KQs meh, you have the nuts it prob don't matter what you do. I think I lean towards betting tho because we have a better chance at folding out 2nd pair by the River

I guess it depends how many 9x are in his 3betting range, but yeah do agree that T9 and 98 do need more protection than A9.

I do disagree with this one. On AQ9r our betting range really wants to more polarised here, and think betting very large here with AK/AJ+ makes a lot of sense, as the SB shouldn't really have many strong hands except A9s or 99.

We're also going to have lots of gutshots (KJ, KT, T8, T7 etc) that we want to bluff as well so do think betting on the larger side (close to pot) is much more effective. We really want to put the SB in a awkward situation with his bluff catchers like crappy aces, KQ etc

That and we get value/build pot vs their slowplays that won't fold when we hit

Valid for sure. I think it being a rainbow board makes me wanna go slightly smaller whereas if it was TT I could 100% get behind that.

We also have a **** load of air on the flop that we prob wanna cbet small with just to take it down

(Y)

I think these are good arguments for betting as well.

Basically what was going on in my head is if he has some bad ace or whatever he's never folding anyway, but when he checks the turn (after checking flop) his range is going to be quite weak as I think people just tend to bet their bad aces on the turn hence a more straight-forward range.

Thanks for the analysis as usual

Bang on. More hands!

Why do you have that pic saved :|

Haha hope you got yourself a checkup after that pic!

Overslept and worked at home today, although it mainly comprised grinding 25NL Zoom and eating cereal in my boxers. Played okish, definitely on the tired side but overall a decent session

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Blockers etc vs spud with prob wide continuing range

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 156.56 BB
SB: 102.48 BB
BB: 126.84 BB
UTG: 101.4 BB
MP: 98.04 BB
CO: 274.08 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has A K

fold, MP raises to 3.2 BB, fold, Hero raises to 9.6 BB, fold, fold, MP calls 6.4 BB

Flop: (20.6 BB, 2 players) 6 4 Q
MP checks, Hero bets 6.68 BB, MP calls 6.68 BB

Turn: (33.96 BB, 2 players) Q
MP checks, Hero bets 19.48 BB, MP calls 19.48 BB

River: (72.92 BB, 2 players) 9
MP checks, Hero checks

MP shows Q Q (Four of a Kind, Queens)
(Pre 57%, Flop 98%, Turn 100%)
Hero mucks A K (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 43%, Flop 2%, Turn 0%)
MP wins 69.64 BB

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Vs reg, should probably 1/2pot river although this is a pretty bad hand to do it with blocking TT/99

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 150.8 BB
SB: 100.64 BB
BB: 107.72 BB
UTG: 118.56 BB
MP: 223 BB
CO: 58.76 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has T 9

fold, fold, CO raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 8 BB, fold, fold, CO calls 5 BB

Flop: (17.4 BB, 2 players) J 8 J
CO checks, Hero bets 5.64 BB, CO calls 5.64 BB

Turn: (28.68 BB, 2 players) 4
CO checks, Hero bets 18.4 BB, CO calls 18.4 BB

River: (65.48 BB, 2 players) 6
CO checks, Hero checks

CO shows 5 5 (Two Pair, Jacks and Fives)
(Pre 48%, Flop 44%, Turn 61%)
Hero mucks T 9 (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 52%, Flop 56%, Turn 39%)
CO wins 62.52 BB

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River bet-size or check?

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 289.32 BB
SB: 178.16 BB
Hero (BB): 101 BB
UTG: 119.6 BB
MP: 433.72 BB
CO: 100.08 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has T A

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 3 BB, fold, Hero calls 2 BB

Flop: (6.4 BB, 2 players) 4 6 T
Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: (6.4 BB, 2 players) 9
Hero bets 5.2 BB, BTN calls 5.2 BB

River: (16.8 BB, 2 players) J
Hero bets 9.64 BB, BTN calls 9.64 BB

Hero shows T A (One Pair, Tens)
(Pre 58%, Flop 83%, Turn 89%)
BTN shows 9 J (Two Pair, Jacks and Nines)
(Pre 42%, Flop 17%, Turn 11%)
BTN wins 34.44 BB

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Vs unknown, probably dont have many bluffs here except QTs,QTs and think any non-Ax is kinda inelastic to bet size.

