I might fold pre given he looks like the guy who wont give his blind away easily.
If u bet turn u have to bet a lot of rivers for it to work. b turn and c/f rivers is meh

QQ raise more pre and bet flop cause u are stacking Ax and u cant really get much value form anything else,so no point in c

Can I ever call the flop raise? Just fold?

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UTG: $7.17 - VPIP: 40, PFR: 20, 3B: 0, AF: 7.0, Hands: 20
MP: $3.18 - VPIP: 29, PFR: 3, 3B: 0, AF: 3.3, Hands: 63
Hero (CO): $4.00 - VPIP: 21, PFR: 17, 3B: 8, AF: 2.7, Hands: 13525
BTN: $1.89 - VPIP: 31, PFR: 15, 3B: 4, AF: 1.7, Hands: 97
SB: $9.97 - VPIP: 53, PFR: 7, 3B: 0, AF: 2.0, Hands: 15
BB: $6.93 - VPIP: 29, PFR: 24, 3B: 0, AF: 1.5, Hands: 90

Pre Flop: ($0.06) Hero is CO with J J
1 fold, MP calls $0.04, Hero raises to $0.16, 1 fold, SB calls $0.14, BB calls $0.12, MP calls $0.12

Flop: ($0.64) 6 4 T (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, MP checks, Hero bets $0.48, SB raises to $0.96, BB folds, MP folds, Hero calls $0.48

Turn: ($2.56) 2 (2 players)
SB bets $1.92, Hero folds




What should my general plan be? I was expecting UTG to ship a lot of his range but wasn't sure how MP would react/what his range was.



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UTG: $1.65 - VPIP: 60, PFR: 14, 3B: 18, AF: 0.5, Hands: 63
MP: $4.00 - VPIP: 38, PFR: 24, 3B: 9, AF: 0.9, Hands: 90
Hero (CO): $9.07 - VPIP: 21, PFR: 17, 3B: 8, AF: 2.7, Hands: 13525
BTN: $4.21 - VPIP: 31, PFR: 15, 3B: 4, AF: 1.7, Hands: 97
SB: $4.52 - VPIP: 21, PFR: 18, 3B: 7, AF: 4.6, Hands: 458
BB: $3.33 - VPIP: 40, PFR: 18, 3B: 5, AF: 3.4, Hands: 183

Pre Flop: ($0.06) Hero is CO with 9 9
UTG raises to $0.08, MP raises to $0.26, Hero calls $0.26, 2 folds, BB calls $0.22, UTG raises to $1.65, MP raises to $4, 2 folds

Flop: ($3.84) 8 2 K (2 players)

Turn: ($3.84) 3 (2 players)

River: ($3.84) 7 (2 players)




I bet the turn for protection + value from fd's. Okay?


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SB: $4.00 - VPIP: 21, PFR: 18, 3B: 7, AF: 4.6, Hands: 458
BB: $1.40 - VPIP: 20, PFR: 20, 3B: 11, AF: Infinity, Hands: 70
UTG: $7.99 - VPIP: 21, PFR: 3, 3B: 0, AF: 1.7, Hands: 39
MP: $0.73 - VPIP: 33, PFR: 7, 3B: 0, AF: 1.6, Hands: 85
Hero (CO): $4.68 - VPIP: 21, PFR: 17, 3B: 8, AF: 2.7, Hands: 13525
BTN: $10.34 - VPIP: 24, PFR: 22, 3B: 9, AF: 3.6, Hands: 121

Pre Flop: ($0.06) Hero is CO with 3 3
UTG calls $0.04, 1 fold, Hero raises to $0.16, 3 folds, UTG calls $0.12

Flop: ($0.38) 2 6 4 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($0.38) 4 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $0.24, UTG calls $0.24

River: ($0.86) 9 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks

JJ raise more pre. Havent played nl4 in a while,but I don;t mind folding straight away or like did.

99 fold pre the first time

33 I still prolly cbet flop,cause if we get c/r they have tremendous equity vs us,your GS is a nice bonus and u don;t have much SD value. Turn is fine as played

Let's just say that UTG is a standard 40/4 fish and MP is a 16/13 reg.




I'm a former tournament player and a newcomer to cashgames, and I still don't fully understand this limp-from-fish-raise-from-reg situations and what is the best option here: flat call or 3bet? And can u please explain, why?

regs will be isolating limpers fairly wide with a depolarized range. In most cases just treat it like a normal open. How do you normally play AKs OTB? I default to 3betting for value.

