Line with middle pair in 3BP
Line with middle pair in 3BP

Line with middle pair in 3BP

£1/£1/£2

Hero opens MP £7 Kc10c (£160)
BB £22 covers
Hero calls

I think pre here is fine

Jh10d7s (£46)
BB £20
Hero Calls

I dont think we can do anything but call

Turn 6d (£86)
Checks through
I think my first decision here comes on the turn? I think checking here is probably best option dont think we get much value from worse here

River 3c (£86)
BB checks
Hero??
OTR - when check to twice im pretty confident I have the best hand but again is there value to be had??

13 December 2025 at 09:05 AM
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You can't raise flop as semi bluff having nut advantage?

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by Bill Hickok m

You can't raise flop as semi bluff having nut advantage?

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Im guessing that could be an option, but would that not be a better option with hands like AQ?

Also it seems a bit awkward with the stacks, what size would you be using? after he £20 bet OTF Id have 120 behind not sure what sizing I can use here?


I suppose you'd jam. You block tt. Call is fine too. I'd check river as played

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by Bill Hickok m

You can't raise flop as semi bluff having nut advantage?

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What are we trying to fold out?


by matzah_ball m

What are we trying to fold out?

Jx AT deny equity to ak kq 99. So I think you can fold out some hands that are ahead and some hands that have decent equity

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I think pre is a fold.
Most people aren't 3betting light in bb vs mp headsup unless he's very aggro.

As played, I guess we can bet like 10-20$ and pray he spazzes and come over the top and we snap call.
His range is mainly AK/AQ, 99-88 now.


by Bill Hickok m

You can't raise flop as semi bluff having nut advantage?

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What nutted hands raises this flop ip??? The best hand that raises this flop is like JT.

This is a 3bet pot. One pair hand is the nuts.
You might be jammed by sets, overpairs, AK/AQ/KQ/AJ. These hands are never folding to begin with.

If you're trying to get folds, try that stuff in a SRP.
We have a showdown value hand, we have position. We can go to showdown.


Little optimistic to think AJ is going to fold. And KQ is 0% chance.


Pre is good.

Flop- Call is the obvious play, I see no reason to get fancy when V is uncapped but we are good a lot. V won't have a lot of Jx, so if we are beat it is most likely QQ-AA and those hands will keep barreling.

Turn- we could attack this weakness. Too many Vs won't protect their checking range and V is basically waving a big flag saying "I don't have QJ+!!". We beat weaker and hands like AK/KQ/AQ are all calling a turn bet. A middle pp might feel obligated to call too. So if V is playing face up as most players do, betting for value now is a good exploit. We can go for 50 which allows us to jam or bet small depending on the river. That said, checking is fine, more natural and better vs Vs who are good enough to check-back Jx sometimes. We are checking to bluffcatch river.

River- V is now capped at a hand that's weaker than top pair. Maybe we run into AT sometimes, but going for value is going to be profitable. We are primarily targeting A high like AK/AQ, maybe Ax that hit a small pair. So we can't go too big. This is more art than science but I'd start with something a little below half-pot in the 30-40 range and adjust as I see Vs curiosity level.


by matzah_ball m

Little optimistic to think AJ is going to fold. And KQ is 0% chance.

That's great if kq calls, you successfully denied equity. If all jacks call then ok no point raising

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Is a relatively smaller sized 3b, but would still give consideration to folding preflop. Live poker BB 3b more linear than optimal so not going to be running into weaker Kxs that we dominate as much as you should.

As played on river, we have some nice showdown value - my default approach here would be betting Jx for value and checking back KTs here.


I usually check here but betting 10 is kinda cool.


PRE - you're only 80BB deep in a very low stakes game, and your raise has gotten 3B from the BB. I'd think this has to be a marginal call at best with KTs, when we'll be going to the flop with around 3.5 SPR.

FLOP - I guess call. Hard to think a raise folds out many better hands.

TURN - I think we could bet and get called by 88/99 and hands like KQ or AK, plus all his flush draws. With around 90 in the pot and about 120 in our stack, I might just jam. Seems like a spot where a lot of the hands we're targeting are likely to be pretty inelastic.

RIVER - doesn't look like he's very strong. I might bet around 35, hoping to get a crying call from 88/99, plus maybe he hero calls with AK at some frequency.


I think pre is a fold this shallow especially. Would bet like 10 bucks on the river


Yeah I think I was over thinking pre and probably should be a fold here


by RakkiOtoko m

Yeah I think I was over thinking pre and probably should be a fold here

Don't fall to the nitty side of the force. KTs is an east RFI/call vs BB. Especially a BB who seems to 3! with a reasonable frequency. If this was OMC, hasn't found a raise in 5 hours - ok fold. But you want to play 3! pots in position. That's where most profit comes from in live games. So when you have two reasonable cards and you're IP, call.

Yes, you'll get in some uncomfortable positions with less than the best cards, but turning these spots from uncomfortable to profit will drive your winrate.


bet the turn small vs most low limit players to get max value vs AK, AQ type hands. vs tricky or decent ones you can check.

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