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 141.32 BB
SB: 151.52 BB
BB: 628.44 BB
UTG: 146.28 BB
MP: 187.68 BB
Hero (CO): 123.12 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 6 7

fold, MP raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 8 BB, fold, fold, fold, MP calls 5 BB

Flop: (17.4 BB, 2 players) 6 8 A
MP checks, Hero bets 5.64 BB, MP calls 5.64 BB

Turn: (28.68 BB, 2 players) K
MP checks, Hero bets 12.8 BB, MP calls 12.8 BB

River: (54.28 BB, 2 players) 7
MP checks, Hero bets 66.36 BB, MP calls 66.36 BB

Hero shows 6 7 (Two Pair, Sevens and Sixes)
(Pre 36%, Flop 23%, Turn 11%)
MP mucks A Q (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 64%, Flop 77%, Turn 89%)
Hero wins 179 BB


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Vs fish, should have just made it like 4x OTF and jammed turn AdAx etc never folding

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 100 BB
SB: 117.56 BB
Hero (BB): 102.88 BB
UTG: 102.92 BB
MP: 205.44 BB
CO: 141.4 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has T 8

UTG raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls 2 BB

Flop: (6.4 BB, 2 players) 6 2 9
Hero checks, UTG bets 6.12 BB, Hero raises to 19.6 BB, UTG calls 13.48 BB

Turn: (45.6 BB, 2 players) T
Hero bets 36.4 BB, UTG calls 36.4 BB

River: (118.4 BB, 2 players) 4
Hero bets 43.88 BB and is all-in, fold

Hero wins 113.08 BB

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ok i check like a *****

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 193.4 BB
SB: 196.24 BB
BB: 104.56 BB
UTG: 113.52 BB
MP: 100 BB
Hero (CO): 211.92 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 8 7

fold, MP raises to 2.72 BB, Hero raises to 7.6 BB, fold, fold, fold, MP calls 4.88 BB

Flop: (16.6 BB, 2 players) Q 7 A
MP checks, Hero checks

Turn: (16.6 BB, 2 players) 3
MP checks, Hero checks

River: (16.6 BB, 2 players) 5
MP checks, Hero checks

MP shows J J (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 78%, Flop 77%, Turn 89%)
Hero mucks 8 7 (One Pair, Sevens)
(Pre 22%, Flop 23%, Turn 11%)
MP wins 15.84 BB


Going to move to 2 NL50 tables after this week if online continues going well, and off to play live tomorrow, glgl!

AKo - Don't think the barrel on turn accomplishes much. His range naturally contains plenty of Qx despite our blockers and he'll be less likely to fold the middling pairs which constitutes a v large part of his range.

T9hh - you say this is a bad hand to bet river with because you block TT/99, but by the same logic, it is a good hand no? TT/99 are in villain's calling range on the river and by blocking them, we somewhat reduce his calling range to Jx. So ya I like river bet, especially with this hand tbh.

ATo - Looks nice, wp - unlucky.

67ss - Yah think the sizing is a little large (is villain all in?) - if he has money behind, I think we don't have to jam for as you say, we mightn't have a lot in the way of bluffs on rainbow turns.

T8dd - meh, think you played it fine. Think raise bigger and jam turn is fine also.

78dd - Yah obv your 15th pair doesn't really count as showdown value - I think even with this we can range bet 1/3 to protect our equity and draw to our 5 outer. He might just muck 88-JJ otf who knows.

Good stuff, really impressed with how you play. If ever you feel like adding some 50 reg tables, come say hey

New here.

Re T9s hand, I play 25nlz and default I mark all shortstackers as fish until proved otherwise. It is almost never proved otherwise.

I'm intrigued how you get a short stacker flatting a 3bet as a reg???

And now we see what he had I hope you reclassified him = whale.

are you sure...effective stack size 58bb, villain has 26bb behind on the river????

Thanks as usual harvey!

T9hh see below, sloppy analysis from me, officially banning myself from using the term reg sub 100NL esp with the volume I put in! I do think people will overfold the turn without a J though esp as my flop bet will get calls from AK AQ etc although I guess its hard to quantify it (except this hand )

ATo think its good as well

67s I rivered too parr so just overbetting to get fat valyou from AQ AJ really - dunno if you saw I rivered 2p

T8dd do think I should have just made it 4x OTF esp vs the pot sizing, OP and fd never ever ever folding and just rip turn. Conversely with air (maybe not vs pot) I think this is a spot where people love calling sown and folding river when they miss their redraws so as a bluff think its fine (although not sure id ever bluff this specific spot)

78dd think id bet range in a vacuum and prob should have im himdsight. Think my river check awful so should have bet 1/3 pot or whatever getting an amazing priceon my bluff






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As stated above banning myself from labelling at Nl25 zoom just dont have the volume tbh and think i just kinda half tired span copy vb code at midnight lol

