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04-16-2017 , 09:05 AM

PokerEye99

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Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 535

Line and bet sizing?

Hero (BB) ($19995)
UTG ($9690)
UTG+1 ($9510)
UTG+2 ($8910)
UTG+3 ($540)
Hijack ($9710)
Cutoff ($10755)
Button ($10630)
SB ($10260)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 9

, 9

UTG calls $60, 1 fold, UTG+2 calls $60, 3 folds, Button raises to $270, 1 fold, Hero raises to $695, 2 folds, Button calls $425

Flop: ($1540) 7

, K

, J

(2 players)
Hero bets $955, Button calls $955

Turn: ($3450) A

(2 players)
Hero bets $1950, 1 fold

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04-17-2017 , 12:18 AM

RiverDood

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Can you put a GPS tracker on Villain so we can make our way -- quickly -- into any games that he is playing, anywhere in the world?

I can't figure out how he thought he had a hand preflop ... and ended up connecting with nothing useful on that board. (An insufficient PP is about all that comes to mind, but even then, his flop call is hard to justify.) Nice of him to build the pot, though.

Most other opponents would not be giving you this much action with such a feeble hand.

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04-17-2017 , 02:52 AM

hitchens97

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Originally Posted by RiverDood

QQ fits the hand and play quite well.

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04-17-2017 , 04:36 AM

spand42

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Villain could also have had QJs, JTs I guess.

Preflop both calling and 3Betting look reasonable, BTN is going to be isolating quite wide probably.

I like the postflop sizing, it's a pretty wet board so we'd likely be betting KJs or sets like this.

A great runout for you to keep bluffing at as well.

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04-18-2017 , 02:10 PM

gregz41

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What does our 3bet range look like pre flop? Hard to really comment on how good/bad turnning 99 into a 3bet bluff is here without that information.

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04-18-2017 , 02:30 PM

gregz41

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Would flat pre most of the time here vs two limpers. It's different if BTN raises vs a single limper.

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04-20-2017 , 01:18 PM

jpgiro

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Originally Posted by gregz41

Would flat pre most of the time here vs two limpers. It's different if BTN raises vs a single limper.

This. Not sure why we're trying to bloat the pot OOP when we're so deep and getting a pretty damn good price, but considering the way the button played post-flop maybe there's a reason.

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04-20-2017 , 05:23 PM

BAHighRoller

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Yeah I don't see anything about any kind of reads on how button had been playing. without that knowledge 3 betting with 99 is not a terrible play. If you flat here you are playing a good size pot out of position to most likely 4 players as a flat probably prices in the 2 limpers. I don't hate a call just know you will be in a multi-way pot if you do.

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04-21-2017 , 02:21 AM

Madsaac

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Not sure about the 3bet here because the UTG and/or are a chance of calling so you're up against two players on a flop that will have overs etc.

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04-21-2017 , 07:10 AM

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oldsilver

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+1 gregz

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04-21-2017 , 08:30 PM

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Frogman3

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I think you're likely burning money playing 99 postflop like this . Someone said we need to know how you construct your 3b range in order to know if it's a good spot to bluff with 99 but that assumes villain is capable of making good folds because our range is strong and polarised . If villain's not folding enough (which is most villains) then there's no point bluffing 99 here you just want to be betting your KK JJ AK AA etc and maybe some strong draws AQ etc or ofc you can balance some sort of checking range but 99 and TT are just c/folds imo or ofc you can cbet the 1/3 pot and hope for the quick fold but after that I would be done with it on any turn basically

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