we should probably be 4betting the AKo pre flop in this hand, as played we obviously can't fold otherwise we'd fold almost our entire range, we're chopping some of the time and we're catching bluffs, sort of a no brainer call

Even vs an opponent that you've seen make this play? If he isn't bluffing in the easiest river ever to bluff, how can I expect him to do so when the river bricks? Also villain had a very low 3-bet

PokerStars - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 111.5 BB
Hero (SB): 101.5 BB
BB: 186.82 BB
UTG: 100 BB
MP: 111.02 BB
CO: 215.36 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q A

fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, BB raises to 9 BB, Hero calls 6 BB

Flop: (18 BB, 2 players) 3 Q 5
Hero checks, BB bets 8.55 BB, Hero calls 8.55 BB

Turn: (35.1 BB, 2 players) 9
Hero checks, BB bets 23.27 BB, Hero calls 23.27 BB

River: (81.64 BB, 2 players) 8
Hero checks, BB checks

Why is that such a great river to bluff? your fd and Qx heavy

maybe he bluffs all his KJ and not AJ, or maybe he just bluffs if he has Ad instead of Jd, can't make extremely explo folds based on this hand alone

All his semibluffs got there, he has to be barreling a,lot of air OTT to be capable of bluffing the river properly. Also a lot of my fds jam turn or raise flop.

He is a 21 vpip guy with 5% 3bet and 44 wwsf, man, how can I expect him to be bluffing enough there?

After some thought I like the fold, a nit can be expected to check ak at least sometimes and his bluff combos are so few that he has to bluff like 30-50% of them for this to be a call. 44wwsf with 21 vpip is super nitty. Calling here basically means you think this is one of the few spots this nit chooses to fight for and thats gambling at best.

well if you don't call this runout, fold AKo pre flop

Who knows why he didn't bluff the AJ, maybe he was having a bad session and all his bluffs were getting called, you could list a number of reasons for that specific spot. Also your confusing nitty pre with nitty post flop.

Lol

well 44 wwsf indicates he's probably pretty nitty postflop also tbh, sample size could be small and make all those stats irrelevent though

Btw, some cool hands, boys!

H1: the clairvoyant

PokerStars - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 223.64 BB
SB: 253.04 BB
BB: 61.88 BB
UTG: 303.86 BB
MP: 103.92 BB
Hero (CO): 105.22 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q Q

UTG raises to 3 BB, fold, Hero calls 3 BB, fold, fold, BB calls 2 BB

Flop: (9.5 BB, 3 players) 5 6 T
BB checks, UTG bets 6.5 BB, Hero calls 6.5 BB, BB calls 6.5 BB

Turn: (29 BB, 3 players) 3
BB checks, UTG bets 18.5 BB, fold, BB calls 18.5 BB

River: (66 BB, 2 players) 8
BB checks, UTG bets 53.64 BB, BB calls 33.88 BB and is all-in



H2: the trooper

PokerStars - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 101.7 BB
SB: 119.48 BB
Hero (BB): 108.44 BB
UTG: 99 BB
MP: 50.76 BB
CO: 97 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K 4

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 2.4 BB, fold, Hero calls 1.4 BB

Flop: (5.3 BB, 2 players) 9 7 T
Hero checks, BTN bets 3 BB, Hero calls 3 BB

Turn: (11.3 BB, 2 players) A
Hero checks, BTN bets 16 BB, Hero calls 16 BB

River: (43.29 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero checks, BTN bets 80.31 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 80.31 BB




H3: no more lies

PokerStars - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 58.95 BB
SB: 205.38 BB
Hero (BB): 100 BB
UTG: 103.89 BB
MP: 302.44 BB
CO: 209.42 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has J Q

fold, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to 3 BB, Hero calls 2 BB

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) T A 7
SB bets 1.71 BB, Hero raises to 6 BB, SB calls 4.29 BB

Turn: (18 BB, 2 players) 8
SB checks, Hero bets 17.1 BB, SB calls 17.1 BB

River: (52.2 BB, 2 players) 3
SB checks, Hero bets 73.9 BB and is all-in, fold

Hero wins 50.83 BB


H4: lightning strikes twice! vaaaaaamooooo

PokerStars - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 92.25 BB
Hero (SB): 100 BB
BB: 249.41 BB
UTG: 216.92 BB
MP: 114.11 BB
CO: 172.3 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A 4

fold, fold, CO raises to 2.5 BB, fold, Hero raises to 10 BB, fold, CO calls 7.5 BB

