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06-24-2017 , 05:16 PM

ChaosWAO

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Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 23

Hey guys, this hand is melting my brain. Please assist me

Button 5 live.
SB raises 15 (200 stack)
UTG raises 30 (90 stack)

UTG is a known loose player but has been playing very tight (watching videos on his phone) in the last hour.

Hero (stack 350) MP spills QQ calls 30

HJ (middle age man, stack 400) raises 125.

Everyone folds and action is back to hero.

Hero?

Let me start by saying that the 30 euro raise by UTG had me concerned given his stack and it felt strong so I tried to be conservative.

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06-24-2017 , 06:24 PM

Amanaplan

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Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 5,628

Well you can't fold post if you flat pre with fractional stacks behind and you really haven't given us much to go on wrt HJ, so you can likely fold this if HJ seems even remotely decent. If HJ has proven to be range aware/position aware but still tight, then you have an even easier fold.

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06-24-2017 , 06:27 PM

ChaosWAO

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HJ seems to be a decent player. I have 1 hour history with him and hasn't showed much.

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06-24-2017 , 06:31 PM

Amanaplan

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Originally Posted by ChaosWAO

HJ seems to be a decent player. I have 1 hour history with him and hasn't showed much.

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I'm just not committing w QQ once he makes it 125 only hoping to find the bottom of his 4b range given action and whether that bottom is KK or AK or A3s is what makes all the difference in choosing to commit. You also can consider how easily SB and UTG folded, was it a no-brainer? tank? I mean I wouldn't solely go off card removal wizard reads, but it matters a bit, to me at least.

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06-24-2017 , 06:37 PM

ChaosWAO

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Uh that is a good point. I didn't consider this angle.
Both folded quickly.

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06-24-2017 , 08:51 PM

haha_TP

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Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 558

I would've cold 4 bet preflop but now that you're here it seems like you have a pretty easy fold. Against most players this is KK+ 99% of the time.

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06-25-2017 , 03:00 PM

ChaosWAO

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Thanks for the feedback guys. I folded and villain claimed he had AK but didn't show.

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