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5NL: How to play JTo against resteal? 5NL: How to play JTo against resteal?

02-16-2009 , 02:11 PM
Here's a hand that I was reviewing which I believe I played terribly, but my I'm not sure how I should have played it.

On a sidenote, the reason I called his reraise from the SB is that had stolen the blinds 3 times in a row before, so that opens up his reraising range right? Besides that, villain was 30/27/4.5 (although it's just a sample of 33 hands).

With so many hands beating me should I just try to get to the showdown as cheap as possible?
How should I have played this after the flop came? Or was the preflop call a mistake to begin with (dispite it being a possible resteal)?

Really, no idea what to do here guys...

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UTG: $5.00
UTG+1: $4.77
UTG+2: $5.00
MP1: $1.94
Hero (MP2): $5.75
CO: $5.07
BTN: $5.09
SB: $5.00
BB: $5.00

Pre Flop: ($0.06) Hero is MP2 with J T
4 folds, Hero raises to $0.12, 3 folds, BB raises to $0.40, Hero calls $0.28

Flop: ($0.82) J T 9 (2 players)
BB bets $0.57, Hero raises to $1.32, BB calls $0.75

Turn: ($3.46) 9 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $4.03 all in, BB folds

Spoiler:
Final Pot: $3.46
Hero mucks Js Td
Hero wins $3.29
(Rake: $0.17)
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02-16-2009 , 02:20 PM
fold preflop your hand is garbage in a 3bet pot+villain might not even have noticed your stealing his blinds frequently.
on the flop raise to2 or something because you want to put all your money in as fast as possible on that drawy flop and there are a lot of turncards you dont wanna see.
the turn is a bad card obviously and i think he calls more often with hands that have you beat than with hands you beat.
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02-16-2009 , 02:28 PM
Hm, I don't really like the pf call vs a unknown (33 hands is way too small). Unless NL5 has changed a lot in recent time, a 3bet is a sign of a lot of strength and few players do it light, as it does not really pay off at a level where ppl have trouble folding.

don't give too much credit to your opponents unless they prove otherwise, some/most will let you steal time and time again until they have their monster. Just because you stole 3 times in a row doesn't mean he noticed or that his range opens up.

As played: raise more on the flop (2ish should do the trick). on the turn you either got sucked out on or you are way ahead to something like ak/maybe aq. I'm not sure whether a bet is the best move here as you will only get called by better and the likelyhood for that is quite high.
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02-16-2009 , 02:40 PM
PF...meh. I would fold this..but making a move is not the worse thing, I tend only to play SC's for a move until I bet a little closer to the BTN.

Once he raises..I think you can flat it since you have the right IO (due to your PF raise being small) and you have relative position through the hand.

Flop...GOGOGO!, You have two pair, and I believe you are ahead of his range., Raise it up! At least a $1.70, but $2 is not bad since the board is drawy.

Turn. (as played), yuck, awful card. I believe you are behind most of his continuation range (AA/KK/QQ now have you beat), betting here is turning your hand into a bluff...
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02-16-2009 , 02:41 PM
At 5nl, its not worth it to get into blind wars. Even at 25nl I'd walk away. I just had a review session the other day and I was told to keep your small holdings small and make your big profits off your premiums. Your only asking for trouble by making big pots out of mediocre holdings.
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02-16-2009 , 03:07 PM
Don't ever call this PF against an unknown. If the money goes in on the flop you need at least 2p to be ahead and with that particular hand 2p is often not enough (ie, flop is QJT, you practically never have the best hand and when opponent has AA he has 40%, KK has 50% equity). TJo is one of the worst hands to be calling raises with, 3-bets even more so. When your TP is ahead you rarely win much and when it isn't the opponent usually wins about 2 streets of value from you because calling preflop and then folding with TP is kinda stupid also. So fold preflop to avoid such situations.

You don't always have to fold TJ to a 3-bet though. If your opponent 3-bets a lot (more than 10%) you can 4-bet bluff occasionally. But you need a big sample for that and a smart aggressive opponent, not someone who plays for stacks with AJ preflop. Never do that against an unknown though, that's a very specific move against a very specific opponent type. Light 3-bettors are quite rare at uNL FR though, so you don't need this in your arsenal really.
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02-16-2009 , 03:29 PM
Alright, thanks guys, this will help me in the future.
No further questions
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