Been a while since I’ve played live 1/2, and I’ve just recently started trying to play more often. Some of these spots may seem straight forward to some of you, but I was kind of unsure if I had made the right decisions. I’d love to hear everyone’s thought process on what I should’ve done.
Hand 1:
First hand of session. Folds to CO who is a fairly good tight aggressive opponent, and he raises to $12. Folds to me in the bb and I look down at 44. We’re 200 effective at this point, so I call to set mine.
Flop: Q52r. Check to villain who cbets 15 into 25. I feel like my opponent will be cbetting here pretty frequently with over cards, as he definitely widens his range in position, and likes to cbet dry boards at a high frequency. I don’t want to be over folding in this spot, so I call.
Turn 5x. I check and villain continues ott for 25. Hero?
Hand 2:
Same villain as before raises to 12 in middle position. Hero looks down at KTcc and flats otb. Loose passive bb who is fit or fold post calls as well. Effective stacks are 200 again. Flop 986cc. Bb checks and raiser cbets 25 into 37. I decide to call, as does the bb. Turn is a 6. Checks to raiser who continues for 50. Hero?
Obviously I have a monster draw here, but there are a few things that worry about me. I don’t expect my implied odds to be very good here. I except the initial raiser to be cbetting this flop with a much more value heavy range given that this is a wet texture and we’re multi-way. My first thoughts are hands like TT+, sets, 98, and then semi bluffs like AJ/AQ/QJ with clubs, and then hands like JTs. After being called in both spots and having the board pair ott, I would expect hands like JTs and 98 to slow down, leaving over pairs and bigger clubs. Because of that, I don’t expect to be able to extract value on most rivers here when either of my draw come in, since the board is paired and my draws are very obvious. Especially since the range I’m targeting is mainly over pairs. I also have to worry about reverse implied odds when my opponent has better flush draws or turned full houses. This was my thought process, and I ended up folding here. Is this bad?
Hand 3:
Perceived snug player in mp raises to 7 (small for this game, as standard is 11-12), and flat in hj with ATo. Fold pre? Heads up to flop with effective stacks of 190. Flop 235r. Villain cbets to 10 in a pot of 17. I elect to call, as villain will have many cbets with air in this spot, and with an over and a gutter, this seems like a great spot to float with equity and bluffing opportunities ott.
Turn 4. Villain continues for 25. Hero calls, and the river is another 2. Villain now bets 20.
On the turn when he continues, this seems to me like sets, 66, the occasional overpair, a hand like 54, 56/67, and other ax hands that I chop with. When the board pairs otr, I’m not really loving this spot. Obviously sets catch up to beat me, I think 54 and over pairs no longer bet and will go into showdown mode, 66 still beats me, and I chop with an Ace. Yes I’m getting 5:1 roughly, but I question if that’s a good enough price given that I’m basically calling to chop (or at least I think I am). How should I play this?
Feel free to tell me that some or all of these hands are easy spots, but make sure to include your reasoning if you do, and what I could’ve done/thought differently