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DannyHorsley
Joined: 03.12.2014

888 Poker - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: 261.4 BB (VPIP: 17.65, PFR: 14.12, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 86)
BB: 104.8 BB (VPIP: 23.23, PFR: 18.62, 3Bet Preflop: 9.63, Hands: 623)
UTG: 155.6 BB (VPIP: 23.44, PFR: 17.19, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 67)
MP: 49.4 BB (VPIP: 27.78, PFR: 3.33, 3Bet Preflop: 4.26, Hands: 94)
CO: 70.6 BB (VPIP: 20.87, PFR: 15.79, 3Bet Preflop: 9.09, Hands: 116)
Hero (BTN): 100.2 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has A♥ A♦

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2 BB, SB calls 1.6 BB, fold

Flop: (5 BB, 2 players) 8♥ Q♣ 9♣
SB checks, Hero bets 3 BB, SB calls 3 BB

Turn: (11 BB, 2 players) 7♠
SB checks, Hero checks

River: (11 BB, 2 players) 5♣
SB bets 5.8 BB, Hero calls 5.8 BB

So my question here is, what do you guys think of the check OTT?
My reasoning behind it is that villains range is very wide. He is calling a BTN steal so hands such as JT, 65, 89, Q9 and Q8 all fall into villains range. I therefore wanted to control the size of the pot so that I could call up to a pot sized bet OTR. On the other hand, I feel like a bet may have been a good option here to protect against any flush draws or incomplete straight draws (Jx or Tx).


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LemOn36
Joined: 07.02.2009

1) He called you in the small blind and looks tight, so his range should be way tighter that you show as well
2) say he does have a wide range You got to realize that when he can have hands like Q8 89 he will also have T9 Qt Qj T9 76 TT that are all calling the turn
and flush draws on top of that
So you have to suck it up, and pit in a large bet

You charge weak hands, get value, and avoid situations like this one where you might have a fold actually


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DannyHorsley
Joined: 03.12.2014

It's interesting you say that actually Lemon. The aim for my session today was to be less risk adverse. After watching Ed Millers 'streets of value' video, it became apparent to me that I was worrying far to much about 'what beats me' rather than 'what I can get value from'. So thank you for pointing out that, especially how if he is holding hands like Q8 or 89, he will also have T9 Qt Qj T9 76 TT that are all calling the turn.

As for your first point, yes I agree that his stats look tight and he's also calling from SB. However, I rarely ever see people playing their positions properly at NL5. In fact, a lot of people will play suited connectors, Ax, one gappers etc in this spot, purely because a BTN steal looks so weak.


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Willy411
Joined: 24.07.2014

Exactly! And if the R comes like T, J, you cant do nothing and you wasted your hand. Get max value from Qx and draws. River than you can check if you want.


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