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01-28-2015 , 05:46 PM

jbrady85

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Played 2/5 at Parx and had difficulty playing the following two hands. Would welcome advice on both better lines and decisions on crucial streets.

Hero has $500.
Villain in both hands is unknown middle aged asian man with average stack that has me covered.

Hand 1: First hand at the table hero has AKo in MP2, raised to 30, V in LP calls, everyone else folds.
Flop: T74r, H checks, V bets 40, H calls.
Turn: J, H checks, V bets 85, H folds.

Hero has approximately $400.
Hand 2: H has AA in HJ, raised to 30, BU calls, V in SB calls, EP limper calls
Flop: 779r, H bets 60, V calls, everyone else folds.
Turn: 8, V bets 135 into 250, H tank-folds.

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01-28-2015 , 05:50 PM

FromACtoLV

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C - bet the 1st hand

Shove the 2nd hand.

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01-28-2015 , 05:51 PM

matzah_ball

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1: OOP with no reads, I'm betting the flop and giving up after if the turn is a brick. Otherwise c/f. C/r is a bit goofy but could work. Very high variance while readless though.

2: might bet flop a bit smaller but looks pretty good. Sucks to not have better reads but looks like we're toast on the turn

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01-28-2015 , 05:58 PM

Dubey

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Hand 1. C-bet all day. Probably firing a second barrel. Probably using very similar sizing that V used on both bets.

Hand 2. Probably close between shipping and folding turn. I probably ship since we only started the hand with 80 BBs. He might have 77-99 or TJ, but he could also have TT, JJ, even QQ, and lots of other random stuff like 9T, 9J, 98.

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01-28-2015 , 06:13 PM

beauvanlaanen

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Need to c-bet hand 1. Check calling with Ace high oop is not a good plan.

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01-28-2015 , 06:14 PM

Mr_Doomed

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Originally Posted by FromACtoLV

C - bet the 1st hand

Shove the 2nd hand.

This basically, check folding flop in hand 1 is the second best option. Make sure when your raise size is consistent. You could have a sizing tell. Hand 2 im stacking off with out much thought.

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01-28-2015 , 06:14 PM

beauvanlaanen

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Hand 2 is a tough spot. I don't think folding is bad, but I hate folding.

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01-28-2015 , 06:59 PM

slimshady1999

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hand 2: bet bigger on flop to set up a turn shove. there's $125 in pot and you only bet $60. you're up against 3 villains and now on turn you don't know if they called with 65, JT, T6, or 88 or 7x. it's a tough spot on turn. shove or fold. not sure which is better.

but if you had bet folded $85 on flop, you wouldn't be in this spot as we could eliminate the gut shots and discount 88.

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01-28-2015 , 07:05 PM

FromACtoLV

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I should have gone into more detail than just saying "hand 2 shove".

There are a multitude of reasons to shove... as a previous poster said there are lots of hands in his range that you are crushing, plus the Villain already has seen you give up after raising preflop.

Of course there's a chance you're behind, but there's a chance he has air also.

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