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11-15-2011 , 01:46 PM
[converted_hand][hand_history]Poker Stars, $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 8 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #11063522

Hero (MP2): $25 (100 bb)
MP3: $25 (100 bb)
CO: $20.65 (82.6 bb)
BTN: $28.17 (112.7 bb)
SB: $27.45 (109.8 bb)
BB: $26.73 (106.9 bb)
UTG+2: $25.44 (101.8 bb)
MP1: $11.27 (45.1 bb)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A K
2 folds, Hero raises to $0.75, MP3 folds, CO raises to $2.50, 3 folds, Hero calls $1.75

Flop: ($5.35) J Q 2 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $3.75, Hero ???

Villain is 15/15 over 85 hand sample with a c-bet of 100%

I'm not sure what to do here, i'm pretty sure the way i played it was poor so i'm not going to go in to what i think...any guidance would be appreciated

Also, is my flat pre ok? Think my AK plays well against his 3-bet range but not so much his 4-bet calling range....
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11-15-2011 , 02:19 PM
Check your database for when you've called a 3bet OOP with AK. It's probably not pretty.

a) you get cbet off your hand when you miss
b) you don't get much value when you hit unless you massively cooler villain

You have to have some sort of postflop bluff plan in place in order to even consider calling OOP. This is about the best flop that you can whiff equity wise so I think I like just check/jamming to max FE against any sort of TT/AJ/KJ type hand assuming he can have those.
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11-15-2011 , 02:45 PM
4bet pre or fold imo.
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11-15-2011 , 04:48 PM
Plus one to 4b or fold pre & to everything JH said.
Try not to flat oop a lot, in fact flat oop very rarely, the few times you do you have to be against a specific opponent & have a very good idea where he's at to try to overcome the positional disadvantage & not having the initiative.
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11-15-2011 , 08:56 PM
If you CR the flop to put him all in. With effective stacks a CR to $14.40 would put him in.

If you CR to $14.40 villian will be getting $23.50 : $10.65 or around 2.2:1.

Now I would think you would want to construct a range of value shoves to bluffs here. In this case if your "bluff" range would actually be semi bluffs as you can select a range such that you have at least some equity when called.

So your pf hands that raise/call pf then hit this flop I would say are 7 combos
3 QQ, 3 JJ, 1 AsKs

With 7 value hands if you select 3 bluff hands then you would have a ratio of 7:3 or 2.3:1.

I would think you would want to crai this flop with As K offsuit for 3 combos. Now if you account for your equity when called (I haven't done that calculation) then maybe you can add a fourth bluff hand for a ratio of 7:4 or 1.75:1.

So I like JH1's thinking but I don't think you can use all 3 combos of A Ks offsuit without making your crai range too thick with semi bluff hands. If you believe villain is capable of folding AA-KK (especially without an As or Ks) to a crai then maybe you can add another combo of A Ks offsuit and be indifferent to opponent calling or folding (even though I am assuming little to no FE). I suspect trying to add A Ks to your CRAI range is FPS and marginal so probably fold here.
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