^^^ Depends on table and your style. If you are playing laggy and have TAG regs behind you who rarely flat and will generally fold or 3bet, opening to 2.5bb becomes good. You are generally trying to pick up blinds and orphan pots and if they will fold to 2.5bb, that's just as well. If you are playing against a bunch of loose passive fish, then you are generally going to be playing tighter and trying to open strong hands - in which case, bet as much as they will call.

I generally open to 3x, except I generally open to 2.6bb on the BTN. This is because I am playing a wider range on the button and often trying to steal. Also, if someone calls, I have position postflop. However, if there are big fish in the blinds, I will tighten my range a little bit and open strong hands to 3bb (if I am confident that the fish won't pick up the tell).

Villain is 35/16 over ~100 hands, AF=3, 3% 3bet (1/35). I've been card dead and running something like 15/12, cbet 1/1, turn cbet 1/1. Is this an instacall?

Merge - $0.04 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: $13.25
Hero (UTG): $4.65
CO: $4.00
BTN: $4.10
SB: $6.24

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.04

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.06) Hero has 9 A

Hero raises to $0.12, fold, fold, fold, BB calls $0.08

Flop: ($0.26, 2 players) 3 T A
BB checks, Hero bets $0.17, BB calls $0.17

Turn: ($0.60, 2 players) 6
BB checks, Hero bets $0.30, BB raises to $0.60, Hero calls $0.30

River: ($1.80, 2 players) K
BB bets $1.36, Hero ????

$0.05/$0.10 No Limit Holdem
iPoker
5 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($10) 100bb
CO ($11.58) 116bb
BTN ($2.76) 28bb
SB ($19.35) 194bb
hov200 (BB) ($10) 100bb

Pre-Flop: ($0.15, 5 players) hov200 is BB A K
UTG raises to $0.40, 3 folds, hov200 raises to $1.40, UTG calls $1

Flop: 4 4 J ($2.95, 2 players)
hov200 ($8.6)?

Villain is 34/27, f3b 90, fcb 0/1
Do i cbet here?

This is tough because of the 90% f3b means that villain is only continuing with a pretty strong range, especially when you cbet his utg open from the BB. He probably isn't calling AQ. However, I'm assuming you have a very small sample because you have only seen villain get cbet once. If you cbet, you're hoping to get him off of AK and you'll probably have to fire a second barrel. He also isn't folding QQ-TT, which are in his range.

I'd c/f flop. Pre is standard.

Poker Stars $25.00 No Limit Hold'em - 2 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN/SB: $28.04 - VPIP: 24, PFR: 20, 3B: 8, AF: 1.5, Hands: 161
Hero (BB): $25.00 - VPIP: 24, PFR: 21, 3B: 6, AF: 3.4, Hands: 1435

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is BB with J K
BTN/SB raises to $0.75, Hero calls $0.50

Flop: ($1.50) 6 J 6 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB bets $1.07, Hero calls $1.07

Turn: ($3.64) 9 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB bets $2.08, Hero calls $2.08

River: ($7.80) Q (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB bets $5.58, Hero folds

Poker Stars $25.00 No Limit Hold'em - 3 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

Hero (SB): $25.10 - VPIP: 24, PFR: 21, 3B: 6, AF: 3.4, Hands: 1435
BB: $16.21 - VPIP: 32, PFR: 20, 3B: 8, AF: 0.9, Hands: 41
BTN: $25.00 - VPIP: 24, PFR: 20, 3B: 8, AF: 1.5, Hands: 161

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is SB with J Q
1 fold, Hero raises to $0.75, BB calls $0.50

Flop: ($1.50) J 8 K (2 players)
Hero bets $1.00, BB calls $1

Turn: ($3.50) 3 (2 players)
Hero bets $2.00, BB calls $2

River: ($7.50) 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $3.58, Hero folds

LAG image:

@high

Hero calls with the speed of a thousand buffalo

few hands from today were i made some bad plays i think: (all zoom)

villain is 57/36/12.5 3bet over just 16 hands.
what is our plan on the flop?

Poker Stars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button ($1.23)
SB ($6.68)
BB ($11.45)
Hero (UTG) ($15.48)
MP ($11.59)
CO ($41.79)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with K, K
Hero bets $0.35, 4 folds, BB raises $0.80, Hero raises $2.30, BB calls $1.75

Flop: ($5.35) A, 2, 3 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero ??



another hand without reads:

is my turnplay to spewy or can we expect him to fold out some of his mid pp´s and maybe weak kings? also i would like some opinions on that river since the stacksizes kinda suck.

Poker Stars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button ($15.37)
Hero (SB) ($22.74)
BB ($16.76)
UTG ($16)
MP ($4.94)
CO ($7.16)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q, A
3 folds, Button bets $0.30, Hero raises $0.95, 1 fold, Button calls $0.70

Flop: ($2.10) K, 5, 6 (2 players)
Hero bets $1.05, Button calls $1.05

Turn: ($4.20) 10 (2 players)
Hero bets $2.15, Button calls $2.15

River: ($8.50) 4 (2 players)
Hero ???



villain is 20/16 over 46 hands...i have no reads.
do we even bet this river or is it a c/f spot?

