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6bet pot. Call on the river too loose? 6bet pot. Call on the river too loose?

01-31-2018 , 05:43 AM
iPoker - €0.20 NL - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 49.5 BB
UTG: 101 BB
CO: 165.4 BB
Hero (BTN): 418.8 BB
SB: 520.75 BB (VPIP: 27.23, PFR: 21.04, 3Bet Preflop: 9.28, Hands: 6,133)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q A

fold, fold, Hero raises to 2 BB, SB raises to 8 BB, fold, Hero raises to 21 BB, SB raises to 57 BB, Hero raises to 117 BB, SB calls 60 BB

Flop: (235 BB, 2 players) 6 Q 3
SB checks, Hero checks

Turn: (235 BB, 2 players) J
SB bets 117 BB, Hero calls 117 BB

River: (469 BB, 2 players) 5
SB bets 286.75 BB, Hero calls 184.8 BB


Spoiler:
Hero shows Q A (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 29%, Flop 87%, Turn 89%)
SB shows A K (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 71%, Flop 13%, Turn 11%)
Hero wins 828.6 BB
SB wins 101.95 BB



The player viewed me as a highly skilled aggressive player. I have been stacking up by running many bluffs and he knows it. Considering the meta game I created,my image,having positional advantage being this deep he could definitely see me 6bet bluffing. His counter strategy seemed to be to try and run his own bluffs or re-bluff me because of his unsuccessful attempts in calling me down.

Is this call on the river just too loose in a 6bet pot?

Last edited by B3ck; 01-31-2018 at 05:52 AM.
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01-31-2018 , 06:19 AM
Not a chance we're folding river.
Stared for a good while at the preflop action before realising you explained some things at the end there but it is still very freaky. Are we intending to call off a shove, because we better be if we decide to 6bet in position, but why would we be doing that when we can flat the 3 bet, or even the 5bet profitably?
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01-31-2018 , 06:59 AM
Haha wtf is going on here? Flat 3 bet or fold to 5b pre
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01-31-2018 , 07:14 AM
Is this a brag post?

About the river... If he can do it with AK it's a call regardless of what else he's doing it with. After 6k hands with him you should have at least an idea if he can do it with AK, but the important thing here is frequency;
For instance if he'd only do it with the suited AK (or 25% of the time with AK) it's a fold. If he does it with all AK it's a call.

Also... This is highly opponent dependent so you might have a better idea about it than we do, but I'm not sure the question is about the river. Think it's really about the turn. Unless you have a read about him giving up his bluffs with overs in 6bet pots after 1 barrel, calling turn and folding blank river seems like it's burning a lot of money. The fact that it's a 6bet pot and that you're freaking 400bb deep makes this a huge decision, but you should not call that turn bet before you know what you'll do on the river if he shoves on a blank.

And if your line would be to fold to such a shove, then ask yourself how often he'll give up, to justify you making the call on the turn.
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01-31-2018 , 07:20 AM
made me chuckle, gratz on €80 win in one hand at nl20
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01-31-2018 , 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by tomj
Not a chance we're folding river.
Stared for a good while at the preflop action before realising you explained some things at the end there but it is still very freaky. Are we intending to call off a shove, because we better be if we decide to 6bet in position, but why would we be doing that when we can flat the 3 bet, or even the 5bet profitably?
The 4bet was for value,this deep I like to build pots in position (obviously) I didn't think villain would be 5betting JJ-QQ so once villain 5bets I perceive his range to be AK,KK+(no bluffs). I don't think running many bluffs v.s such a tight range is smart and we have some RIO from AK and AA combos. So I disagree with you on the flatting the 5bet being profitable. Though I could be wrong.

The 6bet was a bluff and I was planning on folding to a jam without a doubt. No way in hell would I ever be gii over 400BB deep with AQ,suited or not. The idea behind it was to get villain to fold his AK combos.

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Originally Posted by emibg
Is this a brag post?

It was more of a jest.



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made me chuckle, gratz on €80 win in one hand at nl20
Now this made me chuckle. Don't forget I had €80 stack prior too!

Last edited by B3ck; 01-31-2018 at 07:45 AM.
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01-31-2018 , 08:39 AM
So you 6bet pre to fold out AK but called otr because he is bluffing enough? (therefore having AK in his range) obv. both assumptions can't be correct.

As played would prolly call here but its close as this is the bottom of our calling range/top of our folding range. I'm flatting the 3bet alot tho cos' AK ain't folding enough when we 6bet at these stakes and flatting a 5bet or 4bet/folding both suck. If villain was flatting our 4bets with reasonable frequency, then 4betting seems decent.

Furthermore, If this villain is trying to adjust by bluffing more, I'd love to have hand as good as AQs in my range when I flat.
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01-31-2018 , 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Gettingood
So you 6bet pre to fold out AK but called otr because he is bluffing enough? (therefore having AK in his range) obv. both assumptions can't be correct.

