Whether you get exploited by the blinds is a function of your opening range. Being able to fold when it goes rejam, cold 4 is worth a ton.

Also, with those specific stacks, I usually just go into ubernit mode until something changes.

Thats a very rare scenario and an overall preflop strategy where you have a somewhat wide opening range , small openshoving range and normal r/calling range than just having a smaller opening range containing all hands you can't raise/call, openshoving 44 here doesnt hurt your r/calling or r/folding at all

It is a rare scenario, but it has a huge payoff. What do you consider a somewhat wide opening range?

Start by our raise/calling range and find a raise/folding range which the r/c range protects enough against their perceived resteal ranges

Like say you have a 8% range you can raise/call and blinds are aggresive so that you can raise/fold 12% making your overall opening range 20%. There is a part of a range of all hands like 22-55/A3s/A5o that you cant raise/call, but you can openjam them profitably and if they are in the 12% you want to raise/fold you can easily replace them by similar hands you'd be openfolding, because their postflop value isnt great to begin with, so having a 8% range you raise/call, 12% range you raise/fold and 3% range you openjam is a better overall strategy

TY, agree with all your comments basically...I flatted Hand 1 but I think 3bet/fold is much better. And I very unhappily jammed the TT and ran into QQ. I think I should fold and JJ+ AK is correct

bumping this std spot!

Villain and I have pretty aggressive n-betting history generally. I've been relatively calm at this table but 3-bet him from the button with 73s early and it got shown down. Only other 3-bet vs him, he flatted with 9To and got it in on 923ss against my jacks for around 50 bigs.

Is 4 to 6 standard here with my image or should I flat the 3-bet?

I haven't seen villain around for a while. 3-bet him once prior to this and he folded pre. Is river standard or too thin? If it's too thin, what is our alternative line? x/f? Block bet/fold? Induce?

AQo - I think I'd check the turn, AJ got there, sizing pre is strong and flop is dry, if he calls flop wide its usually hands that fold the turn or have you beat, as played no idea what to do, think I'd shove in realtime, but dont like it, dont like any option tbh

Guy is a Brazilian I don't recognize, I've been 3-betting lots. He has not four-bet yet. At what 3-bet% would you 4-bet to get this in?

Given the question above, I guess this is standard. Still checking: this is one hour into scoop 23-M 4-max, I've been fairly active, 4-betting a few times and 3-betting a bunch. Villain seems to be a reg, no history though. Should I consider calling the 3-bet or is there no aternative to 4-bet / jamming? I'd guess my 6-bet-jamming range could be like something like TT+,AK,AQs.

High SCOOP mixed PLO/NLHE, I just doubled previous hand 22>A7 after guy bumped and I jammed for 7.5BB's CO vs HJ.

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NL Holdem $400(BB) Poker Stars
SB ($15,012)
BB ($17,131)
UTG ($13,011)
UTG+1 ($37,574)
UTG+2 ($25,948)
MP1 ($31,403)
Hero ($7,010)
CO ($18,672)
BTN ($19,750)

Dealt to Hero J K

fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to $800, fold, fold

BTN wins $1,450

Can't even edit that post now.
Sorry, obv question is folded to hero on HJ 17BB's, do we ship KJo, everybody covers.

Jean, I'd just flat. Pretty big difference between a HJ raise facing a BB 3-bet IP and a SB vs BU facing a 4-bet OOP.

agree with flatting the TT, much more inclined to let the hand play out over multiple streets when we are IP vs OOP

Yeah, I understand I'm IP and thus inclined to play more postflop. But given that my OOP opponent is going to n-bet more and thus "stack off lighter", as NSB is willing to do in the converse situation, wouldn't that give me more incentive to "stack off for value" compared to NSB whose opponent is going to have this "I'm IP so I don't n-bet so much and instead call more" thinking? In other words, shouldn't we not take this IP thingy too far?

More prosaically, what's a better stack off range for me here, AK,JJ+?

Having a shot at Marwan's: just minraise and play poker?

merge high roller. villain is a 25/10 fish with 19% AF. Anyone like a check better than b/f on turn?

if you fold here are you folding qk and aq as well?


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SB: t20661.00 M = 14.97
BB: t17304.00 M = 12.54
Hero (UTG): t17926.00 M = 12.99
UTG+1: t44929.00 M = 32.56
MP1: t8380.00 M = 6.07
MP2: t32606.00 M = 23.63
CO: t27092.00 M = 19.63
BTN: t29548.00 M = 21.41

Pre Flop: (t1380) Hero is UTG with Q J
Hero raises to t1200.00, 4 folds, BTN calls t1200, 2 folds

Flop: (t3780) 4 Q 7 (2 players)
Hero bets t1999.00, BTN calls t1999

Turn: (t7778) 5 (2 players)
Hero bets t3999.00, BTN raises to t15487.00, Hero folds

Most people are saying fold river here. Is this correct in general against a good player or is this only because of Thayers somewhat well known nittiness and we play differently against most opponents?

Its a c/f on river then given his two calls on flop and turn and his likely range including any ace and a few boats.

Can we ever c/c river? I can't really think of a spot where we are good here often. Dont think lucsac would turn 55 into a bluff here or anything likethat.

WSOPc St. Louis, event 1 355 NLHE

Stone money bubble 54 pay 55 left.

Hero is small blind with ~26BBs
Villian is a late thirties early 40s lady, has the look of a mom/soccer mom. She moves to our table 3 orbits prior on the last break and has consistently talked about how this is her first tournament and she really, really hopes she can make the money.

Its 1.5k/3k she opens the button for 9600, her first open. She has 21 BBs total maybe like 18 or 19, hard to remember (pox on me for not writing it down). You have AJdd in the small blind.

Are people just folidng here, or shoving, or flatting etc. What I am really looking for here is how our knowledge of her affects what we should do in this spot, compared to what we do in a no reads situation.

For instance on the direct bubble with no reads, I think we should be restealing AJs fairly often here with our stack sizes, but I can see folding too if our villian has been tight. Does this make us more or less likely to shove here since she is probably opening tight, but is probably folding a lot too?

(If the AJs resteal is awful either way, let me know)

Cram, she folds a lot of hands with lots of equity and there's a chance she folds better.

UTG is a good reg and utg+2 as well. Utg+2 = a 15/12 over 460 hands. He prolly has tight stats on me.

I think he will 3b/call AK/AQ vs utg wich makes his range quite strong. Dunno about JJ/TT tho. I'm about BE vs JJ+ (need 40%, have that vs JJ+). Crycall of crymuck?

Final table of $215 turbo, 6 left I'm shortest...is everyone calling here?

SB is unkown to me, hasn't gotten involved in any hands where he didn't "have it."


[converted_hand][hand_history]Poker Stars, $200 Buy-in (5,000/10,000 blinds, 1,250 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 6 Players
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MP: 186,381 (18.6 bb)
CO: 133,860 (13.4 bb)
BTN: 102,027 (10.2 bb)
SB: 250,328 (25 bb)
Hero (BB): 76,298 (7.6 bb)
UTG: 187,106 (18.7 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K 6
4 folds, SB raises to 130,000, Hero