good sir, strategy posts are strategic posts even if you know everything already.

you wanna bet/call that turn vs a nit, did i understand you correctly?

depends on how you play, but i'm hoping that turn card didn't hit your sb open range too hard.

Yep, this thread is true AIDS - it insprires me to create content to post in it

Villain is one of my fav maniacs whose horrible showdowns include 8533ss that cold-called my 3bet, AK52ds that called my 4bet OOP and then 2 barrels with a bare pair of 5's, button 4bet w/AQ83ds. Due to his high preflop aggression, he c(/f) many unimproving flops, and can make disciplined postflop folds on really wet boards in general.

I l/c pre to see a cheap flop on this aggro table as Villain seems to never fold pre, was going to c/r flop because of the blockers and his overall aggression but I'd agree that leading flop was better as a bluff. This hand is a std str8blocker bluff spot, isn't it?

€0.05/€0.10 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi, 5 players

SB €22.70
BB €33.34
Hero (UTG) €29.49 TT66
CO €13.63
Villain (BTN) €88.35

Hero calls, CO folds, Villain raises to €0.45, 2 folds, Hero calls

Flop (€1.05, 2 players) 874

2 checks

Turn 5

Hero bets €0.75, Villain folds

RIDon, fine as long as we barrell river if he calls. His range is so J*** and overpair heavy and your donk is repping minimum of two pair strongly.

c00n74, superstandard.

How we like the river sizings on these next two? First villain is 48/19 with ridic high WTSD of 55% but over very small sample.



Next one is 27/19 tag with WTSD of 25%. (Not c/r flop is a whole gameplan thing, but I know you'll all want to. ) I was wondering whether to c/r shove turn also...

I think I c/c river first hand, he won't fold 2pair+ but will likely checkback 2pair. obv sucks if he spiked a K. This is a pretty ideal flop for c-betting, btw, so u should go for a small c/r with basically ur entire range rather than c/c marginal hands like a weak overpair.

Second hand I'm def c-betting and going from there, ur line is as full o' **** as can be
He prob just decided to give up with his airball or low FD

SB is aggro over the top, his 3bet range from blinds vs me seems very wide, he's had some ds trash on showdown before. It's a bit offtop, but his most famous move at NLHE cash was openshoving 25bb w/AKo from the button But I can't say that he never folds - he often respects my postflop raises.

I don't have many outs vs better overpairs, so I can't flat. Neither are my blockers good, they only reduce the top wrap probability. Still I think it's a std spot for flop raising because the board is paired and fits my preflop flatting range well. So is the bluffshove here good? Thanks!

€0.10/0.20 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi, 3 players

SB €97.46
BB €27.41
Hero (BTN) €18.82 JJ37

Hero raises to €0.7, SB reraises to €2.3, BB folds, Hero calls

Flop (€4.8, 2 players, stack €16.52) 887

SB bets €3, Hero raises to €12

The spoiler contains the result, don't read it before finishing your analysis.

do not compute the sentence: 'bluffing with the best hand'

also, do not compute why raising to fold out worse with sd value/bluffcatcher = good.

unless you ninja quadrupled merged your range then in that case wp sir

How I feel after getting snapped otr

It looks like I've read too much Baluga

Seriously, it's a good spot for merging intuitively imho because QQ-JJ and maybe KK have no SDV when Villain is repping AA-KK, so there are too few hands with medium value and I have to shove them too as flatting would make them too transparent.

Idk whether this applies to this very Villain (esp transparency issues). I can't estimate the probability of him having an overpair here (but I'm pretty sure he 3bets all AA-QQ pre), and idk whether he'll continue bluffing air ott if flatted, more likely not.

I'm not sure whether this usage is correct, but in TV commentators' jargon 'I bluffed with the best hand' means 'my bet was a bluff vs the majority of Villain's range but I suddenly ran into the bottom of his calling range, vs which it was a valuebet'.

My raise is a bluff vs AA-QQ (we have 2 outs vs them) and a valuebet vs str8draws. The situation when a bet has different meanings vs different parts of Villain's range isn't rare in PLO as hand strength is nonlinear here - made hands often play worse vs postflop raises than draws.

BTN is the same TAG as BB in my double donk thread, this hand happened few minutes after that.

Probably calling pre is a spew already, but my biggest doubts are about the flop. Ofc c/r>donk on it as it's very cbettable, and I'd obv fold to his 3bet (most likely KK), and my raggy FD doesn't count otf (it may be helpful ott when a whole stack play decision will be due), but I suppose he's prone to fold (a bare king, AA with no FD, maybe even 2p) to a second barrel so I don't find it a big mistake to c/r air sometimes, though I agree I must have chosen a better draw for that.

Ott, I get a bunch of str8 outs so I just b/c, I can't get away any more.

How spewy was my move? With what hands would you bluff c/r on this flop? Thanks in advance!

€0.10/€0.20 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi, 3 players

SB €23.63
Hero (BB) €27.24 A9T6
BTN €83.30

BTN raises to €0.5, SB folds, Hero calls

Flop (€1.1) KQ7

Hero checks, BTN bets €0.9, Hero raises to €3.8, BTN calls

Turn (€8.7) 8

Hero bets €7, BTN folds

It's fine imo, very close to the top of the range I would c/r semibluff flop to fold to 3bet rather than too weak to bluff w/. For instance I think I'd rather raise your same hand but w/o nut clubs or a hand like 5689 w/ clubs. Your diamonds are worth something in the hand, but it will get you in tricky spots a lot of times being oop in bloated pot if he peels you, and you'll also often be folding away lots of equity if he 3bets flop w/ a hand that has no diamonds.

