AKo - 3bettet pot

I like the way you played it your preflop sizing is good oop i like the check on the flop although you could cbet with the bdsd&bdfd with overs.Your turn check call is good and i like the river check for showdown as well so all good imo.

bet, bet, jam w the Kh. you are blocking AQ, KQ and the flush.

I think a raise on the flop is mandatory. You have two overcard and a backdoor flush.After you wait for the flop, you get gutshot +4 outs and 9 cards to flush. That gives you a lot of equity.Depending on how this player played the turn before, I'd be tempted to get a raise.

Originally posted by pimient0
I think a raise on the flop is mandatory. You have two overcard and a backdoor flush.After you wait for the flop, you get gutshot +4 outs and 9 cards to flush. That gives you a lot of equity.Depending on how this player played the turn before, I'd be tempted to get a raise.

Easy that way. With cbet you can throw away cards thats already ahead ( small pockets ), when called you have good equity with overs and backdoors.

Hey,

I would play the same way as the OP.

I don't like the bluff turn check/raise because:

1. People don't fold nearly enough on micros.
2. We still have some SD value that we lose by turning it into a bluff.
3. When villain jams over our x/r we have to fold a ton of equity which is a terrible result.

One could argue to bet turn ourselves, but again, I prefer to utilize the SD value of the hand instead of turning it into a bluff.

Also, I like the flop check, I would check my entire 3b range on that board.

Cheers!

x/r T is not an option for me. By the way, if x F as played and facing a bet what do you do ?

Originally posted by crueleq
x/r T is not an option for me. By the way, if x F as played and facing a bet what do you do ?

It would depend on the size of the bet, but against most normal sized bets I would check/raise this hand. This hand is much weaker on the flop than it is on the turn and turning a weak draw into a bluff makes more sense there. Also, with 2 streets left to play it's unlikely we'll get to utilize the marginal SD value OOP when facing a bet on the flop already.

So you're making a bluff by this ( but having a lot of equity) . When V shove after x/r you are in sick situation. Still i think cbet is the best option. But I am not an expert, just talking.

Originally posted by crueleq
So you're making a bluff by this ( but having a lot of equity) . When V shove after x/r you are in sick situation. Still i think cbet is the best option. But I am not an expert, just talking.

On flop hero has only 2 overcards and a bdfd to second nuts. While turn card improves hero's equity a lot by adding flushdraw and a gutshot to the nuts. That's why raise/folding flop is not a problem, we don't give up that much equity when we fold to a flop 3bet.

Weak draws don't really play well by calling, they need aggression and fold equity to play them profitably.
Strong draws, you can usually call with odds/implied odds.
And monster draws you can play aggressively for value as you are ahead of most hands equity wise.

Hope this helps.

I would play the same way you do, well played

This a play of high stake, NH.

However I prefer bet flop + turn at micros, you blocker Aq-Kq (oppo's best bluff catcher) and some flush, with Ah you can three barrel here.

My2cents