Hope to see you in the pool bud glgl : D


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23/06/2017 Session Review

In: £1000
Out: £1150 Profit weeeeeee
Tips: £5ver
Straddles: £10
Food and that coughcornoas: £15
Corona-counter: 2....
Goals: Prob should have some in-session goals these days! Watch more showdowns....failed

Tl;dr

-Good fun back playing live even though I was quite card dead
-Played ok, tried to maximise IP spots vs recs etc and that worked out well which is really something I've worked on hard this year and last.
-Had the sense to move from a bad £1/£2 full of MTT regs
-Played on a fun friendly £2/£5 for a bit
-Lord its hot

Mainly dull hands here

Hand Histories:
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#1 Ez game
£1/£2 £150 Effective I open £10 QQ CO, BTN rec calls, BB calls.

Flop T32ddx Pot £30 x I bet £20 BTN calls HU
Turn 4h Pot £70 I bet £100 he calls and I win
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#2 Pay that man his money
£1/£2 £100 Effective MP limps I raise £10 A8dd (could have made it smaller tbh as everyone between MP and BTN was solid) BB calls MP calls

Flop J33r bdfd Pot £36 xx I bet £10 MP calls HU.
Turn Ao Pot £56 MP leads £20 I call
River To Pot £90 MP leads £25 I call 63cc nhnhnh
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#3 Dunno about my bet size OTT, was going smallish 0.5pot and basically kamikaze bombing river on any brick vs random american tourist (cool guy).
£2/£5 £1000 Effective. I open KTss UTG £20 BB calls HU

Flop J94hhs Pot £40 xc £25
Turn 8s Pot £90 x £50 tank folds
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#4 Loose call but facing £15 and only 1 reg in the SB I think I can get away with it vs a rec, and i can make a straight and two pair and folding sucks so ok i call

(Think rivers a bit thin though, probably should have gone £15 especially as recs like to cbet KK/QQ on A high boards from exp)

MP opens £15, I flat KJo CO HU
Flop AJ4ddh Pot £35, bet £25 call
Turn 4s Pot £85 xx
River 2o Pot £85 I bet £25 folds.
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#5 Not me in the hand but curious as to what people would call with here as good reg PFR. Limper fairly passive guy hasnt got too out of line
£2/£5/£10 (I put on the straddle obv who needs £10 neway)

EP Limps, MP £50 I make a tight folder with a suited connector (T5cc), EP calls HU

Flop J94ddc Pot £110 UTG leads 50 call
Turn 7d Pot £210 xx
River Ko Pot £210 UTG leads £95 hero?
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Gonna play tomorrow I think, looking to plan LA or Vegas trip some point bit sketchy with new job on the horizon at the moment however. Light snack before bed



glgl

TBH I think you 100% have to bet more than 20 here. Like it's so easy to just click the rl 2/3 pot button on the flop but even if you bet 27 or 30, it's lollivepoker where peoples flop calling ranges aren't that elastic. Pretty certain you get 100% of the calls you get betting 20 if you bet 30. Just small chit like this that seems innocuous but really adds up after a while. Don't be afraid to use them small chips

TBH I think this hand plays really well as an overlimp pre. The value in this hand comes largely from coolering people with smaller flushes than you and pushing your nfd+overcard equity post to get people off their equity share. We will often make better 2pairs and cooler people that way - but for this to be maximally effective, we want as many people to play the hand as possible pre. So I always try to avoid isoing with low/mid Axs to promote others to join the pot.

tbh think I'd rather go big on the turn - we not only build a pot for when we hit but probably get plenty of fold equity by going 3/4 flop and 3/4 - full pot ott in terms of folding out 2nd pair type hands. Also think our range naturally wants to go pretty big on this board.

Yeeeeeeeeeeeaah I guess it's whatever. They will still bet worse Jx at the same frequency - the important thing is that you did value bet the river.

nit

Ugh, kinda tuff to say. Kinda hard to say EP is a good reg when limp/calling. But I think their range come river is pretty strong since they're donking into an uncapped range. I think they can have sets and two pairs that lolxturn for pot control - so I'd be pretty unhappy about calling AJ on the river tbh but think it's a spot where I look for physical tell info to decide whether to xplo fold or call

Funny how I don't recognize a single of these 2/5 hands yet was at the table for all of them

#3 vs american, if you play with him again he looks really honest, i've had a bunch of spots vs him yesterday where he literally acted unhappy so I bombed the river and he folded, then one where he was shaking his head on scary river so I overbet and he folds, then one last hand where he seemed interested, but I had pretty good hand to bluff so did anyway and he called (the J9). So ye, try livereads w him!

