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04-21-2017 , 10:33 AM

Sr. Fold

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Poker Stars, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 5 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #37708902

Hero (SB): $1.95 (97.5 bb)
BB: $2.11 (105.5 bb)
MP: $2.25 (112.5 bb)
CO: $3.18 (159 bb)
BTN: $2.15 (107.5 bb)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A

2 folds, BTN raises to $0.06, Hero calls $0.05, BB calls $0.04

Flop: ($0.18) 9

(3 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $0.11, BTN folds, Hero calls $0.11

Turn: ($0.40) 3

(2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $0.26, Hero calls $0.26

River: ($0.92) J

(2 players)
Hero checks, BB checks

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Opponent has VPIP 19, PFR 13 (47 hands). Is it OK to call flop/turn with top pair top kicker against this opponent or should I already be cautious? And if he would have bet the river (with third diamond coming) would that be a fold against him?

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04-21-2017 , 11:08 AM

Januvyian

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Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 6

I still have to learn alot about NLHE but I would like to give you my hopinion aswell.
I guess you played the hand too passively: the number of hands is really low but he's gonna raise alot of his range from the BTN and you have a really strong hand to 3bet for value even OOP. So do a slightly higher size, like 3.5.

As played, call flop and turn, and yes, snap fold that river.

Everyone else correct me if I am wrong.

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04-21-2017 , 11:32 AM

Rikk

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Snap 3bet pre. You're going to want to 3bet a lot from the blinds and you'll need to balance your bluffs with good value combos. AQo should be in these value combos I'm sure.

Post is standard I guess. River could be a call depending on size and villain's tendencies.

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04-21-2017 , 12:00 PM

Dymond

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He has pretty decent stats so it is scary that he's leading the turn that big. If he was way looser I would call turn but with those stats it's hard to say. He's right on the line kind of.

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04-21-2017 , 02:08 PM

gsiciliano

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Originally Posted by Rikk

You dont have to balance absolutely anything at 2nl

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04-21-2017 , 02:21 PM

Rikk

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Originally Posted by gsiciliano

You dont have to balance absolutely anything at 2nl

I feel like this age old argument of balance at the micros comes up in these forums so often it needs it's own adage like Godwin's Law. I think I agree that you don't need to be some balance-GTO-bot at 2NL but I think balancing a preflop range vs unknowns must be at least somewhat important as it's not always obvious what the best exploitable strategy should be preflop? I think it's certainly more important in zoom (not sure if this hand specifically is?) where the player pool is larger and you don't build huge databases with info on villains.

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04-21-2017 , 04:21 PM

Flpmethntsdlr

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Originally Posted by gsiciliano

You dont have to balance absolutely anything at 2nl

Depends on where you play.

I probably 3b this hand and bet flop, bet turn and xf river. Don't mind flatting sometimes either. Well played as played.

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04-21-2017 , 05:26 PM

Sr. Fold

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Cool, thanks all for the feedback!

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