As played would prolly call here but its close as this is the bottom of our calling range/top of our folding range. I'm flatting the 3bet alot tho cos' AK ain't folding enough when we 6bet at these stakes and flatting a 5bet or 4bet/folding both suck. If villain was flatting our 4bets with reasonable frequency, then 4betting seems decent.

Furthermore, If this villain is trying to adjust by bluffing more, I'd love to have hand as good as AQs in my range when I flat.
Obviously I was hoping to fold out AK it doesn't necessarily mean it's going to happen. Calling a 6bet oop with AK is pretty terrible imo. But I know he's expecting me to bluff all my air so when I check that flop he's going to be betting 100% of his range ott.

So my goal was to get him to fold his AK combos but just because he calls doesn't mean I have discounted all AK combos from his range. The dynamics between us and post flop led me to believe there was a good chance he could have AK,even though I thought he would be good enough to fold it preflop.

Last edited by B3ck; 01-31-2018 at 09:05 AM.
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01-31-2018 , 11:00 AM
Yeah wouldn't call AK almost ever (mayyybe 4combos depending how I perceive your 5brange.) here If I'm villain but at this level villains are so bad (at least they used to be, I haven't played nl20 in years tbh) that it's def in their range close to 100% depending on their 5bstrat. Seems like your read is that this villain is lighter than most here so 6betting cant be really bad when folding out his bluffs alone creates us decent profit and turning the bottom of our 4betting valuerange into bluffs is fine.

Anyway, 6betbluffing here can be +ev but I'd argue less so than flatting the 3bet. Personally I would use Axs as bluffs here and 4bet/6bet polar esp If your read was that this villain isn't 5betting w/ QQ.
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01-31-2018 , 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by BackdoorQuadsDraw
Haha wtf is going on here? Flat 3 bet or fold to 5b pre
+1

dont go out of line 500bb deep
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01-31-2018 , 01:44 PM
I don't think either of you played the hand badly given the dynamic between you. Your 6bet is the most contentious point. I think I'm in the call 3bet (happy) or call 5bet (barely happy) camp because I disagree with your analysis of V's 5bet; in V's shoes I'd probably choose AKs and some (very few) bluffs and flat AKo, giving you a bit more equity.

Last edited by LTJfan99; 01-31-2018 at 01:50 PM.
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01-31-2018 , 01:48 PM
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Call on the river too loose?
LOL
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01-31-2018 , 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by .isolated
LOL
LOL you really think the call otr is standard?

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01-31-2018 , 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Gettingood
Anyway, 6betbluffing here can be +ev but I'd argue less so than flatting the 3bet. Personally I would use Axs as bluffs here and 4bet/6bet polar esp If your read was that this villain isn't 5betting w/ QQ.


The 4b was for value. I felt his flatting range would mainly consist of pocket pairs. I knew he didn't want to play me oop with a hand like AK because he feared getting outplayed. Obviously having AQ helps back up my read that villain probably doesn't have QQ in his 5b range this deep. When I hit a pair of queens otf I just discount the one combo.

Was calling the 3bet more +ev? Maybe can't say for certain,does he fold AKo combos to a 6bet? How often is he flatting/folding to my 4bet?(have never seen him 5b bluff)

Last edited by B3ck; 01-31-2018 at 06:40 PM.
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01-31-2018 , 06:40 PM
I don't think I know enough about deep-stacked play to give you sound advice, but my initial reaction was wtf is happening preflop.

Your 4bet should definitely be bigger though (as should your open). Both you and villain chose a ~100bb effective sizing for some reason.

I think the river call would be awful if villain just didn't lolhalfpot the turn.
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01-31-2018 , 07:56 PM
I'm aware that the 4bet was for value. I was just advocating calling here as my standard play but obviously I don't have your reads of him so cant comment on your questions.

River is sick spot. AQ is the bottom of our range but villain might be overbluffing (your read) and spr is low.

If villain is never bluffing pre w/ 5bet+ (I must admit, that is the general tendency of micros) I would exploit him with 4betbluffs that are easy to fold vs his 5bet range and continue really value heavy from there. Maybe only 6betting AA for value. Not that KK couldn't show profit but might work best as a flat. I'm not 100% sure about this strat tho so feel free to convince me otherwise.
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01-31-2018 , 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Gettingood
I'm aware that the 4bet was for value. I was just advocating calling here as my standard play but obviously I don't have your reads of him so cant comment on your questions.
Sorry mate I was simply making a point. You said that flatting the 3bet would've been more profitable but I don't think you can prove that. That was the point to my questions.
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01-31-2018 , 11:45 PM
this hand is crrrrrazy. Nh! I think?

did he get up after losing? or tilt crazy? cause i'd probably throw my mouse at the screen lol

Last edited by shynepo3; 01-31-2018 at 11:53 PM.
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01-31-2018 , 11:53 PM
Don't think I'm ever folding TPTK in a 6bp.

