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benaars

Joined: 03.06.2010

Posts: 786

21.10.2014, 13:49 0

hello.

I just wanted to ask if you could evaluate my sizing through-out the hand? Villain is more of an unknown but with passive tendencies. I think flop is too big? How about river, I kinda have 1 pot-sized bet left, would you shove or go small here? (I think we still should value bet against worst Jx and possibly TT?)

PKR, $75 Buy-in (100/200 blinds) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 8 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: 8,530 (42.7 bb)
BB: 5,624 (28.1 bb)
UTG+2: 12,681 (63.4 bb)
MP1: 5,010 (25.1 bb)
Hero (MP2): 10,179 (50.9 bb)
MP3: 7,276 (36.4 bb)
CO: 6,970 (34.9 bb)
BTN: 14,127 (70.6 bb)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A J
2 folds, Hero raises to 450, 2 folds, BTN calls 450, SB folds, BB calls 250

Flop: (1,450) J 5 9 (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets 950, BTN calls 950, BB folds

Turn: (3,350) 4 (2 players)
Hero bets 1,800, BTN calls 1,800

River: (6,950) 7 (2 players)
Hero bets 2,150, BTN calls 2,150

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Asaban

Joined: 22.09.2006

Posts: 8,275

21.10.2014, 14:15 0

The flop is very dry. I wouldn't bet more then half pot here. My preferred sizing would be ~670. If you size it as big as you did your bluffs will get less profitable. Since I don't want to bring it in, there is no need to size it as big as you did.

As played the turn sizing is fine. You might even go a bit bigger if you want to bring it in on the river. Makes it easier. If you size smaller on the flop you can go smaller on the turn as well obv.

Because you sized it the way you did, you are able to bring it in on the river. If you decide to size that big on earlier streets and get called you should consider to push here. That way you at least keep to your story of having a monster.

Since it is questionable if you get called by worse with your third bet on a dry board I would personally think about check/calling the river. That way you enable your opponent to bluff bet a busted draw. I don't think that he will call worse hands very often.

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