I've run out of bluffs
04-22-2017
, 11:40 PM
OL $10/$20, basically the last hand of a 2+ hour game. SB is a Central Euro grinder.
I have A
7
I open BTN, he 3 SB, I call
Flop (7 SB): 7
7 4
He bets, I raise, he three bets, I call
Turn (6.5 BB): 5
He bets, I raise, he calls
River (10.5 BB): 6
He checks.
Do we like:
1) checking back
2) bet/fold
3) bet/call
I have A
7I open BTN, he 3 SB, I call
Flop (7 SB): 7
7 4He bets, I raise, he three bets, I call
Turn (6.5 BB): 5
He bets, I raise, he calls
River (10.5 BB): 6
He checks.
Do we like:
1) checking back
2) bet/fold
3) bet/call
04-23-2017
, 02:13 AM
04-23-2017
, 08:05 AM
I'd call the first flop bet. I like the turn. I'd bet call the river.
Regarding the title:
This may be true, but I don't think it's a big deal. Think about the ev of your whole range and that of your opponent. You probably own a huge share of the existing pot while your opponent's share is small. Improving on a situation that is already very profitable is sometimes impossible; real poker rarely, or never, resembles the (bluffcatchers) vs (nuts + bluffs) scenario that allows the bettor to earn the whole pot in the long run.
Also, if you never raise the flop, then you have more hands that you can attack with on the turn sometimes like A2.
Regarding the title:
Quote:
I've run out of bluffs
Also, if you never raise the flop, then you have more hands that you can attack with on the turn sometimes like A
2.
04-23-2017
, 12:13 PM
OTOH, if villain will passive and never b/3b pre, never donks turn if we raise, then we do maximize the pot by delaying. We can also free card the hell out of him with flop raises.
04-23-2017
, 06:34 PM
04-23-2017
, 10:38 PM
04-24-2017
, 04:27 AM
04-24-2017
, 11:19 AM
Bob, I think you're focused way too much on how one is "supposed" to play their range and not how they actually play it 
. Turn raises are so 7-heavy from generic FL unknown that a hand like KK is closer to a fold than a 3 bet versus a lot of opponent types here. Against someone with a greater handle on my game, I agree slowplaying at a reasonably high frequency is a good idea.
To clarify, I don't think his range is PP heavy on the flop, but his range of value hands is mostly overpairs w/ a scattering of some nutted stuff.
. Turn raises are so 7-heavy from generic FL unknown that a hand like KK is closer to a fold than a 3 bet versus a lot of opponent types here. Against someone with a greater handle on my game, I agree slowplaying at a reasonably high frequency is a good idea. To clarify, I don't think his range is PP heavy on the flop, but his range of value hands is mostly overpairs w/ a scattering of some nutted stuff.
04-26-2017
, 08:30 PM
04-27-2017
, 05:56 PM
04-27-2017
, 09:30 PM
