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Bad c-bet? 1/2 home game Bad c-bet? 1/2 home game

07-03-2018 , 09:58 AM
Playing at a different 1/2 home game, I drove V1 and V2 to the game, we all know each other well. We've played against each other for 100's of hours.

The game is very soft, it is safe to say the three of us are possibly the only winners at the game. Lots of limping pre-flop and random aggression. Extremely rare 3-bets.

Reads:

V1 (SB): Tight-passive player, but maneuvers well post-flop. I think he is too passive pre-flop and a little too station-y. Somehow always gets paid by the rest of the table when he has 0 bluffs. Didn't have any more cash so he is short.

V2 (BB): Decent TAG player, not afraid to go for some thin value. Seems to have a good idea where he is in a hand. Loves to raise in limped pots, good amount of aggression post.

Hero (BTN): Viewed as tight by V1+2, maybe on the passive side pre-flop. Not afraid to put my stack in the middle post-flop. I like putting them in spots and they know it. Probably viewed as some sicko by the rest of the table. I've had AA 6 times in the past 2 hours, as well as KK and I've been 3-betting relentlessly, but I've always had it. (Still lost a lot of those pots, as you can tell from my stack).

Stacks:

V1: $425
V2:$75
Hero: $228

OTTH

Folds to CO, who limps. Hero raises to $10 with 78, V1 calls, V2 calls, CO calls.

Flop: J95 Pot = $40

Checks to hero, bets $28. V1 shoves for $65 total, V2 tank-calls. CO folds. Hero calls.

Turn: T Pot = $235

Check, Hero jams for $153


Analysis

Pre: So I think raising to $10 was a mistake, probably should go bigger. Other than sizing, seems like fine spot to iso, I'm in position and have a pretty playable hand, not the worst thing to see a multi-way flop.

Flop: To me this is the most interesting street, I think that a check-back might be better in hindsight. I don't think I'm getting through 3 players with a bet and I don't have a club. Probably checking a lot of turns as I only have 6 clean outs. (Maybe I shouldn't be checking turns?).
After V1 jams, and V2 calls, I'm getting a great price with some money left to play for, so it seems like a mandatory call. If I did my math right I only need 18.04% to call, which I definitely have against hands like sets and 1/2 pair holdings. I'm slightly worse against a flush draw, but the implied odds make up for that I think.

Turn: Should I be sizing down here, or is jamming the only play? I've been putting on a lot of pressure but I don't know if I have any bluffs here.

Thanks for the advice, I'll post results later.
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07-03-2018 , 10:07 AM
Looks fine to me. I like the c-bet with the double gutter.
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07-03-2018 , 10:28 AM
I think this is fine. Good chunk of the time you take it down with the c-bet and you have equity to call off the short stack even without another caller. If V2 check-re-raises you then you can fold, but otherwise you're putting yourself in position to take it down with the c-bet or else have decent equity going forward.

On the turn, anything short of all in would be almost excessively suspicious to a decent player. What are you going to do, bet $75 into a $235 pot where there's already an all in so you can't bluff at it? If V2 knows what he's doing, he knows any turn bet cannot be a pure bluff, so sizing doesn't matter too much. Plus the jam gives him odds to call with the club draw still so you're not sizing him off worse hands.
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07-03-2018 , 11:04 AM
wp, especially with bdfd this is a no brainer/almost mandatory combo to cbet/barrel at a high % imo.
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