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NL Holdem $1(BB) Replayer
SB ($54.55)
Hero ($113)
UTG ($35)
UTG+1 ($124)
CO ($115)
BTN ($147)

Dealt to Hero 65

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to $3, SB calls $2.50, Hero raises to $14, fold, SB calls $11,

FLOP ($31) 373

check, Hero bets $30, SB folds


I'm more interested about the preflop action than the flop but I let it if you have any comments.

BTN is TAG, steal a lot (40% from BTN) and folds a lot to 3bet (80%).
SB is a loose fish 49/9/3.5.

My hand is terrible BUT the spot is awesome. It looks like the dream squeeze spot to me (no ?). Does it justify to squeeze that light ?

If we're a bit result oriented, it's a bad squeeze since SB could be calling with a wide range. I don't think it's very bad because we have position, initiative, we rep a premium hand and we're gonna take down the pot so often because he'll play fit or fold.


Thoughts ?

It's a good spot though I expect SB to call pre a reasonable amount of the time but also c/f most flops. nh

edit: SB's calling freqency prob. depends a lot on your image

That's a big flop cbet.. unnecessarily expensive bluff IMO

I was going to mention that but he wasn't interested in flop advice.

Not exactly

He is so short (he has 40$ left) on the flop, it was a bit awkward. I choose to bet big to show more strenght and sometimes make him fold 44-88 (possible ? idk). I'll call his shove (10 more dollars).

Maybe bet/fold 17-20 is better, Idk.

I wonder if you can profitably squeeze shorties: most of them will not fold. So no, I don't particularly like it. I do like squeezing with trash like 87s, 74s and the likes, but I'll usually choose a suited hand (gives you a few more % of equity postflop).

Means you don't have to pot the flop, between 1/2 and 2/3 would be better

yes your bet is too large on the flop, I usually make it 1/2

ok, understood.

The situation is okay, but I don't like the hand or SB stack.

If he 4bet shoves when it comes to him, you'll be getting almost 2-1 and god knows what that fishes range might be. It me much more willing to squeeze hands with high card value so a) we can call a shove and b) we can actually value bet the flop.

sb is calling your squeeze almost every time so I'd rather have a bit better hand myself. If sb was a tag it would be better. I guess it's still fine if sb folds to cbets a lot.

as a default squeeze from BB when btn raises and sb fish calls is ok. i dont like the fact he is short... anyways go for it, he will have to hit to counteract you

Yeah I initially didn't see his stacksize.

C-betting less is just bad here. Against a range of 44+,AQ,AK we have 26% equity so if we bet 1/2 pot we have to call a shove anyway. Just shove the flop to maxime your fold equity.

I guess squeezing is alright, tho I would be a little worried about the SB being loose and having a medium stack. If you think he will call a lot you will get in a lot of tricky/bad spots postflop. I wouldn't do it, just because I am worried about SB calling, but it might be a good spot. I would like it quite a bit better if SB was deeper, so we could play some postflop with position if he does call. I would also bet less on the flop, since it will accomplishes pretty much the same.