NL4 - set against straight

It is ok. Why do you leave 0.04 behind on river?

Originally posted by nitrol
It is ok. Why do you leave 0.04 behind on river?

Didn´t watch his stack... I always do that, have to work on that, beginners mistake.

I think it is fine. Maybe we shouldn't go broke against fish here when any 5x has a straight but on the other hand he might have plenty of worse stuff that he will call.

What's about the pre-flop raise?

Yea that is weird. I would just check here but if we decide to iso raise it should be a lot bigger.

At this level it is better to abandon sets on the river if straights or flushes are possible. It will impact your winrate. Raising this hand on the BB was overplayed.

yeah, we can check preflop.

I check preflop as standard, if villain make many fold i can raise; as played without info i cc for bluff catching: he has k5 65 all 5x suited with spades and diamond but he has also many busted, if it is a passive player i bet 1/3-1/4 pot for fold to raise

Thanks guys, I always open with pocket pairs. So, what you say is just to check low pocket pairs (22-88?) OOP? And what if I´m on small blind, is it just call?

Yes when you are on the blinds and someone limps you can just call that limp with small pocket pairs. And if someone iso-raises you can call it and set mine.

+1 but with 88 i raise

I wouldn't raise preflop. Would just check. We don't need to isolate villain, since we are already isolated and our hand is not strong enough to raise for value.

On the flop, I wouldn't cbet. Villain could already be ahead with a higher pocket pair or 6x, kx, since he only limped preflop.

About betting the river, I think it's ok. It's also ok to check.

22-66 is a check. 77+ is a raise.

Preflop is a check versus fish of this type. Let him win the small pots while you hog the big ones. Even if you can bet for value and get called by worse, you are building a big pot and will probably have to check-fold turn. Going broke with a small pair is for them (this is why they are fish), not for you.