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08-18-2019 , 09:16 PM

amirsal

centurion

Join Date: Jul 2018 Posts: 190

Played 6-handed 1/2 today.

at this hand, effective stack is 450~ and I got Aces in the SB.

UTG opens for 6, hijack and CO both call, I raise it to 30.
UTG and hijack fold, then the CO raises to 105.

Flatting the flop then 3betting seems pretty strong to me, so I decided to 4bet to 260.

Should I flat instead in these spots to disguise my hand perhaps? I feel like 4 betting is putting my cards face up.

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08-18-2019 , 09:24 PM

fishstox94

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Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 88

What is villain's stack size here? How was he playing up to this point? It's pretty rare that anyone 4bet bluffs at 1/2 so I have a hard time seeing him folding to any raises. But if he has say 400-500 in chips he could still get away from it.

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08-18-2019 , 09:26 PM

krilleater

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Join Date: Jul 2018 Posts: 666

I'm confused, is all this action preflop?

If I read it right: CO flat called the first time, then you 3-bet and he decided to 4-bet.

it's a very odd line from them which makes me think medium pocket pair. They're going to fold on a lot of flops with overcards, so I think I 5-bet GII here unless you think they're the type to bluff postflop.

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08-18-2019 , 09:27 PM

SpinzFTW

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Join Date: Jun 2018 Posts: 329

Wouldn't that be the 5th bet?

Anyhow, I would have clicked it back to 210 here. His line is dumb and so let's try to get him to spazz.

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08-18-2019 , 09:28 PM

BlueSpade84

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Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 330

Ok.. so there was a raise. You 3bet, he 4bet, and you are asking if you should 5bet with AA.

Yes.

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08-18-2019 , 11:59 PM

Jamlana

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Join Date: Sep 2017 Posts: 148

Uh yea. 5 bet. The money is going in regardless. And by him 4 betting you, this is the best time to make sure you get his money if you hit.

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08-19-2019 , 12:15 AM

ionutd

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Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 13,624

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Originally Posted by amirsal

Should I flat instead in these spots to disguise my hand perhaps? I feel like 4 betting is putting my cards face up.

squeeze is a bit small, you rarely do it so sizing up with all your hands makes more money on average
as a general rule of thumb, size up slightly when your range is narrow, size a bit down when your range is wide, like in re-steal spots

co is capped here to mainly hands like JJ/TT, will he fold these if you 5b really small? he prob won't. spr post will be well <1 so he's getting it in pretty much regardless of flop texture. I'd 5b to ~200.

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08-19-2019 , 03:03 AM

paratrooper99

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Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,051

Once you establish that raising is the best play here, it is probably best to determine sizing. Reads would be nice but w/o them, I would raise small here and hook him in. In theory, raising all in would look weakest but in live low stakes play, I think this is not the case. $225 sounds good.

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