i like it.

even if he calls there is like no way he could call of 120 on riv.

I think if we are turning our hand into a bluff, I would size it a bit smaller on turn and barrel river as well.

$40 + $70 rather than $60 + $100.

If we are making multi-street bluff but not big bet bluff, I think the act itself, not the sizing, is what make villains fold. So if we can get away with smaller bets, we should.

I think folding this is too nitty. Online, it was a profitable call for anybody who could salvage a part of his stack when dominated. Live, it is maybe a bit thinner because he will have fewer bluffs in his c-betting range because of the tighter range. If he is at 4%, I guess i could see folding, maaaaaaybe, but if he is at 6% i think I have to go ahead and call. Even if he is at 4%, I still expect him to make bigger mistakes than an online player would make, which should offset some of his hand strength advantage.

Donk flop as if "I wanna see where I'm at"
then check turn

In position, this may be a bit tight. You're not making a big mistake folding here though.

$2/$5 NL local card room vs regs.

V1 best player at table. Loose when appropriate, but thinking player. $500
V2 somewhat nitty. $250
Hero TAGish image upon which I am working. $400

History: Usually show the best hand, but after a long series of bad cards In chose in mp to raise to $20 with 72o with the idea of showing regardless to balance my raise. V1 wakes up with hand and re-raises to $60 and I fold and show. Over next several hands I raise and win with big pp's with V2 once commenting, "I have no idea what you have".

Hand;
Hero 810 mp raise to $20. V1 and V2 call.
Flop: A48 rainbow. With an ace on flop I check as this is obvious for one or both their ranges, but surprisingly both check. with history neither normally check an ace here.
Turn is blank.
Hero?

Playing a bit earlier than normal and am against an old guy (70s) who seems to know everyone well. He also seems to be tight with his aggression. Limps a lot, but hasn't been raising and bets $7 into $11 pots and everyone insta-mucks. That said, I have only seen him take about 25 hands total and don't know him too well.

1-3nlhe $225 effective.

I open in MP to $12 w/ black kings, folded to villain in sb who makes it $21 (?), I call only

Flop comes QT4, 2 hearts

Villain quickly bets $50, I tank. Everything about this hand feels trappy to me. I fold.

Please flame any street.

Your average LLSNL player is very capable of checking A-rag, 2p, and sets. Don't be surprised if that kind of garbage turns up here. So I would bet for value but obviously fold to any aggression.

Flop is a snap fold. His preflop range is QQ+ (maybe even KK+) and now you beat nothing. If he isn't as nitty as you assumed, you'll find out later and can adjust your play accordingly. For now, I'd assume old guy is old nitty guy.

My history with these two is that V1 always bets his made hands, and V2 is a tight ABC player that usually would bet TPGK to MK here, but possible look to get a cheap showdown with a weak ace.
On the turn I bet $40 getting V1 to fold but V2 calls. I'm guessing draw here so I'm betting any safe river - and the river card was a blank. I gather chips for a bet, all the while watching villian out of corner of my eye because many times on the river a villian who is weak will insta fold when you line up chips. Villian is definitely doing something with his cards. I stack a $80 bet and as I begin to slide it towards the line I notice he has turned over an ace.
Hero?

2/5 $100 max bet

V is a horrible regfish. Calls any sized raise wide if he has a hand he wants to see a flop with. Usually donks out on flop with TP+ with an overbet, check/calls draws and underpairs. Sometimes reverses these trends, donking out with draws or (more rarely) c/call with TPNK-2p. (~400)

Hero has been pretty quite, due to card deadness. Not joining in on 5+way limps often, and (sadly) has been c/f when he has, as he's been flop-dead as well. Raising between $15 and $40 (depending on number of limpers) and either taking it down on flop with c-bet, or folding due to action (usually from V above) before it gets to me indicating that mhing. (covers)

2 Limpers to Hero OTB, who raises to $35 with J:spade J (raise sized as though V is one of the limpers, due to his super-sticky PF nature)

V cold-calls from BB, limpers fold. His range for this is anything he considers a playable hand. Any two broadway, any suited ace, any pair, almost all suited connectors, one-gappers, or KXs.

Pot: $90
Flop: A J 3
V checks (damnit) This pretty much eliminates an ace from his range, as he'd almost always smugly donk it, especially with the FD out.
Hero checks back. I was willing to risk the flush coming in here to try to let him catch up and/or sense weakness, so I can somewhat get paid. He's almost sure to fold to a c-bet without an ace, unless he has the FD. Thoughts on this line?