Anyhow with regards to your hand, river overbet will get more and more folds the smaller you bet ott as his range will be wider, so the bigger you bet ott, the less often I'd bet river and would do so for bigger sizing (so say you 50% turn and 150% river, then if you 90% turn, you should probably polarize more otr and bet like 180% as his range will be stronger, however then you don't wanna be bluffing with as many hands) ignore these numbers but interesting concept as live poker nobody really knows what your ranges are so can just do lots exploitative stuff size and range wise, for you to figure out correct sizes and spots

#4 idk exact players behind, but from how I remember the table it's fine to put $ in pre, whether that be call or 3b. rest line fine imo

#5 i'd probably bet turn if I'm ip so probably would not get in this spot. But now that he ended up here... Idk if he has AK in his range but probably call that? idk I mean... there's a limpcall, a donkbet from the limper, the pfr calls the donkbet but decides to check turn behind and now oop decides to bet less than half pot when the one hand that ip may check behind (AK no diamond) gets there

H1 QQ, T32ddx 4h,

Yeah really sloppy I know I was gonna say people are short etc as a terrible excuse but should have bet a quarter!

H2 A8dd vs limper

A8dd, this is the one hand I do disagree on quite a bit, although (as always with live poker) its very table-dynamics dependent. I just felt I can make a better profit by just getting it HU preflop IP i.e. bread and butter situation and, as always, working it out from there.

If the game was looser (i.e. 4-5x way most hands) I would overlimp it though, but as a default I try to do avoid limping along as much as possible. I do however basically over-limp almost any two half playable hands in the CO or BTN. I do appreciate though that you can't read my mind RE: table dynamics ; )

H3 I just think vs 3/4 pot OTT think he's just going to be fairly inelastic here, and also this turn absolutely smashes his range; worst case scenario is he check-raises big really. I do think, things considered, just betting 0.5pot (or slightly smaller than I did) to basically ensure he's only capped at 1p (like the Kronoincken/kronotrigger said below ) setting up a really nice river barrel on the thousands (ok like 20) river bricks.

H4 KJo CO, I do think its close but with a flush draw he could be just sigh-calling 55 or whatever so think 25 is fine.

H5 I dunno!

Thanks again!

Haha because youre too busy playing that plink plonk game on ur iphone innit : D (looks up from phone, kronicken has just 3bet turn to 2k on 1 liner to a straight )

Yeah 100% agree on second paragraph so I do think I like my bet sizing in hindsight, also getting xr reallllly sucks too. Also agree regarding bet sizing and value:bluff or whatever. Surprised he folded tbh : P

H4 dece

H5 dunno tbh although I do think its a fold based on the mental amounts of slowplayed flushes you see now and again, do think he has a lot of 2p's as well for the small sizing as recs do like limping in with KQo, QJo etc in EP.

glgl

Oh 100% man. My local 2/5 always plays 4-5 to a flop as a standard every hand - kinda just figured every game was like that. In my game you don't get much fold equity by isoing pre, but if you're a decent shot at getting it HU, I agree the ISO is way better EV for sure.

23/06/2017 Session Review

In: £1000
Out: £850
Duration: Long
Session Goals: None, although next session it will be to pay more attention to showdowns

Tl;dr

-Overall played somewhere high C to a very generous low B game
-Was in a funny mood for a bit, should have just recognised that and gone home soon or gone elsewhere
-Majority of the game was fun, good atmosphere
-Christ the talent in the smoking area
-Poggo
-Had the sense to leave when the game really wasn't that great, the rec's were short and/or playing tight passively
-Game quality generally up and down all session.

Hands

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Hand 1 - Vs semi-pro type guy who's decent

£2/£5 £800 effective (he had a bunch of notes so this isn't exact),

UTG opens £20, 3 callers, I 3bet £90 KQ BTN, UTG thinks and 4bet £210 he calls.
Flop Q23 Pot £470 UTG bets £125 I call
Turn 7 Pot £720 xx
River Q (weeee) Pot £720 I jam he tank folds

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Hand 2 - Well I lose to strangely played OP's 2p's 98s+ nvm its live poker I caw

£2/£5 £300 effective

CO limps, I raise BTN 96 £25, BB calls HU
Flop 953 Pot £55 x I bet £35 BB calls (should have bet bigger but whatever
Turn J Pot £125 BB leads £80, I jam £225 he calls
River T T8o is good

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Hand 3 - Vs Reg, I should probably find a call here for this sizing but think on Axx boards in 4bet pots its reaaaally hard for most people to be bluffing especially when I block KQ etc, think in all honesty I'd check flop and turn with most of my range as well

£2/£5 £1000 Effective

HJ raises £20, I 3bet QQ SB £75, HJ 4bets £210 I call HU
Flop A53 Pot £420 xx
Turn 7 Pot £420 xx
River J Pot £420 xf £150

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Hand 4 - I thought I played this one pretty badly vs spud initially, but I do think there is some benefit in keeping him in the pot. If he has anything on the turn I still think he's peeling on basically any turn card and obviously we do want him to realise his equity. I did lean towards a flat based on his bet size as well which generally errs towards some merged-fish range like 99, 88, A6s

£2/£5 £1000 Effective.