Yeah, that's exactly how one part of my head thinks. But another part is like yelling: "Fish will fold to your 3Bet. Shouldn't we always try to keep fish in the pot? Come on man, ton of money"

A lot of fish will actually call your 3bets at 5NL with crap hands.

Let's ignore the terrible table selection.

Villain is 21/18/10 with a 4.6 AF. He has a river AF of 2.61 and raises 7.56%. He was 3-betting me every third hand (two different tables) and he 5-bet shoved with AQoff (I had AKs, but we split the pot). I normally fold pocket eights preflop oop to a 3-bet, but his 3-bet range had to be extremely wide.

UTG: $51.60
Hero (MP): $80.79
CO: $50.75
BTN: $61.98
SB: $14.50
BB: $53.21

SB posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero has 8 8

fold, Hero raises to $1.50, CO raises to $5.00, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls $3.50

Flop: ($10.75, 2 players) 4 J 7
Hero checks, CO bets $5.25, Hero calls $5.25

Turn: ($21.25, 2 players) 6
Hero checks, CO checks

River: ($21.25, 2 players) 4
Hero bets $13.26, CO raises to $40.50, Hero?

I called.
Reasoning:

So lets start from begining,how do u expect to play 88 profitably OOP vs aggressive villain with onyl reads that he 3bets u a lot?

Why do u donk bet river? What worse is calling you?

And given your reasoning I much more prefer crai on the river

How was that my only read? Skip the parts that indicate he's extremely aggro postflop, except on the river where he doesn't raise much. This means that when he does, he's very polarized. And, based on his play, he doesn't have a straight, flush, or full house.

I played 88 because his 3-bet range is wider than Pius Heinz's and he can spew (see: his AQoff 5-bet against my MP open-range). Plus, his post flop game is somewhat predictable. C-bet 85%, c-bet the turn with any hand or draw, but check behind with most air. I thought I could outplay him postfop and get him to leave or get off my nuts (I wasn't leaving because there were some great fish at the two tables we were both playing at (one was a 50/1/0.6AF).

You want to play this hand in a vacuum? Yes, fold preflop.

What is he checking back on the turn with 42.5 bb in the pot? He's super-aggro and doesn't want to give up pots against me (I have no reason why) when he has anything remotely decent. He doesn't play small ball poker. HE HAS NOTHING!

Value betting is betting to be called OR raised by worse hands. And, get this, I was raised by K9, called, and won the pot.

Sometimes you bet because checking puts you in a worse spot. If I check he can overbet for value (as he's done previously) with trip fours or two-pair. But he's never (looking at his low raising % on the river) going to raise those hands for value on that board. So if I make a small bet, he might call with those hands, but he's never raising. But with his air, he's folding/raising.

Fish will call your 3-bet a fair amount of the time, though they do not autocall as the do with a iso. That said, IMO you want the fish to pay to stay in the pot. Against a fish AK is a great hand to value-town when you hit, but not if you miss b/c they will call you down with 3rd pair. Against two players, one who will call down with crap and one who might fold to a move, you are constrained with what you can do post-flop.

You can weigh this the fact that, against the reg, you often have an iso raise dominated in this spot and your hand is pretty well disguised if you both hit an ace. I still prefer a 3bet here, though.

Standard river fold here?

MP Villian is 42/15 over 26 hands at this point. Also have a note that he opened 4xBB from UTG with 9Ts. Seemingly no positional awareness but small sample size.

3b is 0, fold to 3b is 0, AF is 1 overall, otherwise 1/2/na

Button villian is 15/9 over 125 hands, and has only played hands from LP or Blinds.




I think I should have 3bet more on flop, definitely bet more on turn. However, since he hit the 8 and also the flush draw I don't think there's any chance I'm pushing him out. Any thoughts on sizing there? Couldn't bring myself to fold the river at the time but it's pretty obvious what he had.

If villain would be a very good aggro reg on like NL100 or something, calling doesn't seem to bad.

Against fish, yeah classic "i'm a fish and i want to see turn and river for whatever price so i can get my flush"

Yeah I really didn't want to fold the river after flopping the nut flush, but should be pretty standard at these stakes against this villian I suppose.

I played the rest of the session well without such obvious mistakes so I'm not too torn up about it.

I'm probably never pushing him out of this pot anyway with his FD + middle pair and he will probably call all-in on flop or turn and burn me this time regardless.

Yeah you need to raise flop bigger as well on a board this wet and you need to bomb the turn pretty much, you really don't want to see another street unless villain is willing to pay a lot to do so.

Woops, I said I flopped nut flush when I meant nut straight. Can't edit the post now for some reason, but wanted to clarify.

