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AJo in MP straight on river, but flush is possible.

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VorpalF2F
Joined: 02.09.2010

Turn is Terrible

I decided to bet for thin value on the river, and fold if a shove.
Does that make sense? Or is the board just too strong for two-pair hands to call?

PokerStars, Hold'em No Limit - $0.10/$0.25 - 6 players

UTG: $27.04 (108 bb)
MP (Hero): $24.22 (97 bb)
CO: $21.37 (85 bb)
BU: $61.79 (247 bb)
SB: $37.00 (148 bb)
BB: $37.20 (149 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.35) Hero is MP with J♠:A♥:
1 fold, Hero raises to $0.55, 3 players fold, BB calls $0.30

Flop: ($1.20) A♦:T♥:4♦: (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.60, BB calls $0.60

Turn: ($2.40) Q♦: (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

River: ($2.40) K♥: (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $1.19, BB folds

Total pot: $2.40 (Rake: $0.11)
MP (Hero) wins $2.29


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Seems fine.Slightly bigger bet OTF 66%

Does that make sense? Or is the board just too strong for two-pair hands to call?

Yes. You might find a call here out of 2 pair hands. Depends on V. Recreationals will call here most of the time.


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SDK1987
Joined: 12.11.2008

Seems well played. I don't think you need to bet more on the flop. Around half pot for value and protection seems standard.

Cheers,
SDK1987


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LookAwayNow
Joined: 30.06.2011

Line seems fine to me. Only thing we can talk about is sizing and then again the sizing really depends on what table we are on and against what villain we are playing.

Pre: I'd make it 3BB from every position and 2,5BB from BTN as a standard. However if we are on a nitty table i.e. on a type of fast fold format I'm fine with min-raising like you did, because we auto-profit when everyone only plays like top 14%. On a regular table where we are specifically looking up fish and want to play a strong hand vs their wide range, I want to raise larger pre because we generally have a range advantage and the fish won't adjust, they want to see a flop.

Post-flop: We c-bet and I'd make it larger depending on villain. Vs unknown I think it's fine to go 50-60% pot. Against a station I make it larger because they don't play back correctly.

Post-turn: A lot of draws complete. AT already had two pair, QT now has two pair, KJ has a straight and double diamonds have a flush. Checkback is fine, mainly because we don't want to isolate ourselves against given range, in other words; we want to keep villains range wide and go for thin value on the river.

Post-river: We came here with a plan. On a blank I go 1/3th pot for thin value from weaker Ax, because I expect two pair+ to lead. On this specific river we improve to a straight. We can go a little bigger than 1/3th for value from 2 pair. KQ, QT, AT, AK. Most of the time a flush will lead river. When he x/r us here it's not the hardest fold in the world.


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VorpalF2F
Joined: 02.09.2010

Originally posted by LookAwayNow
Line seems fine to me. Only thing we can talk about is sizing and then again the sizing really depends on what table we are on and against what villain we are playing.

Pre: I'd make it 3BB from every position and 2,5BB from BTN as a standard. However if we are on a nitty table i.e. on a type of fast fold format I'm fine with min-raising like you did, because we auto-profit when everyone only plays like top 14%. On a regular table where we are specifically looking up fish and want to play a strong hand vs their wide range, I want to raise larger pre because we generally have a range advantage and the fish won't adjust, they want to see a flop.

Post-flop: We c-bet and I'd make it larger depending on villain. Vs unknown I think it's fine to go 50-60% pot. Against a station I make it larger because they don't play back correctly.

Post-turn: A lot of draws complete. AT already had two pair, QT now has two pair, KJ has a straight and double diamonds have a flush. Checkback is fine, mainly because we don't want to isolate ourselves against given range, in other words; we want to keep villains range wide and go for thin value on the river.

Post-river: We came here with a plan. On a blank I go 1/3th pot for thin value from weaker Ax, because I expect two pair+ to lead. On this specific river we improve to a straight. We can go a little bigger than 1/3th for value from 2 pair. KQ, QT, AT, AK. Most of the time a flush will lead river. When he x/r us here it's not the hardest fold in the world.

I normally advocate the 3x opening as well, however at this table every other player was opening 2x and my smallest button was 2.2 (the other is 2.9) so I used that here.


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