PokerStars Zoom No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (6 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from http://flopturnriver.com/

Button ($31.43)
SB ($62.13) 26/18, 3bet 7,1% (181 hands)
BB ($21.43)
UTG ($42.52)
MP ($32)
Hero (CO) ($114.32)

Preflop: Hero is CO with J, J
2 folds, Hero raises to $0.75, 1 fold, SB raises to $2.88, 1 fold, Hero calls $2.13

Flop: ($6.01) 5, 3, 9 (2 players)
SB bets $1.89, Hero calls $1.89

Turn: ($9.79) 8 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $3.55, SB raises to $14.74, Hero calls $11.19

River: ($39.27) 7 (2 players)
SB bets $42.62 (All-In)

I couldn't get my head around this spot, villain seems not to be likely have hit a set on the flop with the small cbet size, on the turn J-10 would be a x/r type of hand but we block a lot of combo's.

- with the small cbet is there an argument for raising the flop?
- betsize on the turn was to get some lose calls from PP's or AK/AQ type of hands, should this bet be bigger, or is checking behind an option?
- river?

Any feedback on decision making, betsizing etc. is more than welcome!

Sure there is argument for raising but think its better played as call, don't think 25NL is aggressive enough to get enough value/protection with a raise.

Think turn is a must bet, there is 1,5x pot left and we need to protect our self from river cards. Like your size also.


This is just spot thats unfortunate but have to lose money alot of the times.


If you start folding and stuff you start playing too far from GTO.

Dunno how much the games have changed but when I use to play 250bb+ vs regs at 25z I found that these spots are a bluff like 1/50 times.

Turn is a clear fold.

The board seems to miss villain's 3b range (unless he has a sneaky 76s in there), but I think you should fold to the turn check-raise. He might be overplaying QQ+, but those hands have you crushed. More importantly, you have loads of hands with much more equity than JJ, so it's a fair way down your range. You can have 76s yourself, along with most of the sets and 98s, and some combo draws like JTdd, A7dd, A6dd. JJ just doesn't have much equity overall and will hate facing a river shove on almost any river card, so you can fold the turn. I think I'd have to stick around with QQ though. That's the best one pair I have in this spot, and does at least beat JJ/TT if villain is going crazy with those.

Whatever the f**k villain has, he played it in a strange way.
I'd still fold turn. We have all sets while he has QQ+, even if he's overplaying an overpair we're crushed vs his range. If he's really pulling a super huge deep bluff, whatever.

On the flop you should raise a little more than you call in a Ring Game 58/42 but does that even matter in Zoom where you'll see each person maybe ten times at the most? I don't know. On the turn, this is almost 100% bet and your sizing was good and it's a 100% call on the re-raise. On the river I think you have to find the Fold button. You can hate life for a minute if you want, but over time Calling here is leaving Equity on the table.