What's the question, again?

Fold on the turn is okay? Villain was 70/3 over 100+ hands and AF ~1.

PokerStars - $0.10 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP: 91.2 BB
Hero (CO): 135.8 BB
BTN: 50.1 BB
SB: 147.5 BB
BB: 48.2 BB
UTG: 38.6 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

UTG raises to 2 BB, MP calls 2 BB, Hero raises to 9.5 BB, fold, fold, fold, UTG calls 7.5 BB, MP calls 7.5 BB

Flop: (30 BB, 3 players) Q Q K
UTG bets 2 BB, MP raises to 9 BB, Hero calls 9 BB, fold

Turn: (50 BB, 2 players) 9
MP bets 72.7 BB and is all-in, fold

MP wins 47.5 BB

I think a fold is fine, especially if V is playing 70/3. He may have a lot of bluffs here, but depending on your 3-betting range this is one of the worst made hands you will have. You have KK, some combos of KQ, AQ, JT, maybe QJ.

I don't think folding AK here makes you exploitable, and you have plenty of better hands you can use as calls in this spot. It could be marginally +EV in a vacuum, but given your read on his tendencies, I think this is a pure fold.

Quick checkup:

PokerStars - $0.25 Ante $0.03 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 149 BB
SB: 750.36 BB
BB: 216.2 BB
UTG: 378.92 BB
Hero (MP): 155.16 BB
CO: 112.4 BB

6 players post ante of 0.12 BB, SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.12 BB) Hero has Q Q

fold, Hero raises to 2.48 BB, fold, BTN raises to 8.4 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 22 BB, BTN calls 13.6 BB

Flop: (46.12 BB, 2 players) J 5 T
Hero bets 14.52 BB, BTN calls 14.52 BB

Turn: (75.16 BB, 2 players) 5
Hero bets 118.52 BB and is all-in

I'm not sure how antes affect the initial ranges. But for 6max cash, it seems better to hold off on shoving.

quick Checkup

BTN: $7.49 (149.8 bb)
SB: $18.38 (367.6 bb)
BB: $4.99 (99.8 bb)
UTG: $18.02 (360.4 bb)
Hero (MP): $5.99 (119.8 bb)
CO: $3.47 (69.4 bb)

SB posts $0.02, BB posts $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has J J
UTG raises to $0.12, Hero raises to $0.38, 4 folds, UTG calls $0.26

Flop: ($0.83, 2 players) T 5 7
UTG checks, Hero bets $0.54, UTG calls $0.54

Turn: ($1.91, 2 players) Q
UTG checks, Hero bets $1.23, UTG calls $1.23

River: ($4.37, 2 players) 4
UTG bets $4.19, Hero calls $3.84 and is all-in

If we are calling on the river, it is as a pure bluff-catch. Yeah, hearts missed and we unblock hearts, but we heavily block the flopped gutshot draws (although these don't fit well into a LJ open/calling range).

More importantly, though, check-call/check-call/donk looks strongly to me like a passive player's line for a big value hand. They want you to do the betting, but they do not want us to check behind on the river. I would expect to see a hand like a flopped set a lot of the time.

I would be happier to see us check back on the turn to keep the villain's range wide. On the river we can either bluff-catch a villain's river bet or, if they check, bet 1/3 to 1/2 pot as thin value.

As someone who is just leaning the basics and play about about 1-2k hands a day I would like to know:
How many of your sessions are winning/losing?
What is a realistic expectation in the long run?

Flop size ok? or check back?
Turn call bad?

I am betting my entire range on this flop for about 1/3 pot, so I am definitely not checking back when we flop top pair second kicker.

Turn call is fine. We don't expect to see that many 53 combos in the villain's range, and even 85 is kind of speculative. Turn raises like this are often two pair or sets. Calling the river bet is obvious, now that we have outdrawn all other two pair.

I am amused by the villain's turn raise, given what they held. Were they turning TPGK into a bluff on a board that favors their BB defending range? Why fold out our own bluffs?

To be honest I don't know, I don't think I call AA on river v's pot, so I think I'm calling my worst hand I have on river, and still have QQ and KK to raise,
I guess if he has the flopped GS good for him although with rake here I think he should fold most of them preflop.

Thanks for feedback.

I may be fixed on the results here, but is turn call OK?
I tank called, from what Iv seen this month (~12hands) at new stake, AK 4 bets pre a lot, not much 6 x calls pre.
I called but at time of playing didn't like it, when I saw his hand I still dont know if the call is good in general or I just got lucky v's random spew.

sb is 39/11 over 49 hands. Do you think, the river bet was ok?

Fold pre-flop. 22 and 33 are losing from UTG positions. Fold probably from HJ positions. As played call river.

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Flop should be bet with high frequency. Check is way too passive.

River is a super easy slam dunk instacall. You're a huge idiot for folding. And yes you need to be told that.

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Now when I am reviewing the hand I see that raising the turn is maybe the best option. Do you agree?

Raise flop. JJ is way too vulnerable.

Thanks for the reply mate!!!

Another hand from today's session:

Do we call the 3b pre? We are getting 2.5:1, but we don't have much data on the BB (only 37 hands an he is 43/23). I am asking this question because I have very tight 3b calling range and I was thinking if I can widen it a bit.

Pure call. It's a pretty small 3bet.

Pio has this as a low frequency call. Better to open 2.5x (actually, I use 2.4x on all levels). If you filter your database for 3bet pots and how 99 acts there, could consider.

Its not a 3bet, it is a squeeze. If SB had folded, then it is 3bet pre. Presumably we have a tight call from SB and a tighter squeeze from BB.

UTG is tight for a reason, always OOP.

I know it may sounds like a stupid question, but do you call?

When did utg become oop to the blinds?

Pokerstars 6-Max Zoom NL25, no info on players
Hero: $23.35 (93.5 BBs)
Villain: $24.03 (96 BBs)

Pre-flop:
Hero: A A (CO) opens to $0.60 (2.4 BBs)
Folds around.
BB defends

Pot: $1.30

Flop: J 6 8
BB checks
Hero bets $0.75 into $1.30
BB calls

Pot: $2.80

Turn: 8
BB checks
Hero bets $1.34
BB raises to $5.35
Hero calls $4.01

Pot: $13.50

River: J
Villain bets $3.87
Hero calls
Villain has 9 7

Is this a trivial call? Hero blocks missed diamond draw but unblocks missed straight draws (like villain's) and spade draws.
At the same time the small river bet size and the feeling that I was getting owned because of entitlement tilt made me think for a bit before calling, don't know if villain was trying to level me or just cheaped out instead of pulling the trigger on a big bluff.

As I see his value range, he has loads of 8s in his range the way the action went, and could maybe check-raise some jacks to protect against draws on the turn, since I would probably check back an eight on the flop.

So the question is, what if villain follows through and jams (would be something like $17 into $13.50) or bets pot?
Do I still call? Feel like I can't only call with boats, but do I call with all overpairs to the jacks? Only call if they're not xd xs? Can I hero with an ace or a king?

At the same time, I have a bunch of jacks myself so jamming an 8 on the river would be dubious, right?

Hi Everyone,

Quick Q, getting it all in preflop for 100BBs with AKo is super standard right? I've run into AA 3 sessions in a row and just want to make sure I'm not going crazy. Hopefully this is the right thread for this.

Thanks!

Depends on positions and opponents, but as a very general rule then sure.

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