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KQ called 3b OTB

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ggiants81
Joined: 24.02.2012

Here we go again..
I'm being 3bet alot by the guy in SB SO I thought, I play back by calling.
As it turns out I think my best outcome is to split, but probably I'm behind.. Or am I just being soft?

PokerStars - $0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 4 players

BB: 100 BB
CO: 26.5 BB (VPIP: 60.00, PFR: 20.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 5)
Hero (BTN): 130.42 BB
SB: 114.04 BB (VPIP: 24.44, PFR: 19.97, 3Bet Preflop: 6.28)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q♣ K♥

fold, Hero raises to 2 BB, SB raises to 8 BB, fold, Hero calls 6 BB

Flop: (17 BB, 2 players) Q♦ 2♠ 2♣
SB bets 9 BB, Hero calls 9 BB

Turn: (35 BB, 2 players) 2♥
SB bets 23 BB, Hero calls 23 BB

River: (81 BB, 2 players) 8♥
SB bets 74.04 BB and is all-in, fold

Spoiler

SB wins 78 BB


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dcabello
Joined: 12.09.2008

Not folding here, you need ~32% of eq on the river to breakeven. Look how you do against a tight range:

Board: Q♦2♠2♣ 2♥ 8♥
       Equity     Win     Tie
MP2    29.17%   0.00%  29.17% { KhQc }
MP3    70.83%  41.67%  29.17% { QQ+, AQs, KQs, AQo, KQo }

So you are doing pretty close to ~32 against a very tight range, and you can include other combos of QJ and QT even if villain isnt 3betting that light.

Its not a great spot and you are going to split-lose a lot but you cant fold here I think.


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nitrol
Joined: 24.07.2010

Do no forget he could easily have AA,KK here as well. Call down in 3 bet pot with a dominated hand is not good.
But in this particular case we should decide how many Qx hands villain has and compare it to the AA-KK combos.


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metza
Joined: 28.01.2012

Originally posted by dcabello
Not folding here, you need ~32% of eq on the river to breakeven. Look how you do against a tight range:

Board: Q♦2♠2♣ 2♥ 8♥
       Equity     Win     Tie
MP2    29.17%   0.00%  29.17% { KhQc }
MP3    70.83%  41.67%  29.17% { QQ+, AQs, KQs, AQo, KQo }

So you are doing pretty close to ~32 against a very tight range, and you can include other combos of QJ and QT even if villain isnt 3betting that light.

Its not a great spot and you are going to split-lose a lot but you cant fold here I think.

This range is pretty accurate imo. I might add Ad2d in as well, is only 1 combo but makes a difference when we are dealing with narrow ranges.

I might say something like this:

Equity Win Tie
BU 31.03% 0.00% 31.03% KhQc
SB 68.97% 37.93% 31.03% QQ+, AQs, A2s, KQs, QTs+, AQo, KQo

So its close but its a fold; if we need 32% it is still -EV to call with 31%. + rake as well.

I like the fold.


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dcabello
Joined: 12.09.2008

Originally posted by metza

Originally posted by dcabello
Not folding here, you need ~32% of eq on the river to breakeven. Look how you do against a tight range:

Board: Q♦2♠2♣ 2♥ 8♥
       Equity     Win     Tie
MP2    29.17%   0.00%  29.17% { KhQc }
MP3    70.83%  41.67%  29.17% { QQ+, AQs, KQs, AQo, KQo }

So you are doing pretty close to ~32 against a very tight range, and you can include other combos of QJ and QT even if villain isnt 3betting that light.

Its not a great spot and you are going to split-lose a lot but you cant fold here I think.

This range is pretty accurate imo. I might add Ad2d in as well, is only 1 combo but makes a difference when we are dealing with narrow ranges.

I might say something like this:

Equity Win Tie
BU 31.03% 0.00% 31.03% KhQc
SB 68.97% 37.93% 31.03% QQ+, AQs, A2s, KQs, QTs+, AQo, KQo

So its close but its a fold; if we need 32% it is still -EV to call with 31%. + rake as well.

I like the fold.

Yeah this seems way more accurate. I forgot about A2s. Nice fold.


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pappadjango
Joined: 23.07.2010

i played that hand with you,i had aq fyi:f_love:


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Tomaloc
Joined: 17.01.2011

why don't you give him any bluffs? i think AK is a very decent 3barrel here


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ggiants81
Joined: 24.02.2012

@pappadjango for real?
I was pretty sure you had aces or Kings
:-)

@Tomaloc , i was just sure he at Worst had a Q and i could split at best


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dcabello
Joined: 12.09.2008

Originally posted by Tomaloc
why don't you give him any bluffs? i think AK is a very decent 3barrel here

That is one of the reasons that make me think of a call here given that this is close, you cant say that villain has 0% bluffs here (its a spot where you dont see bluffs anyways thats true).


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