Hi all,

1/2 Maryland Live. Hero 30 y/o WG should have tight image. $110. Limps EP with 33. Limped around, three other players including V1 $220 in BB (fishy - 20s hispanic who has gotten it in for 100BB with OESD on a 3-flush flop, first time at MDL casino he says). V2 is 20s Korean who has us covered.

Pot $8.

Flop: 10-3-2 rainbow.

V bets $7. Hero calls, V2 calls. All else fold. Pot $29.

Turn: 4 completing rainbow. V bets $15, hero raises to $45, V2 folds (sad), V1 thinks, says I have a straight, calls anyway. Pot $119.

River: 10. V snap jams AI for my remaining $56.

Not so concerned about what to do on the river (duh), but just how I played this hand pre, on flop, and turn.

Thanks,
DT

Regarding preflop, if there is not much raising preflop, then a limp in EP is fine. If there is a decent amount of raising preflop, i would just fold preflop.

On the flop, I think you should raise small, like to $17-21 dollars. V1 will be calling this raise most of the time, and anyone with a 10 or A4 or A5 type hand may still call.

If you raise to $17 on the flop, (and assuming V2 folds on the flop), you will have $90 left in your stack on the turn and the pot will be $42. You can bet somewhere between $27-30 on the turn (and call V1 if he checkraises you), and then go all in on the river. If an Ace, 5, or 6 come on the river, I would still consider going all in if he checks to you. If he puts you all in on one of those rivers, you have to make a decision.

Hope that helps, and good luck!

Depends if V2 was North Korean or South Korean. Also, I'd like to know how good V1's English was.

If V is North Korean then I probably take a more passive line of just calling 3 streets. Give him some room to hang himself. If he's South Korean then I'd be inclined to raise flop, barrel turn and river.

Thanks for the helpful advice. I considered a raise on the flop but did not want to scare away V2.

OP, you have posted a few HHs lately where your starting stack is around 50-75bb. Are you intentionally short stacking? If not, you should top up to 100bb if possible. If you can't, check out this short stack strat thread:

https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/1...ght=shortstack

With your starting stack, you should be folding small pps in ep (cuz we both know you are calling a normal sized raise if someone behind pops it and gets a caller, and this is burning $)

Now that you've flopped a set, you need to focus on getting stacks in ASAP.
Raise flop to set up turn jam
AP jam turn anyway.
AP snap call.

Thanks. Yes I am short stacking on purpose until I have a healthier bankroll. I’ll check out the thread. Thanks!

Would the average fish call AI with just top pair? Didn’t want to scare him off.

otf? Probably not. That's why I said raise to set up turn jam. If he has tp and leads for $7, he is probably not folding if you make it $30 and then you can stuff turn for ~PSB

AP ott? Maybe. You would be shoving $86 into $60 witch isn't much of an overbet. Calling too much is the number one mistake of most llsnl Vs. Relentless value betting is how we exploit this.

Think you played it fine. Flatting flop on that board is okay because there are others to pull along. Obv we are hoping for a raise after our flat, but even just a call justifies the flat. If the board is 2 toned, Im raising.