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10-21-2018 , 12:58 AM
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Ah4h in ep
200 effective

Lately I feel like I’ve been too aggressive post and I’m not showing up with good hands when I take a passive line because I am betting all of my good hands and checking bad hands

I limp, lp calls and bb calls, sometimes I will put in a raise with this hand, but I don’t want to get 3 bet and play oop.

V in lp is lag, not super aggro, likes to raise in position preflop
Bb is a nit

Flop
Jh7h4s

Checks to lp who bets 16 into 7

Bb calls
I call (I would c/r my sets here)

Turn (pot is 55)
7c
I lead for 30 (trying to fold out his bad jacks and repping a 7)
Lp tank calls
Bb folds

River (pot is 110)
8c
I bet 75


So I think the standard line would be to check raise the flop, and not take this weird line.

However, by check calling I feel like I’m disguising my hand and can get paid or cooler someone when a heart comes. And I don’t like the size I bet on the turn, but I don’t want to bet fold a larger sized bet either. I think V should be overfolding to this bet given the bb is left to act behind him.

Am I way overthinking this?
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10-21-2018 , 04:22 AM
im not a big fan of x/r flop w/fd
i would lead flop, this is a limped pot, you need to try to build a pot when you do hit, not just check it thru and see a free card, or you can just win the pot for just betting alone which is fine as well

donking turn is fine, have you thought about a turn x/r?
what range have you put on villain overbetting the flop? Jx? st8draw? flush draw? sets?
if you x/r this range, will you get a fold if he doesn't have a set?

river is somewhat of a blank for your range, you are repping a 7 and a 7 only...maybe you are trying to rep 910,56 as well?
this kind of river seems to help your opponent more than you
anyway, when your range becomes so narrow and polarized, you'll get snap called by most ppl

overall, i think you should try not to polarized your range to make decisions easy for opponents
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10-21-2018 , 04:28 AM
Donking turn is awful. Very few value hands should be taking that line, and given your image it's less credible. I don't think the line was well thought out. Hand was strong enough to xr the flop but j and 7 are both terrible cards for you and not good cards to bluff.
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10-21-2018 , 06:00 AM
The standard line here is:
Raise to $10 pre (or fold pre because this hand is super marginal from EP in a full-ring table)
X/r the flop
Barrel turn
Give up river unimproved

"I feel like when I x/c the flop I am disguising my hand..."
No you're definitely not. People expect you to x/c with a FD and with weak pairs, which is exactly what you have.
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