Would you fold this straight to a shove? Blockers?
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NL Holdem 0.02(BB)
MP ($2.01) [VPIP: 28.6% | PFR: 12.8% | AGG: 21.1% | Hands: 269]
CO ($4.86) [VPIP: 18.1% | PFR: 15.3% | AGG: 51.5% | Hands: 1427]
BTN ($2.72) [VPIP: 44% | PFR: 31.5% | AGG: 39% | Hands: 11500]
SB ($1.21) [VPIP: 100% | PFR: 47.8% | AGG: 26.3% | Flop Agg: 50% | Turn Agg: 36.4% | River Agg: 22.2% | 3Bet: 33.3% | 4Bet: 100% | Cold Call: 60% | Hands: 23]
BB ($2.20) [VPIP: 41.2% | PFR: 26% | AGG: 35.7% | Flop Agg: 31.3% | Turn Agg: 41.6% | River Agg: 46.5% | 3Bet: 12.9% | 4Bet: 9.6% | Cold Call: 28.3% | Hands: 3153]
UTG ($2.57) [VPIP: 17.3% | PFR: 12.5% | AGG: 23.5% | Hands: 104]
HERO ($2) [VPIP: 16.8% | PFR: 11.4% | AGG: 31.3% | Flop Agg: 36.6% | Turn Agg: 28.2% | River Agg: 29.3% | 3Bet: 4.3% | 4Bet: 5.2% | Hands: 22619]
Dealt to Hero: Q♦ Q♥
UTG Folds, HERO Raises To $0.12, MP Folds, CO Folds, BTN Folds, SB Calls $0.11, BB Calls $0.10
Hero SPR on Flop: [3.03 effective]
Flop ($0.36): T♠ 8♥ J♥
SB Bets $0.17 (Rem. Stack: $0.92), BB Calls $0.17 (Rem. Stack: $1.91), HERO Calls $0.17 (Rem. Stack: $1.71)
Turn ($0.87): T♠ 8♥ J♥ 9♠
SB Bets $0.83 (Rem. Stack: $0.09), BB Raises To $1.91 (allin),
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Nope, never ever folding here. You block KQ + this is NL2 and both - SB and BB - seem to be weak players.
Btw, you are playing way too tight (VPIP, PFR, 3b). Fixing preflop are the low hanging fruits ;-)
Nope, never ever folding here. You block KQ + this is NL2 and both - SB and BB - seem to be weak players.
Btw, you are playing way too tight (VPIP, PFR, 3b). Fixing preflop are the low hanging fruits ;-)
SB also had blockers. Hence, why I'm so tight
Turn ($0.87): T♠ 8♥ J♥ 9♠
SB Bets $0.83 (Rem. Stack: $0.09), BB Raises To $1.91 (allin), HERO Calls $1.71 (allin), SB Calls $0.09 (allin)
River ($5.41): T♠ 8♥ J♥ 9♠ 5♠
Spoiler
SB shows: 9♥ 8♠
BB shows: K♠ Q♠
BB wins: $1.56
BB wins: $3.45
On Nl2 shoves/call AI on a board like this range from KQ, 7x, sets, flushdraws and even 2pair (as seen). You block KQ to the max, so a fold isn't an option. If the opponent has KQ, be it, if he sucks out to flush or fullhouse, be it, nice hand.
Too tight refers to your preflop stats over 22k hands. VPIP, PFR and 3b are all way too low. You can find a lot of free charts on the internet (f.e. Upswing Poker, GTO Wizard......). Not opening, 3betting or defending with hands having a positive EV has a significant impact on your winrate. Learn the ranges from the solver and then adjust them depending on your opponent. F.e. in the SB the solver opens 3.5x with 41.9% of hands, if you see an opponent on the BB with similar stats like yours, you expand the range, if he defends more than the solver, you tighten up.
SB also had blockers. Hence, why I'm so tight
Turn ($0.87): T♠ 8♥ J♥ 9♠
SB Bets $0.83 (Rem. Stack: $0.09), BB Raises To $1.91 (allin), HERO Calls $1.71 (allin), SB Calls $0.09 (allin)
River ($5.41): T♠ 8♥ J♥ 9♠ 5♠
Spoiler
SB shows: 9♥ 8♠
BB shows: K♠ Q♠
BB wins: $1.56
BB wins: $3.45
How do you know small blind had blockers? You didn’t know what small blind had when you played the hand. Plus he was talking about your stats, not this particular hand. You certainly weren’t too tight here - opening QQ PF is obviously correct. Although, do you always use a 6BB sizing when opening? Obviously, considering the hands that called you, this isn’t going to be too bad at 2NL, but generally larger open sizings lead to tighter calling ranges, where opponents will have better hands than you more often. Smaller sizings allow weaker hands to correctly call and see flops — this is what you want when you are opening. You don’t want to narrow opponents’ ranges to very strong hands. If you ever want to play against better opponents at higher stakes, you want to consider opening smaller (and wider).
Never folding.
Happy to call all day long!
