PokerStars - $0.02 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 164 BB
SB: 117 BB
BB: 160.5 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 13)
UTG: 192.5 BB (VPIP: 42.86, PFR: 42.86, 3Bet Preflop: 50.00, Hands: 7)
MP: 174.5 BB (VPIP: 11.25, PFR: 7.50, 3Bet Preflop: 3.45, Hands: 83)
CO: 100.5 BB (VPIP: 21.43, PFR: 21.43, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 15)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 7 9

UTG raises to 3 BB, fold, CO raises to 9 BB, Hero calls 9 BB, fold, fold, fold

Flop: (22.5 BB, 2 players) 3 K A
CO bets 16 BB, Hero raises to 155 BB and is all-in, fold




1. should i fold pre vs unknown?
2. OTF i think AK, AA, KK are definitely Hands he cant fold and i want it to look bluffy. but (results oriented) i regret it. call or raise OTF?

thanks in advance

Cold calling a 3b with UTG still to act is too loose, So yeah fold pre

Flop is way too aggressive, we don't want to c/r much on a monotone flop, and this isn't a time to mix it in. He's only calling with the top of his range, which all has outs to a fh. As played, call flop and look to raise later streets. Look at the spr, we can get it in on the river with a raise if he keeps betting, give him the chance to bluff or bet worse

Fold pre

As played, there's 0 reason to raise on the flop when you're in position. When you call, you give them the opportunity to continue barrelling with worse.

Incredibly loose call pre.
Flop I dont know, I have never flush after the prefflop action on this board. Anyway we can have raising range, e.g. AK value and QQ/JJ with spade for bluff. When I think about my pre range maybe I have only fold or raise otf.

It's a clear fold pre. Jeez. Don't cold-call 3-bets with 97s when you can't close the action and UTG was the original opener.

I'm not sure about how to play them in 3-bet pots, but middle-ranking flopped flushes in SRPs often do very well just calling in position. You only really want to get all in on monotones with the nuts, or a draw to the nuts.

Doesn't look bluffy from where I'm sitting.

Pre-flop is a clear fold.

Anyways, you got your gamble on and cold called a 3-bet with 79s and the miracle happened.



You have to realize that, unless you are a huge fish, you almost never have a flush here. Your range for cold calling 3-bets are mostly pocket pairs and some good aces (in which case you may have Q, but never a flush). Point being that a thinking opponent may be betting several worse hands, some even without spades, for protection. Although he most certainly will be calling your all-in with AA and KK and maybe AK and AxQ, a lot of his betting range simply can't stand much pressure but may bet non-spade turns.
He will very rarely have a bigger flush here as QJs, QTs, JTs isn't hands you typically 3-bet UTG raisers with.

Should you get to a safe river (non-spade, non-paired board) you can bet big as your range will be polarized. You may even get lucky and see him bluff with the Q