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Originally Posted by deuceblocker
I don't understand. If you are likely jamming AA/KK/AK, then why not A4s. You want to fold out at least better A high.
Because in this situation, on a theoretical level.......villain has to call off with hands like QQ Jx, Tx, 88 and AK and even some AQ. Some are pure calls, some are indifferent.
The other hands like AXs that fold to a jam, also fold to a 25% bet. So, you don't need to jam your bad AXs. And your As4s has too much equity to warrant turning into a bluff.
You use Ac4c and Ah4h as 25% bet sizing as bluffs because they have something like 30% or less equity. And you use hands like QQ and A4ss a checks. This will balance out your range.
You'd have something like:
Jam: AA KK, AK, AJs, KJs, As5s (low frequency)
25%: AA, KK, AK, AXs (non spades)
Check: AK, QQ, AQs, JJ, TT, AXs (spades)
Anything listed in two or more categories, you can mix.
As far as the folding aspect, different hero hands target different villain hands. Your 25% bet hands will fold out most any hand that will also fold to a jam......and you have hands with exponentially less equity than As4s to do this with.
Villain also doesn't have much AX lower than AQ unless he's continuing pretty wide. And even then, we don't need to jam As5s as we have plenty of lower equity hands to do this with.
The TLDR: As4s has far too much equity that we can realize via checking in position and doesn't need to be turned into a semi-bluff. You have plenty other combos that will benefit from jamming more than As4s.