Flopping a set in the first hand of a tournament
07-05-2020
, 02:19 PM
https://i.imgur.com/G8lf5Vs.gifv
Here's a gif of the hand. We started out 100bb effective. This is a $6.60 tourney.
I'm in the CO with T
T
Folds to LJ who limps 1BB. HJ raises to 3BB. Hero calls 3BB. Folds back to LJ who calls.
FLOP: (11.67 BB) Q
4 T
LJ checks, HJ bets 4.41 BB, Hero calls, LJ folds
TURN: (20.5 BB) Q 4 T 6
HJ bets 10.12 BB, Hero calls
RIVER: (40.75 BB) Q 4 T 6 J
HJ bets 22.88 BB, Hero raises all-in 82.32 BB
Anyway, he beat me into the pot with AK.
Here's a gif of the hand. We started out 100bb effective. This is a $6.60 tourney.
I'm in the CO with T
TFolds to LJ who limps 1BB. HJ raises to 3BB. Hero calls 3BB. Folds back to LJ who calls.
- The charts I use say that TT is a call from the CO vs a HJ open. However, I immediately regretted calling due to the LJ limping. TT is not a hand that plays well multi-way so I definitely should have 3bet to isolate.
FLOP: (11.67 BB) Q
4 TLJ checks, HJ bets 4.41 BB, Hero calls, LJ folds
- I decided to call rather than raise. I thought it would look too strong to raise multiway and I wanted to keep his bluffs in, as well as string along the LJ. I think there is an argument for both.
- In theory I would be balancing out my raising range with just as many bluffs as value. But at the micros most people just don't think like that, and are basically never balanced - they underbluff, and assume other players do the same.
- Afterward, I sent this hand to my friend who put it through a solver, which calls 100% of the time.
TURN: (20.5 BB) Q
4 T 6HJ bets 10.12 BB, Hero calls
- Turn is a total brick, which discouraged me from raising as I would have less bluffs on the turn that I would on the flop.
- My friend's solver called 100% of the time on the turn.
RIVER: (40.75 BB) Q
4 T 6 JHJ bets 22.88 BB, Hero raises all-in 82.32 BB
- River seemed scary at first, but then I realized that at the micros, players generally don't double barrel bluff such a large portion of their stack (in this case, it would be AK). Of course, making generalizations like this can be costly, but it's just extremely rare. I thought it was much more likely that he had a hand like QJ, QT, an overplayed AQ, or maybe 66 that stabbed flop. Those hands are never folding river.
- This is also the absolute best possible hand I can have on the river, based on my line.
- My friend's solver raised all-in 100% of the time.
Anyway, he beat me into the pot with AK.
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