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Originally Posted by Fayth
her 4bet could be ok actually, the call though is pretty lol
Yes the 4 bet wasn't awful and it was great bet sizing as Barry Hutter can't peel, he has to shove or fold. Her bet sizing would also give him the impression that perhaps he has no fold equity if he shoves so might push his 5 bet hand strength shoving range requirement up.
I don't know how Barry Hutter plays, but her 4 bet, bet sizing maybe gets him to pass some middle pairs like 88 and 99 but then is he really 3 betting with middle pairs given his stack size?, or is he peeling the initial raise in position with those kind of hands. I think the latter as he has some great implied odds and he is in position against an aggressive player. Plus there is also another player to act.
I would think that the 10 minutes thinking time by Cate was to evaluate how many pairs 99 or lower were in his range.
On balance I don't like her 4 bet against a good player because I think with his stack size and against her specifically his 3 bet range is quite strong and his perception of her 4 bet range is that her range is not super strong and is mainly Ax hands.
Having said all of the above, playing aggressively in that spot like she did *is* one of the ways to get chips and even when it goes wrong you can get lucky when you call off as a 28/72 underdog and have a great playing and bullying stack afterwards if you win the pot.
Last edited by SageDonkey; 12-10-2016 at 01:04 PM.