UTG opens £15, like 5 callers, I call BB J6

Flop J6J Pot £85 x Spud leads £25 I call HU
Turn 5 Pot £135 Spud leads £50, I raise £250 he calls
River 4 Pot £635 I jam £700 he folds.

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Hand 5 - I'm not great in these spots so this is more of an aide-momoire really to practice defending vs squeezes

£2/£5 £1000 Effective.

I open XX UTG £20, Spud calls, BTN Reg squeezes £90, Hero?

Going to play some zoom this weekend and get a kilt fitted for my scottish friends wedding : /

glgl

Fold Equity Calculation 963

I wasn't very happy with off-hand comment about 96 being a relatively trivial call. I think the fact he did show up with T8o is a little results orientated; I do think my perceptions of the guy at the time were that he wouldn't be quite that wide, so wanted to run some numbers based on my assumptions at the time.

I thought that describing my methodology would be helpful for anyone who is trying to incorporate more off-table work into their game. It's also good motivation for me to get working on a bunch of hands I want to get through this evening as a warm-up!

I think the procedure is relatively simple to do although obviously when you're dealing with wide-range spots such as CO vs BB in live games there is a good bit of judgement involved.

The procedure is this:

1. The hand you want to analyse should be a basically shove-fold spot. If I flat the turn theres going to be so little behind on the river that I can't really fold, and I don't want the BB to realise his equity with his club draws/overcards for less than all-in. This hand is therefore a perfect example.

2. Get access to a fold equity calculator such as https://redchippoker.com/fold-equity-calculator.

3. Plug in the variables needed, and solve for the minimum equity your hand needs to profitably (0EV shove). For this hand:

£2/£5 £300 effective

CO limps, I raise BTN 96 £25, BB calls HU
Flop 963:diamnd: Pot £55 x I bet £35 BB calls
Turn J Pot £125 BB leads £80, I jam £225

Hence Pot Size = 125+80 = 205
How much to call = 80
Total shove = 225
Estimated equity = This is what we're trying to solve for. Play with the number you assign until we get 0% in the "We break even if villain folds this percentage".

As you can see we need about 40% if he never folds.



So lets try and come up with as best of a range as we can that simulates roughly what he might donk the turn with. Your experience with live games and how recreational players like to play will be helpful, and again its important not to overthink it; people can play sporadically based on their mood so theres never going to be a 'right' answer.

Here are some of the assumptions I used:

1. I don't think rec's take this type of line with sets or two pair, preferring to either check-raise flop or go for the check-raise OTT.
2. This type of sizing and line tends to be quite defensive/scared bet, and I think it generally represents some type of pair, maybe a few draws, particular some top pairs.
3. Recreational players from my experience at least do like to slowplay hands like AA-QQ so for good measure and added conservatism I chucked a couple of combos in my estimate as well.

I generally assumed:

1. He's leading all 9x, 88
2. The overpairs I put in.
3. A few flushdraws with an overcard e.g. K5dd, some arbritary amount
4. A few 5x like A5s, again some arbitrary amount/
5. Jx with a flush draw.
6. The guy seemed pretty chill and would be down for playing a lot of hands, all tghe way down to stuff like Q2s, 97o





As you can see we don't have quite enough equity to make the call, against the range that I thought this guy roughly represented in my head (31% < 40%).

I do think therefore that this hand was a slight mistake and I should have probably folded, importantly against this particular guy. I do think though that against other types of recreational players its a clear shove.

Some other points:

1. The bulk of his assumed range is overwhelmingly 9x. Therefore I do think that better than J9 is a shove in hindsight for roughly a pot sized reshove in this kind of spot next time. Hence proportionally your kicker really matters if you're shoving with an ok pair.
2. A lot of the small amount of combos (e.g. AA-QQ) only make up about 1-1.5% difference so try not to get too bogged down with mixed frequencies and the like.
3. If I could be bothered I'd add in some combo draws as well because recs do like to lead with thos type of hands but I don't think it makes too much difference as I described above.

