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[No Limit 5 Zoom Shorthanded] Valuebetting with AA

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Happa2
Joined: 14.08.2010

PokerStars Zoom No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (6 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.com/

Button ($13.68)
SB ($6.04)
BB ($1.82)
UTG ($5.30)
Hero (MP) ($5.07)
CO ($3.56)

Preflop: Hero is MP with A, A
UTG raises to $0.10, Hero raises to $0.35, 4 folds, UTG calls $0.25

Flop: ($0.77) 5, K, 4 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $0.50, UTG calls $0.50

Turn: ($1.77) A (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $0.60, UTG calls $0.60

River: ($2.97) 8 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $0.95, UTG calls $0.95

Total pot: $4.87 | Rake: $0.20

Preflop I usually 3bet like 0.37$-0,40$ because I didn't want to give Suited Connectors and other speculative Pairs a too good price to play in a 3bet Pot where the SPR is pretty high.

But then I figured that if I make it smaller other bad hands could call, in this case hands like ATo or KQo or so.
So here I make it 7bb and I like it so far, I'm gettin called more often and I'm playing in position.

On the Flop my general plan was to check back a ton so I wouldn't have to face a checkraise by a Set.

On This Flop however I must Valuebet against a King because I have a nice chance to get 3 Streets.

If I got checkraised I'd probably fold, because usually they checkraise strong draws and Sets, and since I have the Ac they have much less Draws in their Range.

Ok so he calls. He does that with flushdraw, straightdraws and Kx mainly and middlepairs like 77-JJ.

Ok The Turn is a good card and also a bad card.

The good thing about it is I have the Nuts :f_cool:

The bad thing is that every King has a overcard to him, except AK but AK would have been played more aggressively preflop.

So when we talk about valuebetting, we talk about betting against a King or a flushdraw.

Since I have the Ac he definately has less flushdraws in his Range.

He can of course still have one Flushdraw.

My plan was to bet small on Turn to get a Call by Kx.
On a sidenote I am giving him the chance of spewing.

Then I am laying the Flushdraw 4:1 which are exactly the right pot odds to draw, but I already was prepared to fold in case a Club hits and he bets Big Time.

He calls so he mainly has Flushdraws and Kx like KQ KJs KTs.

An Ace is really unlikely because he won't call my Flopbet with just Ace high like AQ or AJ, that's far too unlikely.

On The River a possible straightdraw hit, but I am valuebetting like a true gangster still.

Again I went for 1/3 because he is very afraid of the A and don't want to scare him.

Good hand?

HappA


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mbml
Joined: 27.11.2008

Hi

I don't like the reasoning here. Just bet larger and jam the River.

A. You have no idea whether he will call down with KJ/KQ or not. Don't assume that he's folding that. I'm pretty sure he's never folding KX on the Turn btw, maybe weaker pairs but not KX. If you did bet larger on the Turn (1.30$), you would have gotten almost as much as you would have by betting 2 streets on the Turn and River.

B. You will be surprised - Sometimes UTG will show up with some AX hands. Yes you have top set, which makes it less likely that he has it. But you have to try anyway

Think about it - Do you think a hand like TT is likely to call twice even against your small bets? Maybe, but not that likely. The additional amount you gain from getting called twice by 99/TT is counter-acted by the amount of value you lose from KX/AX which could call 3 streets.

And I think it's likelier for someone to call down with KX vs larger bets, as compared to TT vs smaller bets.


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