Hi guys,

What's your play ott and how do you justify it given the action so far?

(in hindsight, I'm thinking the flop cbet could have been smaller since the board is dry)

Thanks in advance for thoughts...

BTN: $2.80 (140 bb)
SB: $0.97 (48.5 bb)
Hero (BB): $1.96 (98 bb)
UTG: $2.05 (102.5 bb)
MP: $2.58 (129 bb)
CO: $1.84 (92 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q A
3 folds, BTN raises to $0.06, SB folds, Hero raises to $0.18, BTN calls $0.12

Flop: ($0.37) 4 7 J (2 players)
Hero bets $0.22, BTN calls $0.22

Turn: ($0.81) T (2 players)
Hero ???

Hello,

Turn is a bad card for your range so you should be checking a lot (not just with AQ). The other option is to keep on firing, it's not awful as a semi bluff.

I prefer barrelling since we pick up outs. He'd be hard pressesd to continue with a mid pocket pair.

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Would go slightly bigger PF since we're OOP.

I think you've got a few options postflop. Like @Ojune said, the ten OTT is a bad card for our range (probably one of the worst). Villain has more tens in his range because we're not always c-betting TT/JTs OTF, we may have less T9s / 98s / T8s combos depending on what our 3-bet PF range looks like, etc. We should be checking the turn pretty often.

We do pick up equity OTT though, and we block some hands that villain is likely going to call with facing a turn bet, so it may not be a bad turn to barrel either. I'm just skeptical the average 2NL opponent is going to fold enough of what you want him to fold, and so I would personally check.

said mid pocket pairs often have a gutshot here and are rarely folding

thanks for the responses guys. your points have been noted

Barrelling is ok when you pick up equity on the turn. Having some info on villain can sway whether or not you want to use a gutter to barrel with as a semi bluff though. Id size up preflop as'well 3x oop is giving villain a good price to call ip on you.

I x call that flop.

Barreling turn..
U dont really have that many hands in ur range to barrel here with (as a bluff), [KQ,AK,AQ] plus u wanna be betting loads of ur value range here..

That being said, I'd love a turn barrel.
Things would be different if there were 2 suits OTT..

Edit. Aaaand this is 2NL... dunno

Like you said id cbet smaller. I lean towards checking turn but betting doesnt seem bad either. Villain dependent.

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