Flop: (21 BB, 2 players) J 5 T
Hero checks, CO checks

Turn: (21 BB, 2 players) Q
Hero bets 13.17 BB, CO calls 13.17 BB

River: (47.33 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero bets 76.84 BB and is all-in, fold

Hero wins 45.96 BB


H5: run to the hills

PokerStars - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 365.44 BB
SB: 177.64 BB
BB: 216.88 BB
Hero (UTG): 100 BB
MP: 101 BB
CO: 192.07 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K K

Hero raises to 2.32 BB, fold, fold, BTN calls 2.32 BB, fold, BB calls 1.32 BB

Flop: (7.46 BB, 3 players) 8 4 4
BB checks, Hero bets 2.35 BB, BTN calls 2.35 BB, fold

Turn: (12.15 BB, 2 players) 7
Hero checks, BTN bets 6.13 BB, Hero raises to 17 BB, BTN calls 10.87 BB

River: (46.15 BB, 2 players) 9
Hero checks, BTN bets 343.77 BB and is all-in, fold

BTN wins 44.78 BB


H6: afraid to shoot strangers

PokerStars - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 131.25 BB
SB: 101 BB
BB: 109.53 BB
UTG: 317.07 BB
MP: 150.48 BB
Hero (CO): 102.21 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A A

fold, MP raises to 2.5 BB, Hero raises to 8 BB, BTN calls 8 BB, fold, fold, MP calls 5.5 BB

Flop: (25.5 BB, 3 players) Q J 8
MP checks, Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: (25.5 BB, 3 players) 8
MP bets 5.57 BB, Hero calls 5.57 BB, BTN raises to 20.5 BB, MP calls 14.93 BB, Hero calls 14.93 BB

River: (87 BB, 3 players) 7
MP checks, Hero checks, BTN checks



H7: evil that men do

PokerStars - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 61.78 BB
SB: 101.5 BB
Hero (BB): 100 BB
UTG: 190.84 BB
MP: 139.16 BB
CO: 209.19 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has J T

fold, fold, fold, fold, SB calls 0.5 BB, Hero raises to 4 BB, SB calls 3 BB

Flop: (8 BB, 2 players) 2 2 T
SB checks, Hero bets 2.52 BB, SB calls 2.52 BB

Turn: (13.03 BB, 2 players) 2
SB checks, Hero bets 13 BB, SB calls 13 BB

River: (39.03 BB, 2 players) 5
SB checks, Hero bets 80.49 BB and is all-in, fold

Hero wins 37.66 BB


vaaaamooooo

I actually agree with rapid for the AK hand, pretty sure that's a fold against a reg who isn't getting out of line.

Seems like an iffy spot to essentially range fold.

Overly tight reg =/= linear and predictable triple range from my experience.

Not range folding, will have AQ/QQ too

Having a substantial number of them as a default is pretty bad, you give up ev elsewhere if you do.

With reads that make you fold AK you clearly shouldn't have a single one of them.

It's pretty close. But what's funny to me is how rapid will make the worst calls I've ever seen then proceed to fold in spots that are much closer. That being said I'm still leaning towards a fold on this one. Bottom line gonna need more hands on villain.

I agree, but I'm still learning how to make good calls, my std was to always fold, so in the way I'm in this weird zone where I'm making sick folds while making bad calls.

Well, at least you play better than majshdi.

Edit:
If you're trying to incorporate more calls, do it with hands like tptk, not bottom pair lel.

btw, I think you're gonna like this one lol

H8: heaven can wait

PokerStars - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 100 BB
SB: 249.61 BB
BB: 109.53 BB
UTG: 94.82 BB
MP: 140.68 BB
CO: 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K K

UTG raises to 3 BB, fold, CO raises to 8.5 BB, Hero raises to 24 BB, fold, fold, UTG calls 21 BB, CO calls 15.5 BB

Flop: (73.5 BB, 3 players) 8 5 7
UTG bets 70.82 BB and is all-in, fold, fold

UTG wins 72.13 BB

Oh, good

Duuude. The guy is a fish, what makes you think he's not just deciding to go with JJ or QQ there? I just played a hand where I made similarly tight fold vs a fish and he turned up with something totally ******ed.

that's an unfortunate misclick with KK, be careful to click the right button next time

Rapid is that odd individual who would call with mid pair in that spot and fold everything stronger than that.

Thats 100% legit, villain was a 21/10, he also was calling 3bets oop with QQ