Not sure I like pre, if you had some rreads on how he plays it would be better.

Bit bigger on the flop, More on the turn & Jam the river

Villain is a fish, 66 hands on him, 55/11, donk bet flop 3/9





What do you guys usually do in these spots?

Villain is a decent reg, have 245 hands on him, 22/18, 3Bet 12%. On SB he resteals 23% (13 samples).
Cbet flop 3Bet pots 2/3. Flop and turn agression is 3.



Should we ever consider checking back here, given his wide 3Bet range, to induce some bluffs on later streets?
And another question: if he would have bet this flop, should we call or raise-fold or raise-call-allin?

AJ hand is played nicely.
88 hand it depends on his overall aggression, calling here is ok.
JJ: I like to 4bet here, given his pf aggression. But the way you played is fine as well and betting flop is mandatory here. I would probably fold to a flop raise unless you would have reads of him being over-aggressive in 3bet pots/postflop in general.

Can u tell please, how would you play according to different values ​​of his aggression?

32 hands on villain, 68/23, call open on SB 2/2, call cbet 3/5, fold to turn cbet 1/1, overall agression 4, flop agression 1, turn is inf



What would you do?

villains are unknown fish, this is completely standard, right?

It is a small sample, but if he were quite passive (AF<1) I would probably would it.

Q6 hand is well played, fold to the shove. You are beaten by a lot of better 2pair, sets, flushes...

yeah, nh

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UTG: $4.00 - VPIP: 22, PFR: 19, 3B: 8, AF: 1.9, Hands: 163
MP: $2.65 - VPIP: 10, PFR: 10, 3B: 2, AF: 5.0, Hands: 125
CO: $6.42 - VPIP: 28, PFR: 21, 3B: 0, AF: 1.9, Hands: 164
BTN: $9.55 - VPIP: 19, PFR: 15, 3B: 9, AF: 2.6, Hands: 558
Hero (SB): $6.02 - VPIP: 20, PFR: 17, 3B: 8, AF: 2.8, Hands: 16640
BB: $2.25 - VPIP: 42, PFR: 12, 3B: 7, AF: 1.5, Hands: 50

Pre Flop: ($0.06) Hero is SB with 9 9
2 folds, CO raises to $0.14, 1 fold, Hero raises to $0.48, BB raises to $2.25, 1 fold, Hero calls $1.77

Flop: ($4.64) J 3 8 (2 players)

Turn: ($4.64) 7 (2 players)

River: ($4.64) 9 (2 players)




std call?

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SB: $4.06 - VPIP: 37, PFR: 29, 3B: 5, AF: 2.9, Hands: 171
BB: $4.39 - VPIP: 21, PFR: 12, 3B: 5, AF: 3.4, Hands: 196
Hero (UTG): $4.66 - VPIP: 20, PFR: 17, 3B: 8, AF: 2.8, Hands: 16640
MP: $1.52 - VPIP: 29, PFR: 7, 3B: 4, AF: 0.8, Hands: 59
CO: $3.23 - VPIP: 29, PFR: 20, 3B: 13, AF: 8.0, Hands: 41
BTN: $5.90 - VPIP: 17, PFR: 7, 3B: 2, AF: 2.3, Hands: 477

Pre Flop: ($0.06) Hero is UTG with T T
Hero raises to $0.16, 1 fold, CO raises to $0.36, 3 folds, Hero calls $0.20

Flop: ($0.78) 3 3 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $0.58, Hero calls $0.58

Turn: ($1.94) 3 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $1.45, Hero ???


3b pre?


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Hero (CO): $8.05 - VPIP: 20, PFR: 17, 3B: 8, AF: 2.8, Hands: 16640
BTN: $11.42 - VPIP: 30, PFR: 14, 3B: 5, AF: 1.4, Hands: 332
SB: $4.00 - VPIP: 18, PFR: 11, 3B: 4, AF: 2.3, Hands: 592
BB: $5.57 - VPIP: 68, PFR: 23, 3B: 50, AF: 19.0, Hands: 22
UTG: $4.00 - VPIP: 22, PFR: 19, 3B: 7, AF: 1.8, Hands: 314
MP: $7.38 - VPIP: 20, PFR: 15, 3B: 7, AF: 3.5, Hands: 336

Pre Flop: ($0.06) Hero is CO with Q Q
2 folds, Hero raises to $0.16, BTN raises to $0.44, 1 fold, BB calls $0.40, Hero calls $0.28

Flop: ($1.34) 3 8 T (3 players)
BB bets $5.13, Hero ???