davinator1337 small stakes MTT hand review & discussion

Can't fold turn and river call is fine also. Though when he sizes turn and river that big chances of him value betting weaker Kx are pretty small. But basically this is solid hand as bluff catcher not blocking any semi bluffs and blocking his value range.

So basically this is best hand you have here outside of two pair+. Though you should be able to have at least K4s, K2s, K3s, K7s, 22, 44, 33, A5 and 65s. Though some of those you would probably raise on flop or turn.

In general I don't mind fold or call on river. But turn is mandatory call.

I don't know what kind of limit this tournament was, but his sizing looks like a decent value bets on turn and river. On the river you beat nothing what he would bet for value I think and read less I would make a fold. Especially in a tournment when you are most likely 1 of the better players I wouldn't make marginal calls for more than half of my remaining stack.

Cheers,
SDK1987

I will be posting some more hands of mine and i number them so we can identify clearly of which hand somebody is writing about.

Hand #2
early in a Turbo-Event ; Buy In 3,30

Im pretty fine with how I played this hand. Im just questioning my self if I lost some value. I think checking the Flop is absolutely fine. Not sure about the bet sizing on the turn. How big would you have bet? And where I'm totally unsure is on the river. My thought was actually I would value myself vs higher pocket pairs by betting (for e.g. Allin) or even a Q (should be very unlikely after check/check Flop). So mainly i get called by hands that beat me. And the check on the river allows him to bluff his busted draws, but there aren't really one. What would your action be on the river and why?

Looking forward to your answers
greets davinator1337

PokerStars - 15/30 Ante 4 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3

Hero (MP): 4,988 (166.3 bb)
MP+1: 9,534 (317.8 bb)
MP+2: 5,460 (182 bb)
CO: 5,000 (166.7 bb)
BTN: 4,868 (162.3 bb)
SB: 4,642 (154.7 bb)
BB: 4,928 (164.3 bb)
UTG: 4,988 (166.3 bb)
UTG+1: 596 (19.9 bb)

9 players post ante of 4, SB posts 15, BB posts 30

Pre Flop: (pot: 81) Hero has 9♠: 9♦:
UTG raises to 141, UTG+1 raises to 592 and is all-in, Hero calls 592, MP+1 calls 592, 3 folds, SB calls 577, fold, UTG calls 451

Flop: (3,026, 5 players) 2♠: Q♥: 3♣:
SB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks, MP+1 checks

Turn: (3,026, 5 players) Q♠:
SB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets 999, MP+1 calls 999, 2 folds

River: (5,024, 3 players) 6♣:
Hero checks, MP+1 checks

Results: 5,024 pot (0 rake)
Final Board: 2♠: Q♥: 3♣: Q♠: 6♣:

Hero shows 9♠: 9♦:: (Two Pair, Queens and Nines)
(Pre 66%, Flop 79%, Turn 90%)

MP+1 mucks 8♠: 8♣:: (Two Pair, Queens and Eights)
(Pre 18%, Flop 9%, Turn 5%)

UTG+1 mucks 4♥: 4♦:: (Two Pair, Queens and Fours)
(Pre 16%, Flop 12%, Turn 5%)

Hero wins 5,024

Hand #3
same tournament

on this flop do you think checkraising is more +EV than bet/call Allin? I'm not sure but I think yes because actually it could be everbody folds after raising Allin myself, but this should happen really rarely in this spot.

the EV i calculated for the line bet/call is: (0,5141 * 8163) - (0,4859 *3690) = 1792,971

can u tell me a way of calculating the EV of the scenario with check/raise Allin?

stats of the player on the BU: samplesize 269
VPIP: 16 | PFR:10 | 3BET 6.5 | Ft3BET 33
Agg% 46 | AF 3.8
CBET FLOP 50 | CBET TURN 100 | CBET RIVER 100 | FtCBET FLOP 50
on all other players i only have 19 hands samplesize

Looking forward to your answers
greets davinator1337

PokerStars - 50/100 Ante 12 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3

Hero (MP+2): 9,183 (91.8 bb)
CO: 4,411 (44.1 bb)
BTN: 4,907 (49.1 bb)
SB: 3,347 (33.5 bb)
BB: 7,146 (71.5 bb)
UTG: 2,222 (22.2 bb)
UTG+1: 1,842 (18.4 bb)
MP: 5,548 (55.5 bb)
MP+1: 8,216 (82.2 bb)

9 players post ante of 12, SB posts 50, BB posts 100

Pre Flop: (pot: 258) Hero has 2♣: A♣:
2 folds, MP calls 100, fold, Hero raises to 325, CO calls 325, BTN calls 325, SB calls 275, fold, MP calls 225

Flop: (1,833, 5 players) 5♣: 3♣: 6♠:
SB checks, MP checks, Hero bets 880, CO calls 880, BTN raises to 4,570 and is all-in, 2 folds, Hero calls 3,690, fold

Turn: (11,853, 2 players) 3♠:

River: (11,853, 2 players) 6♥:

Results: 11,853 pot (0 rake)
Final Board: 5♣: 3♣: 6♠: 3♠: 6♥:

Hero shows 2♣: A♣:: (Two Pair, Sixes and Threes)
(Pre 33%, Flop 51%, Turn 32%)

BTN shows 9♦: 9♣:: (Two Pair, Nines and Sixes)
(Pre 67%, Flop 49%, Turn 68%)

BTN wins 11,853

Concerning hand #3:

Do you have a value hand (like his) that you would c/r on this flop? I don't think so. You already got two checks before you and you don't know whether CO or BTN will bet. If they do not you're giving 4 opponents a free card on a very wet flop. You would instead bet your value hands. I think this is a bad spot to c/r because you're almost always doing it with a flushdraw, which is what you have.

The same goes for your bet size. Would you protect this little with a value hand? I think we need to got at least 1100 here. Which also makes the all-in call more justifiable. I think as played it's close. You have 15 outs and 6 of those are not sure to give you the best hand. Let's say you have 12. That gives you just about the odds you need. It's very close to me.

Try to post 1 hand per thread. That makes it easier to discuss about it.
Looks like 2 well played hands.