**** Beginner's and Low Content Questions Thread****

[jediandimaster]

serious question:
at the river, when the board pairs with the second hand...is my equity going up overall or down? i guess up cause now i am dominating all 2pair hands he could have on the flop. on the other hand , though unlikely on this board, he could have a king.
so shove or not?
PokerStars - $11+$0.50|15/30 NL (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

BB: 1,675.00
Hero (SB): 1,325.00

Hero posts SB 15.00, BB posts BB 30.00

Pre Flop: (45.00) Hero has A Q

Hero raises to 90.00, BB calls 60.00

Flop: (180.00, 2 players) 5 A T
BB checks, Hero bets 120.00, BB calls 120.00

Turn: (420.00, 2 players) K
BB checks, Hero bets 270.00, BB calls 270.00

River: (960.00, 2 players) K
BB checks, Hero bets 845.00 and is all-in, BB calls 845.00

[Kraft]

Is this an easy fold?
32nd hand.Villain is TAG.Raises 1/3 of his buttons and 3bets 25% in the bb.This is his first checkraise.I supposed he might be a bit spewy because i won a big pot in the previous hand.
Should i check back the river?

Poker Stars No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t15.00/t30.00 Blinds - 2 players
2+2 Hand Converter Powered By DeucesCracked

Hero (BTN/SB): t2380.00 79.33 BBs
BB: t620.00 20.67 BBs

Pre Flop: (t45) Hero is BTN/SB with 9 J
Hero calls t15, BB checks

Flop: (t60) J 7 3 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t60.00, BB calls t60

Turn: (t180) 3 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t90.00, BB raises to t530, Hero calls t440

River: (t1240) 9 (2 players)

[Air-Bear]

Jedi: Your equity does go up I believe cause you now beat more combos, but that doesn't mean you will get value of them. If the pairing card had been the T I think it is possible that your equity goes down.I think that I bet the turn a little bigger btw, then your rivershove seems less scary.


Kraft: I think it's a fold. The most useful stat you didn't provide though: how much 3's are in his defending range?

[spamz]

i would start by not limping, after that, checking turn looks good unless you have reason to believe he calls down 3 streets with 7x

[Kraft]

Originally Posted by Air-Bear

Kraft: I think it's a fold. IThe most useful of stat you didn't provide though: how much 3's are in his defending range?

I limped on the button.Is he defending when he checks in the BB preflop?A bit confused.

[Air-Bear]

I'm sorry, I messed up reading your hand. My new advice is to listen to the post right under mine

[Kraft]

Originally Posted by spamz

i would start by not limping, after that, checking turn looks good unless you have reason to believe he calls down 3 streets with 7x

Well i normally raise it preflop.But like i said i won a big pot from him and since his 3bet % was pretty high i was scared that he might 3bet shove very wide and i'd have to fold.

[spamz]

fair enough, the rest of my statement is still true

[Kraft]

yeah,thanks for the input

[JSpazz]

@jedi: when he c/c's this river, your equity prob goes up, as there are fewer 2pair combos he can have, fewer Kx combos he'll play like that and more Ax hands that call for a chop. It's def an ez shove no matter what

@kraft: what spamz said

[Kraft]

Is this standard?Villain raised 1/2 of his buttons and 3bet 17% in 70 hands.His first 4bet.

Poker Stars No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t15.00/t30.00 Blinds - 2 players
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Hero (BB): t935.00 31.17 BBs
BTN/SB: t2065.00 68.83 BBs

Pre Flop: (t45) Hero is BB with K Q
BTN/SB raises to t60, Hero raises to t180, BTN/SB raises to t2065, Hero calls t755 all in

Flop: (t1870) 2 6 8 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Turn: (t1870) 2 (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: (t1870) 8 (2 players - 1 is all in)

[spamz]

did you 3bet before? what was action then?

[Kraft]

Originally Posted by spamz

did you 3bet before? what was action then?

3bet once,he folded

[spamz]

given he only opens half his buttons i kinda like a flat preflop more because it's sooted
since he doesn't cbet a lot, def consider leading certain flops

[Doggg]

I'm wondering if we are always getting it in here. Was villian's first 3bet postflop, and first preflop raise that was over minimum.


Poker Stars $2.00+$0.09 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t15/t30 Blinds - 2 players
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Hero (BB): t1449 48.30 BBs
BTN/SB: t1551 51.70 BBs

Pre Flop: (t45) Hero is BB with 5 K
BTN/SB raises to t67, Hero calls t37

Flop: (t134) 8 T K (2 players)
Hero bets t90, BTN/SB raises to t278