Hand Review

Originally posted by Muscledude
Flop: (19.5 BB, 3 players) J♥ T♠ 9♠
UTG+1 checks, Hero?

CBet / Fold
This hand illustrates a major problem with mid-stack strategies.
In the olden days of short-stack, this would be a 3Bet shove pre-flop. Check your strategy documents to see what they say in this instance. I'm guessing that it will say to 3Bet shove at least some of the time.

Now you you have a 19.5 BB pot, and you have only 3 times that left in your stack. You have to CBet 10 BB, which is 1/6 your remaining stack. If you get raised you'll hate this hand.
This is now certainly a Way Ahead / Way Behind
If opponents hold any sets — or worse a straight — you're way behind.

If you CBet and they fold, that is the best outcome. If they call there are so many cards you'll not want to see.

With only SPR 1.5 bet-call seems very standard. With 100bb I would start with check as I think our hand is kinda mediocre on this board 3way.

PokerStars - $0.02 NL - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: 182.5 BB (VPIP: 17.70, PFR: 11.55, 3Bet Preflop: 4.95, Hands: 307)
BB: 45.5 BB (VPIP: 77.27, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 44)
UTG: 116.5 BB (VPIP: 13.28, PFR: 7.48, 3Bet Preflop: 2.99, Hands: 483)
UTG+1: 187.5 BB (VPIP: 32.43, PFR: 16.22, 3Bet Preflop: 7.69, Hands: 37)
Hero (MP): 38.5 BB
MP+1: 66.5 BB (VPIP: 39.53, PFR: 13.95, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 44)
CO: 100 BB (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 3)
BTN: 331 BB (VPIP: 19.00, PFR: 2.25, 3Bet Preflop: 1.84, Hands: 585)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A♦ A♥

fold, UTG+1 raises to 2 BB, Hero raises to 6 BB, MP+1 calls 6 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, UTG+1 calls 4 BB

Flop: (19.5 BB, 3 players) J♥ T♠ 9♠
UTG+1 checks, Hero checks, MP+1 bets 9.5 BB, UTG+1 raises to 181.5 BB and is all-in, fold, MP+1 calls 51 BB and is all-in

Turn: (140.5 BB, 2 players) 5♥

River: (140.5 BB, 2 players) 8♦

UTG+1 cashed out 45.5 BB for a fee of 1 BB

This worked well this time, but I would always Cbet of around1/3 pot and fold to a raise.

Cheers,
SDK1987