have enough hands that fold or are dominated to cover the 70bb you are shoving in. However in many cases, calling the flop and accepting you will have some bad run outs will be best option.
Thanks for reply. It's always been my thought process as well that people think they're being exploited more than they actually are. It just gets tiring being put in these spots over and over. I guess that's poker for ya though. Thanks again.
Depends on whether you think he's checkraising anything worse for value. If he has lots of KT/QT, then reraising is generally better, to stack those hands before a scare card comes.
If his range is just sets and draws, then calling is generally better, since you can potentially get away when the draws complete.
Just min raise back
