Here's the hand from the pokerstrategy ENG/PL tournament.
Do you like the flop call or would advise a straight up fold ?
Pretty ugly flop, but at the same time, combo wise feels like he'd be super KQ/AQ heavy there (maybe AJs) ... So I see us having the best hand often with Q & K being decent outs ...
Turn is bittersweet as usual ![]()
River I find myself wanting to fold so hard, but just can't bring myself to do it for the price we get ♠_mad:
AQ one time !
EDIT: Yup, makes sense, thanks
villain: 34/28/ 14 3bet fold to 3bet 36 /fold to 4bet 33 346 Hands
don't have stats about 4betpotts postflop
pre: villain 3bets alot and doens't like to fold so I 4bet 4 value
turn: probably overplayed ( thought I can shove light and get calls by worse because I have Fds like axs, kqs in my range)
should I bet small or c/c vs floats?
In the process of trying to finish converting this hand into pokerstars format so i can put it in weaktight and it works:
PokerStars Hand #105615494923: Hold'em No Limit (€0.25/€0.50EUR) - 2013/10/16 23:41:27 ET
Table 'Kepler VI' 5-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: MrCat (€70.75 in chips)
Seat 2: MTkiller69 (€77.05 in chips)
Seat 3: shewsy (€98.50 in chips)
Seat 4: Merguuh (€99.55 in chips)
Seat 5: Consuela (€53.15 in chips)
Consuela: posts small blind €0.25
MrCat: posts big blind €0.50
HOLE CARDS
Dealt to MrCat [Ks Kd]
MTkiller69: raises €1 to €1.50
shewsy: calls €1.50
Merguuh: folds
Consuela: folds
MrCat: raises €4.75 to €6.25
MTkiller69: calls €4.75
shewsy: calls €4.75
FLOP [Jc 9c 5s]
MrCat: bets €14
MTkiller69: calls €14
shewsy: folds
TURN [Jc 9c 5s] [7c]
MrCat: checks
MTkiller69: bets €15
MrCat: folds
Uncalled bet (€15) returned to MTkiller69
MTkiller69 wins €44.65
SUMMARY
Total pot €47 | Rake €2.35
Board [Jc 9c 5s 7c]
Hey guys,
I will be doing the coaching next Monday. We will discuss 3betting 100bb deep so please post hand histories where you 3bet about 100bb deep. We will focus on Hero's range so I want to see stats for Hero and maybe a comment describing his 3betting plan. We will not focus on Villain stats, we assume no stats on them.
Originally posted by EmanuelC16
Hey guys,I will be doing the coaching next Monday. We will discuss 3betting 100bb deep so please post hand histories where you 3bet about 100bb deep. We will focus on Hero's range so I want to see stats for Hero and maybe a comment describing his 3betting plan. We will not focus on Villain stats, we assume no stats on them.
Originally posted by EmanuelC16
Originally posted by EmanuelC16
Hey guys,I will be doing the coaching next Monday. We will discuss 3betting 100bb deep so please post hand histories where you 3bet about 100bb deep. We will focus on Hero's range so I want to see stats for Hero and maybe a comment describing his 3betting plan. We will not focus on Villain stats, we assume no stats on them.
Hey man!!
Wanted to ask should i post whole hand or just preflop action? By heroes stats you mean my image at the table for current session, right? AAAAnd are there some limit restrictions or status restrictions? (started to grind after break and i have brownie status ♦)
Post all the hand and I mean Hero's general stats plus stats for that table.
The coaching is silver so you can't join the chat but you can watch the stream from the coaching page.
Won't be able to make the start of the coaching session, but here's a hand anyway!
Decided to leave out post flop comments for now as the main focus is on 3betting, but I can always give some comments in the coaching if I can make it
Poker Stars, $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.
BTN: $24.46 (48.9 bb)
Hero (SB): $50.75 (101.5 bb)
BB: $50 (100 bb)
UTG: $48.78 (97.6 bb)
MP: $25.50 (51 bb)
CO: $25 (50 bb)
Preflop: Hero is SB with A
T![]()
3 folds, BTN raises to $1.12, Hero raises to $4.50, BB calls $4, BTN folds
Flop: ($10.12) J
6
T
(2 players)
Hero checks, BB checks
Turn: ($10.12) J
(2 players)
Hero bets $5.50, BB calls $5.50
River: ($21.12) 6
(2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $9.25, Hero calls $9.25
BU is a weak reg, 20/19 after 218 hands.
BB is 29/25 after 52 hands, think he was 1tabling but can't remember for sure.
Pre is a relatively standard 3bet imo SBvBU with this hand.
SBvBU I don't plan on having much of a calling range, if a calling range at all. I prefer 3betting or folding instead as a default instead. As a default I 3bet 99+,AJ+,KQ for value, but of course this value range can be expanded against looser opponents. Then I generally 3bet a pretty depolarized range, so hands like suited and offsuit broadways, some of the smaller pocket pairs (88-66) and then usually all Axs as well. T9s/98s usually as well, just so that I have a few more combos that could hit lower flops in my range.
Of course when he folds too often, I expand my entire 3betting range quite a bit, and include more suited connectors/suited 1gapper type hands or even much wider than that, some more Kxs, hands like that. And of course if he doesn't fold very often, I take out a lot of crappy hands like 98s, and instead focus on 3betting mostly for value, while keeping some hands like ATo/KJo in my 3bet/folding range.
And another hand, no comments yet because I'm in a bit of a hurry (but a lot of what I said in the above hand applies, except I do have a calling range in the BU, but love 3betting a lot to put pressure on opponents in position in a bigger pot).
Poker Stars, $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.
