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08-13-2017 , 05:53 PM

haqpod

journeyman

Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 244

I'm not sure if it is bad to call utg and then call a squeeze, but it was kinda smallish and I do have 88 on the BU, though a 3bet to utg looks pretty strong'.

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 276.8 BB
SB: 100 BB
BB: 99 BB (VPIP: 12.50, PFR: 4.17, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 25)
UTG: 144.2 BB (VPIP: 34.38, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: 27.27, Hands: 32)
MP: 148.6 BB (VPIP: 31.97, PFR: 19.67, 3Bet Preflop: 4.08, Hands: 126)
CO: 104.2 BB (VPIP: 14.89, PFR: 10.64, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 49)

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, MP raises to 3 BB, fold, Hero calls 3 BB, SB raises to 13 BB, fold, fold, Hero calls 10 BB

Flop: (30 BB, 2 players) 7

SB bets 14 BB, Hero calls 14 BB

Turn: (58 BB, 2 players) K

SB bets 32 BB, Hero calls 32 BB

River: (122 BB, 2 players) 3

SB bets 41 BB and is all-in, fold,

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08-14-2017 , 01:27 AM

bachegabrielsen

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Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 265

The call is fine with medium pocket pair in position vs a SB squeeze. On the flop I would raise, because I will raise my 77/66/99 and other draw combos + straights (Not always but the majority of the time, balancing it out with a flat from time to time). The turn hits SBs range pretty hard and when he continues you have to fold. AP if you call turn, why do you fold river to a 1/3 pot bet when river bricks?

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08-14-2017 , 02:33 PM

Gillingham

adept

Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 932

as played I would call river, like the idea of a flop raise too

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08-14-2017 , 02:49 PM

tomj

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 4,543

Not loving preflop with 10-1 stack to call ratio.
I would 3bet 99,8Ts,79s,mix with 67s. So I only have 66,77 as strong hands here. If we have a raising range we could raise 3 TJs with bdfd, dont know if we need more combos than this so could include some 88 I guess. I am inclined to float everything. That said, a flop raise is fine because we are perceived strong on this flop.

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08-14-2017 , 05:06 PM

whitemares

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Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 5,762

I think pre is pretty meh, and the flop is alright. I don't hate raising, but I'd rather do it with some kind of read. I'd fold the turn. Doesn't seem easy for villain to have bluffs, and we can't really assume he's just going to blast off with AQ using these sizings. Our implied odds are pretty bad, and we might not even have direct odds.

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Originally Posted by tomj

Not loving preflop with 10-1 stack to call ratio.
I would 3bet 99,8Ts,79s,mix with 67s. So I only have 66,77 as strong hands here.

What makes you want to 3bet with 99 pre?

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08-15-2017 , 09:16 AM

mediacalc

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Join Date: Jul 2016 Posts: 283

That flop hits your face up range so hard that it's surprising villain bet there. If he's a reg or has shown that he has a functioning brain in the past, I'd overfold turns for sure.

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08-15-2017 , 04:24 PM

tomj

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Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 4,543

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Originally Posted by whitemares

What makes you want to 3bet with 99 pre?

It's just about strong enough for pure value, I think. If TT is a raise then it's less of a debate, obv if we are flatting TT and maybe JJ then 99 would/should also be a flat.

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