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04-17-2008 , 02:14 PM

Mat

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Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 479

Villain is very aggressive, ~25/20/3 and I'm like 26/22/3 and we have a lot of light 3- and 4-betting history together.

$5/$10 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 5 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

BTN: $826.65
SB: $1,002.75
BB: $985
Hero (UTG): $2,190.50
CO: $1,047

SB posts $5
Pre-Flop: K

dealt to Hero (UTG)
Hero raises to $35, 3 folds, BB raises to $120

Usually I'd feel pretty confident about 4-betting this preflop but the fact that I opened UTG and he 3-betted me OOP makes me wondering that it's not my best option. I mean, is there really any good player who would 3-bet lightly in this spot ? Am I just being a pussy here or is 4-betting in this spot truly bad ?

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04-17-2008 , 02:17 PM

frtz

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the fact that he doesnt 3bet u light here doesnt mean hes not 3betting u lighter than ak qq+

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04-17-2008 , 02:21 PM

Praetor

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Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 11,807

calling is fine

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04-17-2008 , 02:21 PM

blah-blah-blah

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Originally Posted by Mat

Villain is very aggressive, ~25/20/3 and I'm like 26/22/3 and we have a lot of light 3- and 4-betting history together.

seems like a good enough reason to 4bet/get it in to me. unless he cbets everything and ur gonna shove a ton of flops.

edit: i guess you don't even need to shove a bunch of flops. you can call cbets i think. thoughts on how we're going to play the hand postflop if we call?

Last edited by blah-blah-blah; 04-17-2008 at 02:28 PM.

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04-17-2008 , 02:23 PM

Choparno

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Since you're both very aggro and have the history described, seems 4-betting is fine. Did any of the previous 3- and 4-bet hands occur UTG vs blinds, or was it all BTN vs blind kind of scenarios? Typically this looks like a bad spot to 4-bet, but it really depends on the details of your history together.

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04-17-2008 , 02:30 PM

Mat

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Originally Posted by Choparno

Actually the previous 3- and 4-betting all occured in the typical BTN vs blind or SB vs BB situation, he might have 3-bet me 1 or 2 times from the blinds when I opened UTG but I didn't give him any action. I don't think he's 3-betting lightly when I open from UTG, whatever his position is.

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04-17-2008 , 02:36 PM

StatusBaller

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4bet and get ai...this is beyond standard given the dynamics and history

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04-17-2008 , 04:25 PM

another loser

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4b or calling is fine. Depends if you feel you have an edge postflop. A 4b sure makes it easier to play and would be my default vs an opponent I think will be making a lot of moves.

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04-17-2008 , 04:44 PM

annex21

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4betting is definitely not a mistake. Calling is fine too.

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04-17-2008 , 07:04 PM

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keithaldinho

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Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 343

i'd nearly always 4bet esp with history. although he would never put you on AK on an Ahigh of Khigh flop so..

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