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11-24-2020 , 09:17 AM

Joey Fiuza

journeyman

Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 306

PartyGaming - 1000/2000 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 8 players

MP: 54.93 BB
MP+1: 48.02 BB
CO: 62.96 BB
BTN: 41.89 BB
SB: 78.42 BB
Hero (BB): 45.35 BB
UTG: 20.3 BB
UTG+1: 98.12 BB

8 players post ante of 0.13 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.5 BB) Hero has 9

UTG calls 1 BB, fold, fold, MP+1 calls 1 BB, fold, fold, SB calls 0.5 BB, Hero raises to 4 BB, UTG calls 3 BB, MP+1 calls 3 BB, fold

Flop: (14 BB, 3 players) A

Hero bets 7 BB, UTG calls 7 BB, fold

Turn: (28 BB, 2 players) 4

[color=red]Hero ?

V 59/7/62 afq after 29. Not much of a read

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11-24-2020 , 01:53 PM

jbgutrock

centurion

Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 192

This spot pre is difficult imo. You see two limps and then SB limps. Best case of raising is getting two folds and SB call, otherwise 99 OOP isn't a hand to inflate pot yet. I think a larger sizing is needed if raising. 6-8 BB because a 4 BB raise is pricing in the IP players. I would check and see flop. On flop, maybe check planning to call a bet or even check/raise. Hands calling the c bet here are winning or floating, so making pot larger is bad for OOP.
Turn, as played, seems like a check and look for cheap showdown.

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11-26-2020 , 02:42 PM

Captain-Hindsight

adept

Join Date: Feb 2017 Posts: 1,114

yeah i'd be happy just to check pre and see a flop.

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11-27-2020 , 08:01 AM

Honigkuchenx

journeyman

Join Date: Dec 2019 Posts: 208

I tend to play very carefully vs UTG limps unless I got a very good read on them. I prefer flatting in this spot & if we decide to squeeze definitely go bigger then 4bb. I absolutely hate the 1/2 pot flop bet since a lot of UTG limp range is Ax, no matter if they are trapping or just bad.

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11-27-2020 , 08:16 AM

Panny1

old hand

Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,548

I don't think raising pre is particularly close, 99 is just too strong, there's a lot of deadmoney and I don't even mind getting it in against UTG tbh.

I'd go very small on the Flop or check, that sizing is definitely a mistake imo

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11-27-2020 , 10:19 PM

killer_kill

Carpal \'Tunnel

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Originally Posted by Panny1

Agreed completely.

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11-29-2020 , 06:59 PM

Shot_taker

journeyman

Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 233

shove

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