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Originally Posted by Cassim
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Action:
UTG straddles to 8$. MP calls. Folded to me. I raise 50$ with Ac2c because UTG and MP are bad and limp folded earlier. BTN calls. SB calls. BB folds. UTG calls. UTG+1 calls. MP calls.
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This used to be one of my biggest leaks, I would get tunnel vision and focus solely on the bad players which would make me overvalue marginal cards and make ******ed value raises which you are doing here.
In poker, the scale will slide back and forth between direct odds and implied odds. A hand like Ac2c is an IMPLIED ODDS HAND. What i mean is that we want the best implied odds we can get so we can correctly draw, hit our draw, and THEN turn those implied odds into tangible direct odds by prison raping our villains and overflushing someone for stacks.
When you raise $50 pre, you completely decimate your implied odds which is like shooting yourself in the left testicle with a pellet gun...
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Originally Posted by Cassim
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Flop: 4h5c6c
SB leads 80$. UTG calls. UTG+1 calls. MP raises to 200$.
Now its my turn and im not sure what to do here....
Dude, how in the world can you raise $50 preflop with Ac2c and then be in this situation and say, "I'm not sure what to do here."
Dear god, this is the easiest shove in the world. Shove, hope you hit, if you miss reload.
Its a very simple odds calculation. Calculate what you need to be getting on your money to be mathematically correct in calling for a flush draw here.
Seriously, google "poker pot odds" and figure out what you need to getting odds wise to be correct in shoving.
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Originally Posted by Cassim
...And lets say i called and BTN calls and SB calls. Turn is 6h.
Is there any action that you would fold against then on that turn. ( I guess i cant ever fold with these odds no matter what the action is or can i?)
Would like to hear some thoughts.
I would never make it to this turn WITHOUT being all-in on the flop. To just call the flop is horrible scared fish poker.
Lastly, I'm not trying to be mean, I just want to give you the truth so that you can improve your game, and the truth is you played this hand more or less like a fish.
You need to study pot odds and basic equity. Also, I suspect that you don't have poker stove. Do a google search for poker stove and download it, its free. Then as an exercise plug in your hand and input various ranges for your villains and then see how you fair equity wise on the flop. You will notice that you will have roughly double the equity on the flop as you will have on whiffed turns. This is why you want to get the money in on the flop where you have the largest equity advantage. This is a principle of winning poker. That is, you want to get more money into the pot while you have the most equity.
The fact you are asking basic questions and your thought process isn't quite right just leads me to believe that you have massive gaps in your fundamental understanding of very basic poker principles.
Becoming a winning poker player involves some study and work.
Read up on pot odds, equity, direct odds, implied odds and get to the point where you can calculate what you need in this spot to make a profitable shove.
GL