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Friday, June 21, 2013

Poker Stars $2/$4 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players - View hand 2242323
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BB: $406.00
UTG: $606.86
CO: $972.75
Hero (BTN): $400.00
SB: $491.38

Pre Flop: ($6.00) Hero is BTN with A of hearts A of clubs
2 folds, Hero raises to $8, 1 fold, BB calls $4

Flop: ($18.00) 3 of diamonds 7 of clubs 4 of spades (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $12, BB raises to $40, Hero calls $28

Turn: ($98.00) 6 of clubs (2 players)
BB bets $62, Hero calls $62

River: ($222.00) 9 of diamonds (2 players)
BB bets $296 all in, Hero calls $290 all in

Final Pot: $802.00


Not sure about it :/ What do you think? How much 5x do you see in his range? Only As5s,Ac5c and Ad5d Why his range is different vs me than his normal range? 10% difference in calling range BB vs BTN... I will tell you the result but maybe someone want to analyze this one?

Today no music... Rest in Peace James Gandolfini - thanks for all moments!
"Tony: (to Richie) Those who want respect, give respect."





4 comments:

  1. he sees you as a very good and aggressive player, blinds stealer, yup? he's kinda scared of you or sth :) he 3bets your steals less than other players steals, but he calls more hands vs you, even OOP.

    check/raise cbet 25% + 51% fold to cbet oop, that's a lot and very bad, right? in this situation i don't think that he can have something strong.

    his aggression @ river is quite big, so at this board structure he can bluff you easily. i think, that most players will be scared with overpairs and our villain sees his chance in push :)i don't see there too much 8x's, maybe only T8x ?

    waiting for result ! that call was brave :D

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  2. Hey. Yeah, basically, I'd say +1 to Zola's post, but I'm still thinking about the first part though.
    I mean - why would his range preflop differ so much against you than his 'standard' range?

    I'd agree that it seems like he's scared as fuck of you! ;D I mean, I'd say that he wouldn't 3b you that light as he knows you're non the kind of player that would give up easily. I mean, generally - what would one do if he's about to go on a battle with a person that is stronger than him? Imo generally he'd look for a way to boost his chances as much as he can - and what better way to do this here is to play with a stronger range?

    It is understandable, that a player who x/r so much could x/r with his mid range that knows he wouldn't be comfortable playing the later streets as you'd probably continue putting pressure on him and he wants to end it now with hands like A5(45/55/66 or some 7x even that he knows he wouldn't ever survive all the way to SD vs you) + there obviously are some 2pairs/sets in his range that he either flopped or picked up later.

    I mean, it constantly bothers me that he might be scared of you, though. In general, if you're scared of sb, the last thing that comes to your mind is to make him scared of you instead, right? (I'm thinking about all his air/mid range here)

    Just doesn't make that much sense to me. I mean, I agree with Zola again that he might put you on overpair and he knows that you wouldn't be comfortable making a calldown here, so that's a good opportunity to bluff you out of the hand, but following the previous arguments, I don't know if he'd think that way. What do you think about this kind of thinking? Can't wait to see the result! :)

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    1. Ok I can point out few things that made me to calldown this guy. (while playing this hand)

      1. He is not calling preflop vs me hands like 45,56,57 for sure. Maybe he is 3betting them but probably just folding. The only range which is possible here including 5x is A5s (4combo), 55 (4combo) and maybe set of 99 (3combo)

      2. His sizing doesn't make any sense:
      - x/r flop quite big (He can tvraise hands like 77 but not with this sizing)
      - then bet turn quite small (looks like draw to clubs or 5x)
      - and then overbet river (why would he bet small turn scared that I'm folding 88+ and the overbet river to make me fold this 88+ ?)

      3. x/r cbet 25 :D come on nobody can do this in a proper way.
      4. timing. It was like bang bang bang machine gun bets. Good question is what to do on the river if he waits like 15sec and bet 155€ that's mindfuck!

      To sum up: Big calling range pre with very few 5x hands, big x/r cbet, board went the wrong way for my range + agressive guy.

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  3. I must admit I'm really impressed with the way you think. I especially liked the sizing argumentation - the 'why would he bet small turn scared that I'm folding 88+ and the overbet river to make me fold this 88+' part - I mean that's just so cool. :D

    So, basically, what type of hand would you expect him to play that way?
    -do you see him doing that with total air like broadways with no backdoors or ?
    -what do you think about hands like A2-A4/78/89/T9 which knows that his SD value is no good here and decides to turn his hand into a bluff OTR? Do you see some busto suited broadways of clubs that he decided to x/r the flop with?

    I agree that it is also worth noticing that you might be having a hard time making a calldown on this board, so that might also influence on your decision. Anyway, that's such a brilliant way to think here and I hope it turned out well. ;)

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