Pot:90
Turn: Flop: A J 3 J
V checks (double-damn)
Hero: ?? Especially with the max of $100 per bet, I have to bet here to try and build the pot and just take the chance that he has nothing he can call with, yes?

Bet flop! If Villian will c/c with the flush draw or underpair, why not bet here? Put in a 1/2 PSB and let him try to catch up. Then when the J hits, maybe he finds himself with a flush that you're destroying.

As played, bet (of course). Maybe you can over bet here to make it look bluffy -- like you are repping a flush that you don't have? Sometimes you won't get any value here, so you want to maximize the value when there's a chance to get _any_. (OK, that logic is weak.)

1/2- simple preflop question

Villain is in CO with $160 and is weak tight, straightforward postflop. Don't see him ever folding an overpair to the board postflop. Hero is in BB with 66. Villain raises to $11. Stacks are shallow, and hes straightforward enough that we can win sometimes OOP. Folds to hero, hero calls or folds? Stacks are a bit shallow 80bb effective.

Is he prone to folding to 3bets? Is your image conducive to believable 3betting?

$160 is just about deep enough to be calling and trying to outplay him. 3betting also has its merits. Folding is out of the question against a weak-tight player HU IMO.

I liked this thread. The only problem was that, occasionally, people would post not-so-simple questions that would eat up the whole thread for awhile.

^^^ Thanks for the feedback

disagree with the 3bet pre against his range, since we flip with some of his range and he doesnt fold better and he's not deep so no maneuverability. 66 is not solely set mining but I want to allow myself a chance to stack 80bb during the times we flop a set and hes straighforward enough that we can take it down unimproved oop. Thought folding may be ok actually, but calling was best and I wanted to make sure of that

I'll tell you what. I'll comment on your hand if you take a swing at mine above. I like a call, but not just for set mining. Also to take it down on many dry flops and float some wet ones if he's w/t and will fold to a scare card.

Folding is always fine HU OOP with 66 too, but think call is better even with somewhat shorter stacks.

I'm just wondering what everyone thinks about bluffing at 1-2...

Lately, I've been crushing my local 1-2 games without running any big bluffs. I raise and isolate preflop, often continuation bet, but thats as far as big bluffs will go. All of the players are loose/passive calling stations, and I don't see the point of trying to bluff them off pairs. They hate folding.

Do you guys think I'm leaving money on the table with this mentality, or playing it right?

There are so many times I see weak hands go to showdown and think "I shoulda bluffed at that" but in reality, they wouldnt fold anyway


And even when I'm playing tight, noone believes me. They still call. Because I raise my value hands big, and don't limp too much, they think Im FOS

On this table, you're playing it right. Spots to bluff more than one street at $1/2 are few and far between.

I think I am checking too since he donks all made hands. If you say he smugly donks any ace to charge Fd, then you nearly have to eliminate it from his range. I dont mind the check back at all really. Turn I like a medium sized bet since he probably wont fold any high FD. Just pray he checked an ace on the flop even though its doubtful at this point. I would charge the max he calls with with his draws. Since the board is paired I like just a 1/2 psb on turn

Petey since you are making good money and they hate folding, I would keep doing what you're doing. If it aint broke dont fix it imo

Hero has 44 UTG and has an aggro TAG image if villains pay attention. Villains are weak tight and limpy, some with MUBS and their betting is usually the nuts and if not, its never ever for thin value as its polarized (general)

Hero is UTG with 44 and folds. Correct bad or marginal at a limpy table? It's kind of mixed, table is limpy but scared money so set over set with a lot of action is definitely a decent part of villains range if I flop say bottom set. At the same time villains are not raising so I get in cheap a lot of the time. Also seen villains raise small ish with big pairs so any raise I can limp/call relatively profitably assuming they stack alot on "safe" boards. Being OOP sucks so I like to fold alot when in EP even with these set mining hands.

Easy fold, I like to have position or tag along from the blinds with my small pairs.

All limped small PP should be very profitable from any position at this table. PP are especially good from utg when a lot of your mubs opponents will worry that you're limping utg with aces and raise even less of their range.

I would 1/2 pot it on the turn. This is the only way you might win a PSB on river. From the sounds of it, he will call with a and then donk river flush spike.

The only thing worse than winning nothing with the immortal nuts is winning a $25 river bet

This is true. I have been guilty of this.

Stack sizes are important to have a good answer here. Mostly it is marginal. But it is also nice to be a limper and join the party if you have been card dead. Also if you have been aggro since they will see you check fold constantly.