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Originally Posted by Alsi
-> Hand 1, what hand you put him on? u have 57 as blockers to the straight draw - so it can be as likely he has AQxx than a rundown/1 gapper there? (with the card removal effect)
Preflop agree this hand is garbage, not even about position or situation, 1 gap on top- low rundown with 0 suit.
-> Hand 2, AP I fold turn because even if he does not have 2 pairs at least, we are definitely not >40% against a strong drawing hand with one pair (often the case?)
I tend to try to limit unecessary variance.
Preflop , fold this double hold em hand imo with no nutty potential (suit at K) and you obviously know that the pot is going to go Multi way and our relative position is poor
if ever you want to stick playing, then in case limpers do only cold call 3bet with hands they would have raised themselves with, then please ISO preflop vs LP opener to take the initiative?
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Regarding straddle, in general, I agree straddle is -ev.
Button straddling even in PLO, I do not think it is +EV, because the purpose is to see as much as cheap flop possible IP .
However, I strongly agree with Aceholio , you need to keep the customers happy.
AND MOST IMPORTANT, if you are in a game that everyone straddle, you are playing a bigger limit, either you leave the table or you put straddle simply because:
- 7 hands over 8 (assumed 8handed table) you will be like playing in a higher limit game , so the money you lose in those 7 hands (straddle by other players) will never be caught up when you win at the 8th hand at lower limit ( if you decline to straddle).
ESPECIALLY the 8th hand - your turn to straddle, you are on the BTN (assumed to win more often), so you Want to straddle in this game
Hand 1 the game had just opened and it felt like he was barreling. I called pre because I was maybe a little ansy to play my first hand, i flopped really well but knew how bad my hand plays all in so i just flat called and prayed for a no spade non straight runout and that is what I got. I didn't love the turn or the river but there were definitely worse cards out there that couldve come. I was more worried about AA and QQ really AQ not so much but yes definitely possible.
Hand 2 I knew I was splashing preflop. Had anyone limp backraised in this game yet i would've snap folded. So i payed the 225 to win like 1200 and massive implied odds (i know reverse implied odds come into effect too). Thinking about the call on the flop it looks really bad in hindsight, because he bet into 3 players. If someone had reraised I guess I would've just been lighting over 1000$ on fire this hand buy playing it the way i did. Once we arrive on the turn I tanked for a good 3 minutes. I didn't know the exact odds of my hand against his because he can have alot of hands here I think. People I've talked to about the hand think he had AAJ9, but I really don't think he had that. Seems a little amateurish to try and barrel 3 players with AA on that flop. Anyone want to take a guess at his hand in hand 2?