Hopefully someone new to this type of stuff found it useful! As you continue to get more experience with your player pool these types of plays can be really helpful playing against recreational players - at the end of the day especially if you're playing bigger games than you're used to, this is where the majority of your profits will come from, and these spots are important to analyse.

glgl

Zoom Rubbish



tl;dr

-Sat in my boxers, vaped, bet 1/3 pot and overbet a lot
-Didn't manage to get out the hole
-No WWSF > 50% 3:
-Cheers stars (+1 for boss 25/20 live poker stats)



Hands

Hand 1 - 25/16 Setting the Tarp (I think??)

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 112.8 BB
SB: 146.8 BB
BB: 246.56 BB
Hero (UTG): 117.04 BB
MP: 145 BB
CO: 58.92 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has Q Q

Hero raises to 2.48 BB, fold, fold, BTN raises to 9 BB, fold, fold, Hero calls 6.52 BB

Flop: (19.4 BB, 2 players) J 4 7
Hero checks, BTN bets 11 BB, Hero calls 11 BB

Turn: (41.4 BB, 2 players) 8
Hero checks, BTN checks

River: (41.4 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero bets 50.6 BB, BTN calls 50.6 BB

Hero shows Q Q (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 18%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)
BTN shows K K (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 82%, Flop 92%, Turn 95%)
BTN wins 136.2 BB

Hand 2 - Border line genius/autistic/******ed play trying to get MP off a chop you decide.......

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 101 BB
SB: 57.48 BB
Hero (BB): 109.68 BB
UTG: 47.8 BB
MP: 242.92 BB
CO: 90.2 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has K A

fold, MP raises to 2.24 BB, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 9.2 BB, MP raises to 21.2 BB, Hero calls 12 BB

Flop: (42.8 BB, 2 players) 2 K T
Hero checks, MP bets 13.48 BB, Hero calls 13.48 BB

Turn: (69.76 BB, 2 players) J
Hero checks, MP checks

River: (69.76 BB, 2 players) 8
Hero bets 75 BB and is all-in, fold

Hero wins 66.64 BB

Hand 3 - KQcc into the muck (probably)

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 103.52 BB
SB: 265.56 BB
BB: 172.56 BB
UTG: 134.4 BB
MP: 100 BB
CO: 99 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has T 9

fold, MP calls 1 BB, fold, Hero raises to 4 BB, fold, fold, MP calls 3 BB

Flop: (9.4 BB, 2 players) 4 7 6
MP checks, Hero bets 3.04 BB, MP calls 3.04 BB

Turn: (15.48 BB, 2 players) 3
MP checks, Hero bets 18.96 BB, MP calls 18.96 BB

River: (53.4 BB, 2 players) 2
MP checks, Hero bets 17.36 BB, fold

Hero wins 51 BB


Hand 4 - Good try

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 125.64 BB
SB: 104.04 BB
BB: 102.16 BB
UTG: 150.16 BB
MP: 182.72 BB
CO: 168.72 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has A 2

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.48 BB, SB calls 2.08 BB, fold

Flop: (5.96 BB, 2 players) 6 9 A
SB checks, Hero bets 1.92 BB, SB calls 1.92 BB

Turn: (9.8 BB, 2 players) J
SB checks, Hero checks

River: (9.8 BB, 2 players) 6
SB bets 1 BB, Hero calls 1 BB

SB shows 8 T (One Pair, Sixes)
(Pre 48%, Flop 24%, Turn 18%)
Hero shows A 2 (Two Pair, Aces and Sixes)
(Pre 52%, Flop 76%, Turn 82%)
Hero wins 11.28 BB

Hand 5 - Not sure what to do here, help pls

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 159.48 BB
SB: 216.28 BB
BB: 95.2 BB
UTG: 126.76 BB
Hero (MP): 100 BB
CO: 124.96 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has T J

fold, Hero raises to 2.48 BB, fold, BTN raises to 7.6 BB, fold, fold, Hero calls 5.12 BB

Flop: (16.6 BB, 2 players) K 2 9
Hero checks, BTN bets 10 BB, Hero calls 10 BB

Turn: (36.6 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero checks, BTN bets 17.48 BB, Hero calls 17.48 BB

River: (71.56 BB, 2 players) 9
Hero checks, BTN bets 34.2 BB, fold

BTN wins 68.36 BB

Hand 6 - I will not make fancy check-raises bvb vs fish I will not make fancy check-raises bvb vs fish I will not make fancy check-raises bvb vs fish I will not make fancy check-raises bvb vs fish

