What about my questions? (What was the flop specifically and why is the pot $380?)
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Originally Posted by ABCforME
Is betting to either deny equity from or get value from an AxJs type hand given my at the time physical and timing tells read that both players did not have a flush not the best approach?
No. Maybe you are the sickest live reader of all time or these are the biggest tell boxes, but in the majority of real life cases, the player actually has little idea whether his opponents have a flush or not (even if he thinks he has a read).
In terms of denying equity, there are very few combos of AX with one spade V1 can have. Two combos each of AQs, AJs, and ATs, and that's it unless he really sucks. You can shut non-spade AJ type hands out of the pot, but they only have 6 outs to beat you and you're better off trying to extract value from them otr after checking back. Most of the time your turn bet is a donation for your opponents' better hands.
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Should I really put V1 on 55/AK/KK/AA because he limped utg and is tight? This is live poker and he has been observed playing A10/AJ type hands as well.
You should certainly have boats in his range and they should be heavily weighted since his line makes perfect sense for them in a way that it does not make much sense for other hands.
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If the river blanks and I get one call from V1 who ostensibly thinks I am turning a small ace into a bluff on the turn given my 100% bet when checked to image, can I jam the rest of my stack in for value on river and get bluffcatch paid?
Only you can know. A competent player in your seat does not show up with Ah6h as it is a clear fold otf. You're doing a weird thing in this thread where you're asking the forum given that you play a flawed strategy of cold calling top-pair no kicker otf and always betting when checked to, how should one think about the hand? Well, hard to say, but really you shouldn't play that strategy.
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And if I am being trapped by a set or higher 2 pair or flush from V1 extremely creatively does betting the turn also save me a river bluff catching bet I'm going to spend anyway?
This is not a creative line with a set or a hand like JsTs, Js9s, QsTs, QsJs.
I also don't think the question of bluffing you off a chop makes any sense at all.
ETA: Taking a step back, big picture here, you're trying to make the case there is a good likelihood that a "tight" player is putting almost a full stack in a limped pot on a three flush board with a one-pair hand hoping he can occasionally fold out a chop. Maybe this is totally reasonable in your game, but it's not in most.
Last edited by AllTheCheese; 03-11-2018 at 04:22 AM.