Hero (BTN): $50 (100 bb)
SB: $54.50 (109 bb)
BB: $125.16 (250.3 bb)
UTG: $90.71 (181.4 bb)
MP: $58.24 (116.5 bb)
CO: $50.75 (101.5 bb)
Preflop: Hero is BTN with Q
A![]()
2 folds, CO raises to $1.25, Hero raises to $3.50, SB calls $3.25, BB calls $3, CO calls $2.25
Flop: ($14) 7
3
Q
(4 players)
SB checks, BB bets $2.50, CO calls $2.50, Hero raises to $13.50, 2 folds, CO calls $11
Turn: ($43.50) 4
(2 players)
CO checks, Hero checks
River: ($43.50) 3
(2 players)
CO bets $33.75 and is all-in, Hero calls $33 and is all-in
CO is 31/26 in 37 hands.
SB is 27/21 over 145 hands, overall weak looking reg.
BB is 40/13 over 48 hands, obvious fish
SB reg 572 hands
opening SB 43% 10/23, folding to 3b in SB 67% 2/3
fold to 3bet 53%
4bet range 2.2%
So yeah, I think 43% is too wide so I had kind of been not folding a lot of BB's to his SB opens.. It felt like he was maybe starting to try to adapt, but not by opening any less... so maybe not.
I've also been playing pretty loose aggressive lately (especially postflop IP, 26/21).


1st one is my stats over a couple of days, 2nd is his.
1st line is fold to 3bet, UTG to SB
2nd line is cc 2bet/overall RFI/limp then raise first in UTG to SB
The rest I I can answer if you need in the coaching.
Here's another popup of some more detailed stats on hero preflop if needed. Anything else just ask. ![]()

Full Tilt - $0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: $50.00
SB: $121.30
Hero (BB): $55.50
UTG: $50.00
CO: $116.80
SB posts SB $0.25, Hero posts BB $0.50
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has 2♥ T♥
fold, fold, fold, SB raises to $1.50, Hero raises to $4.50, SB calls $3.00
Flop: ($9.00, 2 players) 7♣ K♥ 6♥
SB checks, Hero bets $5.00, SB raises to $13.50, Hero calls $8.50
Turn: ($36.00, 2 players) J♥
SB bets $17.60, Hero raises to $37.50 and is all-in, fold
Spoiler
Hero wins $68.20
iPoker - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BB: $2.99 (VPIP: 40.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 5)
UTG: $3.90 (VPIP: 100.00, PFR: 66.67, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 3)
MP: $15.77 (VPIP: 23.50, PFR: 19.32, 3Bet Preflop: 8.05, Hands: 395)
CO: $13.55 (VPIP: 20.22, PFR: 17.03, 3Bet Preflop: 10.34, Hands: 284)
BTN: $10.00 (VPIP: 20.95, PFR: 17.39, 3Bet Preflop: 6.19, Hands: 262)
Hero (SB): $16.30
Hero posts SB $0.05, BB posts BB $0.10
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.15) Hero has 8♠ 8♥
fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to $0.20, Hero raises to $0.80, fold, BTN calls $0.60
Flop: ($1.70, 2 players) 6♦ 3♥ 2♣
Hero bets $0.90, BTN calls $0.90
Turn: ($3.50, 2 players) 7♣
Hero bets $2.20, BTN calls $2.20
River: ($7.90, 2 players) 9♣
Hero checks, BTN checks
Spoiler
BTN shows J♦ J♥ (One Pair, Jacks) (Pre 81%, Flop 91%, Turn 95%)
Hero mucks 8♠ 8♥ (One Pair, Eights) (Pre 19%, Flop 9%, Turn 5%)
BTN wins $7.38
BU is a reg opening 50% and I don't have a SB flatting range there, so I 3bet 77+, A2s+, K9s+, Q9s+, J9s+, A9o+, KQo. Something like this.
My pre stats:
I'm not sure is he folds 99, 10s or JJ and I beat 44 and 55 which he probably won't turn into a bluff and obviously backdoor flushes don't fold.
Very good coaching last night. I like this format more then live play. After long time I manage to reach end of coaching.
Originally posted by ChoChikun
Very good coaching last night. I like this format more then live play. After long time I manage to reach end of coaching.![]()
The format is more seminar-like and I've never done that before. Glad you liked it. I can do this type once in a while but it's hard for me to talk 90 mins continuously plus I need to fine a nice topic. I'm looking for suggestions regarding topics for now.
Originally posted by EmanuelC16
I'm looking for suggestions regarding topics for now.
I'd like to see something about playing from the SB vs BB - with more of a focus on playing OOP with a wide range after a steal failed - feels like the worst possible situation to be in because perceived range is super wide, actual range is generally pretty wide, flopping skills suck and people don't like folding.
Originally posted by DrDunne
Originally posted by EmanuelC16
I'm looking for suggestions regarding topics for now.I'd like to see something about playing from the SB vs BB - with more of a focus on playing OOP with a wide range after a steal failed - feels like the worst possible situation to be in because perceived range is super wide, actual range is generally pretty wide, flopping skills suck and people don't like folding.
Definitely doable for next week. I will wait for some more input otherwise I probably do this the same way: take hands and discuss in depth based on hands posted by you guys.
Originally posted by EmanuelC16
The format is more seminar-like and I've never done that before. Glad you liked it. I can do this type once in a while but it's hard for me to talk 90 mins continuously plus I need to fine a nice topic. I'm looking for suggestions regarding topics for now.
You can also combine maybe 30-40 min this seminar type coaching then live play with more attention to hands related to topic from first half hour.
^imo that could get a little messy. As we saw yesterday, it can easily take 30-40 minutes to discuss even just one hand in full detail (which is definitely not a bad thing), so I think it should be either/or, and not both in one.
I like Lewis' idea about SBvBB play a lot
Especially because I suspect most people play waaay too wide from the SB.