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 85.92 BB
Hero (SB): 127.12 BB
BB: 100 BB
UTG: 111.48 BB
MP: 28.92 BB
CO: 162.92 BB

Hero posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 7 6

fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, BB raises to 5 BB, Hero calls 2 BB

Flop: (10 BB, 2 players) 3 4 8
Hero checks, BB bets 3 BB, Hero raises to 10.4 BB, BB calls 7.4 BB

Turn: (30.8 BB, 2 players) 8
Hero checks, BB bets 15 BB, fold

BB wins 29.4 BB

Hand 7 - Yes pls (probably should have bet bigger OTR)

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 107.16 BB
SB: 129.68 BB
Hero (BB): 136.64 BB
UTG: 113.76 BB
MP: 67.44 BB
CO: 95.6 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 9 J

fold, fold, CO raises to 2 BB, fold, fold, Hero calls 1 BB

Flop: (4.4 BB, 2 players) Q T 8
Hero checks, CO bets 2 BB, Hero raises to 8 BB, CO calls 6 BB

Turn: (20.4 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero bets 15.6 BB, CO calls 15.6 BB

River: (51.6 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero bets 41.2 BB, CO calls 41.2 BB

Hero shows 9 J (Straight, Queen High)
(Pre 43%, Flop 74%, Turn 86%)
CO mucks 3 K (Three of a Kind, Threes)
(Pre 57%, Flop 26%, Turn 14%)
Hero wins 127.96 BB

Hand 8 - Poker aint dead

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 100 BB
Hero (SB): 148.72 BB
BB: 132.48 BB
UTG: 142.48 BB
MP: 101.96 BB
CO: 67.08 BB

Hero posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has Q T

fold, MP raises to 2.48 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 9.2 BB, fold, MP calls 6.72 BB

Flop: (19.4 BB, 2 players) 6 Q 3
Hero bets 6.28 BB, MP calls 6.28 BB

Turn: (31.96 BB, 2 players) 7
Hero bets 18.32 BB, MP calls 18.32 BB

River: (68.6 BB, 2 players) 4
Hero checks, MP checks

Hero shows Q T (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 30%, Flop 13%, Turn 7%)
MP shows Q A (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 70%, Flop 87%, Turn 93%)
MP wins 65.52 BB

glgl!

H1 I think this works pretty poorly at 25 as people a) have stronger hands too often and b) lolfold too much. Like, also, most of our hands for bluffing kinda suck as they block folding range unless we wanna start going bonkers with nines or something. Remember our range is real tight pre.
H2 I think betting river small to get sigh calls is best.
H3 depends a lot who you're playing against. Doesn't really make range sense to use such a small river size after polarising turn so much.
H4 probably make a thin river raise against this size.
H5 there's lots you can do, xj turn is quite nice, as is leading river or xj. Your line is also fine.
H7 add a BB on the flop. River size looks fine, remember we prolly want 1p to call somewhat often to maximise.

This was really helpful, thanks for taking the time to analyse the hands!

Hand 1 I do think I should have just bet smaller as well (because as you say people do fold too much). Its interesting you say that you think people can show up with strong hands quite often in spots like these, this is something I would never assume in the past so its good to rethink that assumption!

Hand 2 I didn't think of it that way, now I think of it I could bet like 1/4 or whatever to try and get looked up by AJ. I also think that my initial assumption that AA/AK folds a chop is a bit generous as well looking back.

Hand 3 Not sure if you noticed MP was a limper, but yes just trying to get him off a draw or what not. And agree it doesnt make any sense after polarizing turn but of course it doesn't have to ; )

Hand 4 I agree I did miss a bit of thin of value here that I wouldn't have picked up otherwise especially as we chop with A3-A8.

Hand 5 I do think I should have folded the turn in hindsight. I played around a bit with this at work earlier and do think unless I lead river I need to be roughly 66% confident my flush will get paid off on the river. I think check-jamming turn is a bit optimistic, when I did play around with the fold equity calculator he does need to fold quite a lot here; I think because of the draws and the nature of the board just expect AK+ to just go with it all the time prettyu much.

Hand 7 Agree OTF, and yeah in hindsight think river bet size is fine as you said as I do want a 1p hand to call out of curiosity. IIRC I dialled down my bet size a bit because of the small(ish) bet size, although not sure how assumptive this is.

Thanks again!

More Zoom

Quick session!