Poker Stars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button ($11.52)
Hero (SB) ($11.41)
BB ($16.90)
UTG ($10.95)
MP ($26.51)
CO ($45.25)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K, K
4 folds, Hero bets $0.25, BB calls $0.20

Flop: ($0.60) 6, 10, 7 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.40, BB calls $0.40

Turn: ($1.40) J (2 players)
Hero bets $0.95, BB calls $0.95

River: ($3.30) 8 (2 players)
Hero ???

1st one bet and fold, you can't expect villain to be c/bluffing many times after you 4bet him and c bet him. if he calls i'll try to see a cheap river

2nd i mean im not that tight but i wouldnt bet the turn without any info, i'ld need to have a reason cause many guys dont fold PP even to a 2nd barrel so who is him why do i think a second barrel would make him fold?

3rd ugly river i'ld c/f. I dont think he's turning a pair into a bluff there unless maybe a 6

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) ZOOM - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $2.00
SB: $2.59
BB: $7.70
Hero (UTG): $2.73
MP: $3.83
CO: $2.07

SB posts SB $0.01, BB posts BB $0.02

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.03) Hero has 2 2

Hero calls $0.02, MP calls $0.02, fold, fold, fold, BB checks

Flop: ($0.07, 3 players) T 2 Q
BB bets $0.04, Hero raises to $0.18, fold, BB calls $0.14

Turn: ($0.43, 2 players) K
BB checks, Hero bets $0.31, BB calls $0.31

River: ($1.05, 2 players) T
BB checks, Hero bets $0.66, BB raises to $2.40

easy fold?

14 hands 50/36

limp with 22?

fold utg...as played im never folding the river!

Raise 22, don't limp. I'm pretty much always opening with it preflop, but a fold is better than a limp.

As played, never folding the river either. You need to be good 28% to call here. Villain should never have KK, QQ and TT here, since villain is reasonably aggressive preflop and is always going to raise your preflop limp with a premium pair. KT and QT are possible, but also might raise pre. If he has T2, it serves you right for limping. Against a range consisting solely of KT, QT, T2 and J9, you are still a favorite. If he ever has AT or AJ (probably not), you are doing even better.

I bet/fold the flop. It's a crappy spot because we don't know if villain is the type to flat a 4bet with AK or AQ oop. His VPIP/PFR stats look slightly fishy, so he might, but we have no sample. On the other hand, he may very well be flatting a 4bet with QQ-TT. Of course, we are way ahead/way behind, but if we XB, we turn our hand face up. Maybe b/f, xb turn and consider whether to bluff catch river depending on runout.

Don't know how to play this one readless. Probably threadworthy. The flop is a good cbetting flop and the turn is decent to double barrel, but now you are OOP on the river and stuck. Maybe bet/fold 1/2 psb to represent AK.

Villain looks taggy, so I might consider a c/r. Depends whether you think he can fold 2-pair or a set (probably not), which seems likely to make up a decent chunk of his river betting range rather than 9x, given the run out. I'd pull up his post flop stats and see how often he calls, whether he has played a strong hand fast on flop or turn (which he didn't do here). If nothing special, I guess it's a c/f.

hey! thank you it served me right

Villain was a huge fish, calling station. Standard? Sizing ok?

You have what like $3 left? Shove river instead of checking. He's a fish he'll pay you off with worse.

As played, I probably call because it's only 1/4th of the pot and he could possibly be doing it with some 2 pair hands.

Yeah I set up the river shove but the 6 hitting sucked. I wasn't sure if it was too thin or not.

How about this? 26/16 villain, had a note that he called a 3b IP with 66 and slowplayed a flopped set. Standard?

I have 585 hands on villain, he is 15/11 and calls 3bet 50% of the time and hasn't 4bet yet. This would make my pf 3bet pretty bad I guess. I'm wondering how many hands shoud we have on players for this kind of stats to show some proper values, since he faced a 3bet after his raise only in 6 hands? Tnx.

never open limp, raise or fold.

dont think i'd be 3betting that guy light in that position, as played wp

I am curious to know...what did villain have here?

PokerStars - $0.05 NL (6 max) ZOOM - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

BTN: $5.15
SB: $3.45
BB: $8.58
Hero (UTG): $5.02
MP: $4.93
CO: $5.30

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero has 9 9

Hero raises to $0.15, fold, fold, fold, SB calls $0.13, fold

Flop: ($0.35, 2 players) 8 2 T
SB checks, Hero bets $0.20, SB calls $0.20

Turn: ($0.75, 2 players) 8
SB checks, Hero checks

River: ($0.75, 2 players) Q
SB bets $0.45, fold

He had KK