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3 streets for value with TPTK?

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LacsapR
Joined: 14.07.2011

Hi guys, actually a pretty basic hand but I'd like to question if we want to go for max value here or not.

Poker Stars, $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

Hero (SB): $5 (100 bb)
BB: $19.30 (386 bb)
UTG: $5.25 (105 bb)
MP: $4.22 (84.4 bb)
CO: $5.13 (102.6 bb)
BTN: $5.50 (110 bb)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q♣: A♥:
3 folds, BTN raises to $0.12, Hero raises to $0.45, BB folds, BTN calls $0.33

Standard 3bet Preflop

Flop: ($0.95) 6♥: Q♦: 9♠: (2 players)
Hero bets $0.35, BTN calls $0.35

I'm pretty sure we have the best hand and I want to keep villain in the pot, I therefore bet small

Turn: ($1.65) 5♣: (2 players)
Hero bets $1.05, BTN calls $1.05

Looks like a blank to me and as Villain called the Flop I go big here to get more value

River: ($3.75) 2♥: (2 players)
Hero bets $3.15 and is all-in,

As villain called again also a big bet OTT, I'm wondering if I might be beat. Villain could have slowplayed KK or AA, maybe 99, 66 or 55, I don't see any straights or 2pair actually. I'm wondering if we want to check/call here to bluffcath maybe missed straights or just go big for value? should we consider being beat and maybe even find a fold?!

Spoiler

BTN calls $3.15
Results: $10.05 pot ($0.42 rake)
Final Board: 6♥: Q♦: 9♠: 5♣: 2♥:
Hero showed Q♣: A♥: and won $9.63 ($4.63 net)
BTN showed K♣: Q♥: and lost (-$5 net)


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Pokamon
Joined: 15.04.2006

nice hand.

sure you will be beat some of the time betting the river, but you dont have to win them all to make it a profitable play.

so make a list of hands, that villains calling range will contain. on 5NL i would not expect someone to fold any Qx, so the list will be quite long.

regarding bluffcatching:

you dont need much of a hand to beat a bluff. so consider doing it with hands that did not beat the listed hands above.

hands like QTs, T9s.


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zetozinho
Joined: 18.06.2017

If you believe BTN is capped then this line is the best one. Sizes look ok.
I wouldn't cbet the flop 100% frequency OOP though. I would mix some check/calls and even check/raises.
AA/KK/QQ should 4bet preflop. If you know he slowplays monsters in 3bets pot vs blinds (which is a good strategy to mix up your game from time to time), then you should also be mixing some turn/river checks.
Sets should definitely raise OTF or OTT because you have a lot of hands that can bet/call.
You definitely force weaker top pairs to bluff-catch sometimes to prevent overfolding and therefore exploitation.
That's the good thing about playing against capped ranges.


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SDK1987
Joined: 12.11.2008

If the BTN isn't a decent player I would most play the hand the same. Only the sizing on the flop could be more like 50c. Than you don't need to bet so much on the river to get all the money in the middle.

Cheers,
SDK1987


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LacsapR
Joined: 14.07.2011

thanks for your feedback guys :)


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generals007
Joined: 17.09.2007

I bet half pot on the flop. I always bet half pot on dry boards (no matter whether I have it) and always 2/3 to 3/4 pot on wet boards.

Otherwise I play it the same. There's too many worse queens and other garbage in his range. You will lose to 78 and a set sometimes, but that's alright.


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eetwidomayloh
Joined: 08.03.2012

too small on flop
87 or JT are easy in btns range
drawish board - don't make it cheap


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