Imho, some serious leveling preflop. Nh though.
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02-01-2018 , 12:16 AM
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Originally Posted by shynepo3
this hand is crrrrrazy. Nh! I think?

did he get up after losing? or tilt crazy? cause i'd probably throw my mouse at the screen lol
He had other tables up as well, so he played for a short while after. If you are an aggressive 4bettor who is 5bet a fair amount of the time, you will need to 6bet. Most of the time when a 6bet is appropriate is when the 4bet and 5bet have both been small.

Last edited by B3ck; 02-01-2018 at 12:42 AM.
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02-01-2018 , 01:03 AM
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Originally Posted by B3ck
He had other tables up as well, so he played for a short while after. If you are an aggressive 4bettor who is 5bet a fair amount of the time, you will need to 6bet. Most of the time when a 6bet is appropriate is when the 4bet and 5bet have both been small.


I’m not questioning ur decisions as there must have been some table dynamic to justify it - though I prefer calling the 3bet as others have said (but with no table dynamic). I’m just saying I’d be pissed as villian if I lost a 500bb pot, regardless of how. Espec if I shove 200bb on the river as a bluff.


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02-01-2018 , 01:25 AM
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Originally Posted by shynepo3
I’m not questioning ur decisions as there must have been some table dynamic to justify it - though I prefer calling the 3bet as others have said (but with no table dynamic). I’m just saying I’d be pissed as villian if I lost a 500bb pot, regardless of how. Espec if I shove 200bb on the river as a bluff.


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I know, I was just trying to give you some of advice.

Last edited by B3ck; 02-01-2018 at 01:33 AM.
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02-01-2018 , 06:39 AM
Wouldn't he play QQ+ the same way?
So there are like 10 combinations that beat you - what made you sure he didn't have one of those?
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02-01-2018 , 12:55 PM
A lot of bad thought process here. Pre don't try to fold out AK. Postflop I dunno why villian tried to bluff, terrible play by him, doesn't seem to understand that you don't cap your range at all when you check back on 2spr flop. I would fold river for that reason.

Your entire thought process is wrong here and contradictory. You say that there is an aggro meta then you say that he has no bluffs in his 5bet range, yes AK is aggro 5bet but there is no point trying to fold that strong of a hand giving him 3-1 odds. Also, you said yourself you think he knows you will have light 6bets, so why would he fold ak then. Then you say your image is a highly skilled aggro player. Lol. Then you say "his counter strategy.." which is most likely 100% bull****, and definitely incoherent and completely useless information. Then you call down in a spot where you didn't think he had much AK from preflop and in a spot that is terrible for him to bluff.

Essentially what happened here is you 4bet because you like clicking buttons (AQs is not value here, make more money as call), then you get 5bet and you see that there is a button so you click it, then postflop is questionable but I guess may be ok vs this donk
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02-01-2018 , 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by pokerforumposter
A lot of bad thought process here. Pre don't try to fold out AK. Postflop I dunno why villian tried to bluff, terrible play by him, doesn't seem to understand that you don't cap your range at all when you check back on 2spr flop. I would fold river for that reason.

Your entire thought process is wrong here and contradictory. You say that there is an aggro meta then you say that he has no bluffs in his 5bet range, yes AK is aggro 5bet but there is no point trying to fold that strong of a hand giving him 3-1 odds. Also, you said yourself you think he knows you will have light 6bets, so why would he fold ak then. Then you say your image is a highly skilled aggro player. Lol. Then you say "his counter strategy.." which is most likely 100% bull****, and definitely incoherent and completely useless information. Then you call down in a spot where you didn't think he had much AK from preflop and in a spot that is terrible for him to bluff.

Essentially what happened here is you 4bet because you like clicking buttons (AQs is not value here, make more money as call), then you get 5bet and you see that there is a button so you click it, then postflop is questionable but I guess may be ok vs this donk
You're probably right. I just felt his 3bet range was wide and I was a aggressively 4betting so his continuing range would be wider than normal.I just felt it would be a good time to take advantage of being so deep. The hand happened a while ago as well.


I was just kidding around when I said my image was "a highly skilled aggressive player",this particular opponent thinks I'm good though. He did amp up his aggression as well if I remember correctly,that wasn't bs. I don't think you can comment on the meta game or how this particular player would react to it.

Attempting to fold out AK wasn't smart I guess. But if you're 418BB deep and someone has just put in the sixth bet you can't be feeling great about your AK. I really did think he would fold AK but I also knew he wasn't going to let me run him over. So yea I don't think it was smart considering the dynamics to try and fold out AK.


Thanks for the reply.
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