JJ on T98 board

Hi Jaf,

You've played this hand way too passively.

First, I would cbet the flop for value/protection.

Second, you should be shoving that river because any Qx and even 7x along with flushes will get the money in. Straight flush is Q9 and 97, do you really expect to see many of those? That's unrealistic.

Hi,

Preflop: Size is way too small. You are asking for trouble cos you are inviting multi-way action. We should always try to avoid playing in multiway spots, cos when there are more than 2 players in the hand, the advantage of having the initiative is greatly diminished, as it is just tougher to bluff with more players around. We also get sucked out on way more often with our strong hands more often. Squeeze here to at least 55-60cents.

Flop: This is so dependent on the villains. Vs bad players I would just bet for sure. Vs strong players who only raise the Flop with a balanced range of hands, then checking may be good as we don't really want to get raised here.

Since BTN is clearly a fish with his 70bb, betting is by far the best play.

As played we should shove and hope to get called by straights or TX.

I got crushed by straight flushes about 4 times having 4 of a kind or even better, so its traumatic for me, as all 4 times finished by other player shoving river card

And do i undestand right? shove and expect to be called by straight? is that lower straight i would be only 33 % favorite...

Ps : thank you for evaluating, i will going to post more hands soon

Originally posted by Jafreiteris
I got crushed by straight flushes about 4 times having 4 of a kind or even better, so its traumatic for me, as all 4 times finished by other player shoving river card

And do i undestand right? shove and expect to be called by straight? is that lower straight i would be only 33 % favorite...

Ps : thank you for evaluating, i will going to post more hands soon

Unfortunately we tend to remember the "burns" a LOT more than anything else.

Here you can look at it from a combination point of view.

How many better hands are there versus how many worse hands (that can play for stacks). And the number is just not even that close.

Originally posted by Jafreiteris
is that lower straight i would be only 33 % favorite...

What are you talking about? You have FH! Shove that river all day long and hope someone has flush.

I understand to shove in flop and hope be called by straight