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05-10-2024 , 07:52 AM
Hands from a 1/2 session. I was playing sort of TAG, so had something in all of these.

Hand 1. I open raise to 10 from 4th position with AQo, CO and SB call. Flop comes AT6, r. I bet 15 and SB calls. Turn is a K, putting out a 2-flush. Check, and I check back intending to bet most rivers. River is an A for AT6KA. SB bets pot 60, and I call.

Hand 2. I have about 350, HJ about 270, and BB about 550. HJ is maniac who raised most of the time when passed to him or limps, usually calls raises preflop, is aggressive with postflop bluffs, and has rebought for $200 or $300 several times. BB in this hand is decent player for the stakes, and has 3-bet the maniac twice, but no one else. I am probably making the 2nd or 3rd most preflop raises at the table.

One limper, I raise to 12 from 3 before button with 99. HJ calls, BB 3!s to 50, limper folds, I and HJ call. Flop comes 963 2-flush. BB bets 100, I and HS call. Turn is a 5, putting out a 3-flush. SB checks and I go allin for 200.

Hand 3, I have about 240, others cover. Same maniac from the previous hand raises to 21 for UTG+1. He is raising most hands and often large. SB calls and I call in the BB. Maybe I should have folded because not deep enough and only 3 ways. Flop comes K72,r. SB donks for 20, I call and UTG+1 calls. Turn is a J putting out a 2-flush. SB bets 30, I raise to 85, UTG+1 folded, SB moves allin, and I call.
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05-10-2024 , 01:08 PM
hand 1 is fine.

what is your hand in hand 3? im guessing 22 or 77. if its one of those, i keep slowplaying on a dry board and just call and let the guy behind overcall probably drawing dead. very often if you raise this turn you fold out all Kx which is a disaster.

i dont understand the slowplay in hand 2 with a guy behind you on a two tone board. id probably just shove, i dont think an overpair is folding. if i was BB wouldnt fold an overpair to a shove, and if i wouldnt i doubt most anyone else would either.

Last edited by NittyOldMan1; 05-10-2024 at 01:14 PM.
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05-10-2024 , 01:09 PM
Hand 1: Looks OK. Against some SBs you should fold river but without a specific read your hand is too good.
Hand 2: Fine. There are several ways you could play this hand but it mostly ends up at the same point. You should check turn and let HJ maniac act first fairly often. 3 ways this isn't a great situation after the flush hits but your remaining stack is too small to consider a fold.
Hand 3: You don't mention your hand. A lot of the hands hero should play should be a 3 bet preflop to get heads up. It probably isn't a happy situation when SB moves in but you probably have too much committed to the hand to fold anything reasonably good.
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05-10-2024 , 07:45 PM
Hand 3, I had 22.

They are all interesting because of results, but I think I am not supposed to post them so soon.
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05-10-2024 , 11:17 PM
I'll give results, as this thread doesn't have much action and not huge decisions.

H1, I would have barreled a blank, but checked back the K. When he bet pot, I wasn't happy about it. He could have a straight or boat. However, he could also bet large with worse trips. Since a checked the turn and there were fewer aces available, he could bluff large to get me to fold without an ace. He showed QJs, and said he was hoping I had the ace.

H2, I think pushing the flop would have been better. Maniac called for less. 3-bettor tanked, showed KK, said he wished he had the king of spades for a flush draw, and folded. The river was a blank, I showed, and maniac mucked. Maniac might have folded if I shoved the flop, but 3-bettor should call. I could have a flush draw. There were no 2-pairs. Really, he would almost need to put me on exactly 99. I might limp behind in ep with 66 or 33, and might 4-bet AA. I assume he was worried that one of us had more than a pair, and partly worried about the flush. He probably figured what did I call 100 with and push here that he beats. I was pretty sure the way the 3-bettor played it he had a big pair or maybe AK or a bluff and was trying to represent a big pair and gave up with 2 callers. It seemed really unlikely he had a flush. Maniac also might have shoved the flop with a flush draw. Anyway, I had outs and couldn't let another flush card come.

H3, SB said he had a set and I was not happy. He showed KK, which surprised me. Typical low stakes play to flat call someone raising 50% of the time with a big pair. The flop heavily favored the ep raiser, although in reality the maniac's range was wind. The maniac was almost certainly cbetting and maybe firing 1 or 2 barrels. So that is where the turn donkbet comes from.
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05-10-2024 , 11:54 PM
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Originally Posted by deuceblocker
H3, SB said he had a set and I was not happy. He showed KK, which surprised me. Typical low stakes play to flat call someone raising 50% of the time with a big pair. The flop heavily favored the ep raiser, although in reality the maniac's range was wind. The maniac was almost certainly cbetting and maybe firing 1 or 2 barrels. So that is where the turn donkbet comes from.
theres nothing you can do about that. if you lose set over set and no draws come in, youre getting stacked anything < like 5-6 spr imo. maybe more.

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