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QQ small SPR, the ace hits QQ small SPR, the ace hits

08-21-2016 , 12:29 PM
Playing 1-2 NL 10-handed

Table is very loose-aggressive. There seems to a preflop raise every hand (which I find is rare for 1/2). This doesn't stop people from limp-calling religiously tho.

I have been playing very TAG, "trying" to isolate the sea of limpers with AJ+, KQ+, and TT+.

The last hand of note was when MP raised to $6, got 2 LP callers, and I had AKo in the SB. I 3-bet to $26 and all three players called. (Looking back, I should have made it $36). The flop comes 5TT, there's $106 in the pot and I have about $150 left. Even though the SPR was ~1.4 I decided to check/fold as I thought I had no fold equity vs. likely pocket pairs. One of the guys ended up having 55.

OTTH (I start the hand with $137, everyone in this hand covers)
Four limps to me in the SB with QQ. I would usually raise to $20 here but decide to bump it up to $25 given the table dynamics.

Not surprisingly, I get two callers and we go to the flop.

Flop ($81) ATJ
Hero: ???

I have $112 left with another SPR of around 1.4. Going into the flop, I was planning on shoving if no ace or king hit. Do I shove here given my gutshot and backdoor flush draw and hope no one has an ace or puke check/fold?

The reason I didn't include villain information is because I think both loose players and tight players have aces in their range here. I'm more interested in the SPR commitment threshold here.
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08-21-2016 , 02:52 PM
X/F. You fold no better hands. You get called by no worse hands. Easy game, run better!
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08-21-2016 , 04:23 PM
OOP against two opponents? Give up. The chances one of them has you beat and won't fold is simply too high and your not likely to get called by worse if you do shove. Against one you can make a case for treating this as pot committed and playing it for value anyways but it won't work often enough against two.

A more interesting problem is what to do after checking. At that point it really depends on reads on villains. Against a really laggy one who has a wide preflop calling range and will take stabs when checked too this could be a check/shove.
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