Can't fold / won't fold vs unknown 80BB in 6max's most nutted 3bet spot

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 260.56 BB
SB: 89.08 BB
BB: 84.76 BB
Hero (UTG): 101.4 BB
MP: 113.64 BB
CO: 100.68 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has Q A

Hero raises to 2.48 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, BB raises to 9 BB, Hero calls 6.52 BB

Flop: (18.4 BB, 2 players) 9 A 4
BB bets 17.56 BB, Hero calls 17.56 BB

Turn: (53.52 BB, 2 players) 6
BB bets 51.12 BB, Hero raises to 74.84 BB and is all-in, BB calls 7.08 BB and is all-in

River: (169.92 BB, 2 players) 9
Players agreed to run it twice.

River #2: (169.92 BB, 2 players) K

BB shows K A (Two Pair, Aces and Nines)
Board #1 (Pre 71%, Flop 88%, Turn 93%)
(Two Pair, Aces and Kings)
Board #2 (Pre 70%, Flop 88%, Turn 93%)

Hero shows Q A (Two Pair, Aces and Nines)
Board #1 (Pre 29%, Flop 12%, Turn 7%)
(One Pair, Aces)
Board #2 (Pre 30%, Flop 12%, Turn 7%)

BB wins 81.16 BB
BB wins 81.12 BB

Weeeeeeeee

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 124.2 BB
SB: 101.4 BB
BB: 292.52 BB
UTG: 78.56 BB
Hero (MP): 100 BB
CO: 72.4 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 7 7

fold, Hero raises to 2.48 BB, CO calls 2.48 BB, fold, fold, BB calls 1.48 BB

Flop: (7.84 BB, 3 players) T 7 2
BB bets 4 BB, Hero raises to 14.4 BB, fold, BB calls 10.4 BB

Turn: (36.64 BB, 2 players) K
BB checks, Hero bets 31.6 BB, BB raises to 275.64 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 51.52 BB and is all-in

River: (202.88 BB, 2 players) 9
Players agreed to run it twice.

River #2: (202.88 BB, 2 players) J

BB shows K 2 (Two Pair, Kings and Twos)
Board #1 (Pre 33%, Flop 29%, Turn 25%)
(Two Pair, Kings and Twos)
Board #2 (Pre 33%, Flop 29%, Turn 26%)

Hero shows 7 7 (Three of a Kind, Sevens)
Board #1 (Pre 67%, Flop 71%, Turn 75%)
(Three of a Kind, Sevens)
Board #2 (Pre 67%, Flop 71%, Turn 74%)

Hero wins 97.44 BB
Hero wins 97.44 BB

nhnh

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 137.84 BB
SB: 75.4 BB
Hero (BB): 100 BB
UTG: 192.48 BB
MP: 100 BB
CO: 100.4 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has A 6

UTG raises to 2 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls 1 BB

Flop: (4.4 BB, 2 players) 2 A 6
Hero checks, UTG checks

Turn: (4.4 BB, 2 players) T
Hero bets 8.4 BB, UTG calls 8.4 BB

River: (21.2 BB, 2 players) 8
Hero bets 17.6 BB, UTG calls 17.6 BB

Hero shows A 6 (Two Pair, Aces and Sixes)
(Pre 33%, Flop 80%, Turn 5%)
UTG shows A T (Two Pair, Aces and Tens)
(Pre 67%, Flop 20%, Turn 95%)
UTG wins 53.88 BB

hmmm

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 118.8 BB
SB: 102.64 BB
BB: 216.6 BB
Hero (UTG): 112.8 BB
MP: 66.16 BB
CO: 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 9 T

Hero raises to 2.48 BB, fold, fold, fold, SB calls 2.08 BB, BB calls 1.48 BB

Flop: (7.44 BB, 3 players) 3 Q 2
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets 2.44 BB, fold, BB calls 2.44 BB

Turn: (12.32 BB, 2 players) 6
BB checks, Hero bets 15.04 BB, BB calls 15.04 BB

River: (42.4 BB, 2 players) 4
BB bets 16 BB, fold

BB wins 40.48 BB

Think delay cbetting here is ok with all the pocket pairs although its quite thin (people do/will check back ATo etc)

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 248.72 BB
SB: 152.72 BB
BB: 171.8 BB
Hero (UTG): 186 BB
MP: 119.28 BB
CO: 117.92 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has J 9

Hero raises to 2.48 BB, fold, CO calls 2.48 BB, fold, fold, fold

Flop: (6.36 BB, 2 players) 4 4 A
Hero checks, CO checks

Turn: (6.36 BB, 2 players) K
Hero bets 3.64 BB, CO calls 3.64 BB

River: (13.64 BB, 2 players) K
Hero checks, CO bets 9 BB, fold

CO wins 13.04 BB

glgl!