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05-17-2019 , 05:07 PM

bearer

old hand

Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 1,688

What adjustments would you make?

$5.5

PokerStars - 20/40 Ante 5 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 66.85 BB (VPIP: 19.61, PFR: 15.33, 3Bet Preflop: 7.26, Hands: 468)
BTN: 80.15 BB (VPIP: 28.57, PFR: 28.57, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 8)
Hero (SB): 88.05 BB
BB: 70.67 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 8)
UTG: 73.47 BB (VPIP: 20.00, PFR: 20.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 5)
MP: 62.35 BB (VPIP: 42.86, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 8)

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

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.25 BB) Hero has 5

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 2.02 BB, Hero raises to 8 BB, fold, BTN raises to 17 BB, Hero raises to 87.92 BB and is all-in

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05-17-2019 , 08:28 PM

Whia

centurion

Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 123

it's mostly just a clickback once he 4bets. If he does 6b you need to consider your own image and his but if no reads you can always use a randomizer to stay balanced.

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05-17-2019 , 11:21 PM

nonsimplesimon

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 10,011

Even without the spoil (which you should avoid in your posts here) I knew he had qq or kk. I like your 3b ... would make it smaller 5.5 bb gets the job done and keeps the pot smaller in case you all wanna do some more button clicking. I'd probably be done after his 4b... with A5s you can 5b but <100bb it's really pricey. A5o doesn't have much equity versus anything.

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05-18-2019 , 01:09 AM

Colin_Piddle

The Colonial

Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 11,807

It's a $5 mtt not a $100 one. Trivial fold to the 4 bet.

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05-18-2019 , 01:24 AM

bearer

old hand

Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 1,688

Click back is interesting but couldn't he just...call? 4b size did a pretty good job of leveraging which demonstrates the benefits of small 4bs this deep.

Is 3b better than flat with this hand? I often simply expand my flatting range and basically play BB for him but not today.

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05-18-2019 , 01:27 AM

wowsooooted

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 5,077

You really levelled yourself here, best to avoid too much of this at these stakes without history. 3b is good but just fold to 4b esp when we are readless

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05-18-2019 , 01:36 AM

bearer

old hand

Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 1,688

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Originally Posted by Colin_Piddle

It's a $5 mtt not a $100 one. Trivial fold to the 4 bet.

$5 more likely to be punt city. Whos got time to nurse a stack early in a $5?

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05-18-2019 , 07:55 AM

Pouled

grinder

Join Date: Oct 2018 Posts: 476

Small stakes, check
4b from IP , check
Your hands sucks, check

FOLD
You 3b and didn't work, so next hand

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05-19-2019 , 10:54 AM

Whia

centurion

Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 123

Am I the only one who thinks this is a troll thread?

If BB sits out we just want to expand our flat call range as playing big pots with crappy hands such as A5o seems like a recipe for disaster. I'd personally always favor playability in these spots if I were to 3bet and A5o is going to make for really awkward post-flop play.

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05-19-2019 , 01:13 PM

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bearer

old hand

Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 1,688

Only person trolled was me by the RNG. When we talk about the run good/bad that make or break tourney runs we overlook these spots. If that guy went on to win I bet he doesn't recall getting dealt QQ on the btn with BB perma-sittingout with a spewtard in the sb as one of his lucky moments.

Thanks for the suggested adjustment. Although A5o is shyt, it's less shyt than most other offsuit Ax v a strong range, yet not good enough to flat the tiny 4b (definetly not going anywhere with ATo+ in game). Probably one the few air combos I'd have 3b/5b

Last edited by bearer; 05-19-2019 at 01:19 PM.

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05-19-2019 , 02:41 PM

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Corpsey

grinder

Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 438

Flat pre looks good here. If you are in the mood to deny some equity for villain then I think we should be exploitably folding vs 4bets from unknowns at these stakes and 5betting a narrow linear range.

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