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02-23-2024 , 06:11 PM

tdammon

adept

Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 707

V is 30 / 0 / 0 over 50 hands.

Do we just fold to all this aggression?

Yatahay Network - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG: 143 BB
MP: 240 BB
CO: 79.5 BB
BTN: 100 BB
SB: 141 BB
Hero (BB): 150.5 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, MP calls 1 BB, fold, fold, SB calls 0.5 BB, Hero checks

Flop: (3 BB, 3 players) A

SB checks, Hero checks, MP bets 3 BB, fold, Hero calls 3 BB

Turn: (9 BB, 2 players) 4

Hero checks, MP bets 11.5 BB, ??

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02-23-2024 , 06:31 PM

FreakDaddy

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 18,064

To a 30/0/0.... yeah. Guy could easily have KQ, and unlikely if he's a fish he's over betting his flush draw. At best you'd be hoping for a split on a high river card.

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02-24-2024 , 06:02 AM

Brussels Sprout

old hand

Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,783

Couple of simple heuristics to remember:

Don't go broke in limped pots
You don't beat 2nl by making lots of hero calls

Villain potted flop and overbet the turn. He's telling you that he has your top pair weak kicker beaten. I'd be inclined to believe him.

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02-24-2024 , 07:53 AM

Cash Beast Ezra

old hand

Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,267

An important thing to remember when playing against fish is that they are bluffing less often the bigger they size their bets (of course it should be the opposite in theory).

As a general rule of thumb, I recommend bluffcatching very aggressively against these players when they make sub pot sized bets and folding all bluffcatchers to pot sized bets and overbets.

In this hand, you should probably just fold the flop because A6 is already a bluffcatcher when a 30/0 player bets pot into 2 oppoments and its not even a particularly good bluffcatcher as it has such poor redraw potential. Definitely fold turn.

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02-27-2024 , 11:45 AM

ranka

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Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 7,496

Jup, fold.

If you call, you will face another big potsize or overbet on the river, but then you are playing very large pot. Also you may be drawing dead, so your 'suckout' would be costly. Right now, you have easy way to escape.

And dont check the flop. Bet halfish pot for fat value.

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04-17-2024 , 10:42 AM

garyuuougi

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Join Date: Apr 2024 Posts: 89

You have Ace no kicker looking at an overbet on a 3 straight board. I guess you are thinking about it because he doesn't have AK,AQ,KQ because those usually raise preflop, nor does he have AA,KK,QQ but yo JT is in his range for sure. I expect to see A4 or JT here. Just fold here, raising as a bluff won't work since he's probably not bluffing.

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