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06-26-2015 , 12:36 AM

AmpeFund

adept

Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 1,195

Takes place in nightly 109. Best way to proceed here?

remaining pay
-2635
-1981
-1445
-1029
-761

Merge - $0+$0|<> NL - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 15.75 BB (VPIP: 29.63, PFR: 16.95, 3Bet Preflop: 3.85, Hands: 189)
UTG: 82.05 BB (VPIP: 14.89, PFR: 12.46, 3Bet Preflop: 11.11, Hands: 315)
Hero (CO): 19.58 BB
BTN: 9.14 BB (VPIP: 19.17, PFR: 6.36, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 120)
SB: 22.23 BB (VPIP: 20.27, PFR: 17.14, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 77)

5 players post ante of 0.1 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2 BB) Hero has A

fold, Hero

06-26-2015 , 08:44 AM

AmpeFund

adept

Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 1,195

My thought process was open 2.2x and given the 3b % of SB, and ICM, fold to his shove, wasn't sure on open 2.2x and facing a 3bai from BB, or even open/shove from CO, which given cEV and ICM, could be better. I think we could shove ~ 28% of hands here, not factoring in ICM. Any thoughts appreciated.

06-27-2015 , 01:04 AM

LtUaE42

journeyman

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 353

Would be nice to know how often the SB and BB fold to a steal.

Otherwise, your 3 remaining villains essentially never 3bet. Raise 2x (save the 0.2) and fold to a 3bet.

06-29-2015 , 06:52 PM

iggymcfly

runs good at HORSE

Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 26,044

Agree with raise/folding. You definitely don't wanna make a big oversized raise when the players after you are so passive.

07-05-2015 , 11:07 AM

jimbobwe00

veteran

Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 2,513

Man r/fing a hand this good in a spot where we're voluntarily bending over for the ICM dick can't be good
You can shove if you want, and if the btn/sb had any reasonable 3b stats or tendencies you could start to make a case for r/cing, though that's not a very attractive option.
Definitely don't make it more than 2x. In a 109 you're getting piled on by a LOT of hands you dominate but it doesn't feel great to call it all off so I would just pile this spot

07-05-2015 , 01:47 PM

Hammerzitzen

journeyman

Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 233

I imagine in theory we should be opening pretty tight in this spot, so going bigger with range seems cool. However since villains look to be more passive M/R is prob bit better since we will probably be attempting to exploit in the future, but I think 2.2-2.5 is cool.

Jamming although profitable seems bad, I doubt its good for overall range or optimal in given line up. R/C or R/F seem whatever, lean toward R/C but one of those spots that is going to be driven by a lot of factors in game.

07-05-2015 , 02:27 PM

iwillsurvive

journeyman

Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 211

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimbobwe00

i had a friend like you once. he's broke now. take what you may from that.

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