Also the TT66 hand is wp except maybe for the preflop limp, but I don't think that exactly qualifies as "successful bluff", it's just standard pick up dead money in tiny pot w/ blockers plus some sd / draw value spot.

*** bollox titties

Co turned balls.

Wp by CO except pre. I don't like Maffff's flop sizing (I usually make a bit more than halfpot i.e. $2.50 to show that 'I'm serious'), it kinda shouts a steal and gives CO good odds with 8 'bluff outs' (6's and 5's aren't good bluff outs imho because he must have cbet both wraps and gutshots).

Also, I don't like the call turn - fold blank rivers line because CO will obv shut down on paired rivers. If CO is expected to bluff 34%+ in this spot, call turn&river, otherwise fold turn.

P.S./Edit: Thx for reminding me of this CO's line btw, I'm gonna take it as a weapon tonight

Needs more hands of people bluffing w KJ on KJJAA because villain probably doesn't have quads

This is a very std blocker bluff or dead money collection vs a LAG (isn't it?), but I've been lacking good material lately so I'm sorry.

Heads-Up PLO, blinds €0.1/€0.2, eff. stack €13.63

Hero is BB with JJ45

BTN raises to €0.4, Hero calls

Flop (€0.8) KTQ

2 checks

Turn 6

Hero bets €0.6, BTN calls

River (€2) 6

Hero bets €1.5, BTN folds

The previous bluff was a warm-up before this sicker one. My opp is a tricky 24-y.-o. LAG but otr I still hope that his hand reading skill is not so good cuz I'm repping thin (99/K9/96/94/T87). I want to leave the table due to excess of money in my stack (i.e. bank my winnings) and end my session on a major note...

€0.25/0.5 PLO, 4 players

SB €63.6, Hero is BB with 5523 and covers

2 folds, SB raises to €1.5, Hero calls

Flop (€3, 2 players) K64

2 checks

Turn 9

SB bets €2, Hero raises to €7.5, SB calls

River (€18) 8

SB checks, Hero bets €10, SB folds

Villain is a tricky LAG who almost never donkbets flops but I've once seen him donkbet a pairing turn with absolute air (A995as on KT6Kr) after the flop was checked. He has already grasped some understanding of my LAGgy style even though it's our first session so I think he can be trying to pick dead money ott with a pair/draw/air.

€0.25/0.5 HUPLO, eff. stack €36.50 (73bb)

Hero is BTN/SB with 6432

Hero raises to €1.5, Villain calls

Flop (€3) Q97

Villain checks, Hero checks

Turn 7

Villain bets €3, Hero raises to €10, Villain folds

First one of the three above - solid.
Second one - Fine again, laggy villains generally don't not c-bet if they've half hit, so his draw he picked up on the turn has almost certainly missed the river. If he'd been loose passive fishy this wouldn't have worked.
Third one - Board pairing turns great to flip off like this.

I'd have turn sized a little lower on second and third - but prob just me.

Second: flop checkback with wrap???

thats bad?

The board is quite dry so I'm not afraid to see the turn, instead of taking a small pot right now I check back to realise my equity and induce his turn bluffs that I raise very often. I consciously move most of my aggression frequency to the turn because people expect me less to bluff there and often have not enough equity to call with their draws while they could peel the flop hoping for more implied odds.

Now check out this weirdo, I was too tired (after browsing 2+2 ) to realise what I was doing, otf I thought like meh, it's a std LAG's cbet and one of my backdoors is nutty, so why not Zoidberg. Once the river paired I repped trips and tbh prayed to poker gods to make him fold.

€0.10/0.20 PLO, 4 players

Hero (SB) €16.17 A9Q6
BB €12.83
CO €89.81
BTN €14.24

CO raises to €0.7, BTN calls, Hero calls, BB folds

Flop (€2.3, 3 players) T32

Hero checks, CO bets €1.5, BTN folds, Hero calls

Turn (€5.3, 2 players) 5

Hero checks, CO checks

River 2

Hero bets €3, CO folds

I thought this was kinda cool. Villain 3b ~30%, but had never 5b. I think he has AAxx some ridic % of the time.
Merge - $1 PL Hi (2 max) - Omaha - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

Hero (SB): $397.90
BB: $773.56

Hero posts SB $0.50, BB posts BB $1.00

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero has J A K 2

Hero raises to $2.00, BB raises to $6.00, Hero raises to $18.00, BB raises to $54.00, Hero calls $36.00

Flop: ($108.00, 2 players) 6 K 4
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($108.00, 2 players) 5
BB checks, Hero bets $84.00, BB calls $84.00

River: ($276.00, 2 players) T
BB checks, Hero bets $259.90 and is all-in, fold

Hero wins $275.50

I've already said in the HU thread that I'm less inclined to 4bet Axxx (esp. unsuited) light as it lowers the probability of an ace (our bluff out) on the flop. Otherwise wp and impressive.

just make sure to keep vbetting thinner and thinner and larger and larger, and u can get aaway with it

I think ur getting unnecessarily fancy/overthinking here. When he gives up the initiative u should stab/barrel with most of ur range unless he c/r a ton. He'll have no idea about ur strength while his hand looks like a bluff-catcher that can't stand too much heat.

In the hand in question u have a 12-out wrap which should be at the top of ur stabbing range. Picking up the pot is always a good thing unless u've got a monster on a lockdown board. He can also pick up significant equity OTT, and suddenly ur low wrap isn't doing as well.

If u wanna wait till turn to rep a trap as ur describing, that works much better when he c-bets. Flat and raise on a blank turn will disguise ur wrap perfectly and look like a set.