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10-10-2022 , 02:08 PM

SetOfNines

journeyman

Join Date: Mar 2022 Posts: 289

Hero straddles
V limps MP he is 20’s usually Tight passive although he did show a bluff recently. 250$
One other limper
Hero checks option with 45o

Flop (18) 5c4s2c

Hero leads for 15$
V raises to 50$
Other player folds

Hero looks at V stack and it was slightly more than I just wanted to GII, hero calls.

Turn (118) 5c4s2c3c
We do not have 4c

Check check

River is red 9

Hero checks
V bets 115$

Hero?

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10-10-2022 , 02:10 PM

Javanewt

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 12,911

Raise the flop or don't donk. If you aren't going to raise, just fold. I mean, you are so likely ahead here -- get the money in now. He probably decided to limp AA or something.

Fold river. You can't beat an A.

FWIW, I don't straddle UTG unless the whole table is doing it and I want to keep fish happy.

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10-10-2022 , 02:50 PM

Stupidbanana

old hand

Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 1,663

Jam flop.

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10-10-2022 , 02:51 PM

SetOfNines

journeyman

Join Date: Mar 2022 Posts: 289

Thanks, I thought about raising and chickened out. Are you just jamming flop or clicking back to 85$?

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10-10-2022 , 03:06 PM

DEKE01

adept

Join Date: Apr 2020 Posts: 912

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Originally Posted by Javanewt

agree to it all. x/r is best.

Straddling is generally not wise, but occasionally I feel like the table needs to be bullied a bit to get it to loosen up. I'll straddle from button in that case.

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10-10-2022 , 03:15 PM

hitchens97

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Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 2,492

Don't straddle unless everyone is doing it (and its expected), or you really think it's plus EV at this table (it very rarely is)

I think betting out on flop is fine. There's no such thing as donking a limped pot.

Get it in on the flop, not clicking back. You block 55,44.

As for river, it's close, but against a nit, I think it's a tight fold against a nitty type

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10-10-2022 , 03:21 PM

Playbig2000

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Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 11,568

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Originally Posted by SetOfNines

Hero looks at V stack and it was slightly more than I just wanted to GII, hero calls.

he has less than 100 bb's, that should be when you wanna get the money in with top 2 on a two tone flop, as opposed to if he was much deeper, no?

As played it's an easy fold otr without a thought. He's trying to get paid off on something, if it's not a flush it's probably an ace at worst.

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10-10-2022 , 03:46 PM

Grease

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Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 6,461

I’m ok GII on the flop but AP I fold the river and don’t think twice about it. We beat nothing and our hand is a pure bluff catcher, but this guy seems unlikely to bluff.

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10-10-2022 , 08:40 PM

larry the legend

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Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,500

Jam flop. Fold river

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10-12-2022 , 12:07 AM

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SetOfNines

journeyman

Join Date: Mar 2022 Posts: 289

Hero folds
V shows Kc5d

Hero goes on tilt

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10-12-2022 , 12:26 AM

#11

DEKE01

adept

Join Date: Apr 2020 Posts: 912

Did H tilt bc of bad luck or his own bad play?

You can't control the cards, you can only control your decisions. GII while you're ahead and let the poker gods take it from there understanding that no matter what he has, you're going to lose ~25% of the time. Wouldn't you flip a coin with me for $200 bucks all day long if I have to hit heads twice in a row to win?

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