2/5: JJ vs 96s — Do I need to size up flop/turn?
2/5, $600 eff. Wild hand — curious if I should’ve gone bigger on flop or turn.
UTG straddle to $10, UTG1 blind raises to $20, two callers. I look down at J♦J♥ in the small blind and raise to $125. Only MP calls.
Flop ($300): T♦6♦2♦
I bet $100, he calls.
Turn ($500): 9♣
I bet $200, he calls again.
River ($900): Q♠
I check, he checks back and shows… 9♠6♠ for two pair. 😑
I had about $400 behind on the river. Just stunned at the line. He calls a huge preflop raise with 96s in MP, calls flop with bottom pair and no diamonds, and then checks back river after turning two pair.
Results aside — should I be betting bigger on the flop and/or turn? Would a bigger flop bet ($150–$175) charge him more and make the river play differently? Same with turn — should I have gone like $300 instead of $200?
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Ok next time don't show results immediately.
Ok we already got 1/4 of our stack in preflop.
After seeing flop I think can we can come to the conclusion we only want to play two street game. In order to play a two street game, we probably need to size up a little. 125 then ship most turns.
We can also check flop but it seems villain is probably very passive so cbetting vs this specific villain is best.
Btw, you mention 600 effective but how did you still have 400 left on river?? Already in for 425. You mean villain still has 175 left?
As played I think you can call it a cooler but try to get stacks in next time
I like preflop. I would have went way larger OTF. I would have went way larger OTT.
Jam turn. I woulda got stacked here and you should.
6bet you have 1000+ posts, you know way better than to show results in your post.
I think the folks arguing bigger sizes are right, particularly turn, but I don't think you played it horribly.
As for him putting more than 20% in with 96 suited, all I can say is you should print money here in the long run. Make sure you congratulate him (in a non-patronizing way). You want this guy in the game.
You raised the right amount to get to the flop with an SPR of less than 2. You have an overpair. Any A, Q, K or diamond on the turn or river are bad cards. Just jam flop.
The results are in the thread title...that doesn't help.
I think the current practice, GTO or otherwise, of small flop bets, especially on monotone flops, is because stacks are usually deep relative to the pot and opponents play tighter on monotone flops.
That is not true here....the pot is large and your opponent is apparently a loose caller. So act accordingly.
