NL50 Two PF AI hands against shorts

[Echelon]

villain is 48/15

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (6 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter (http://www.pokerhand.org)

MP ($20.70)
Hero ($56.80)
Button ($29.50)
SB ($28.60)
BB ($53.55)
UTG ($134.95)

Preflop: Hero is CO with K/images/graemlins/spade.gif, A/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP calls $0.50, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $2.5</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to $9</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $44</font>, Button calls $20.50 (All-In).

Flop: ($74.75) J/images/graemlins/club.gif, 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Turn: ($74.75) 7/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: ($74.75) T/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: $74.75


villain is 30/9


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (5 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter (http://www.pokerhand.org)

BB ($49.25)
UTG ($26.20)
MP ($44.95)
Hero ($57.95)
SB ($20.20)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif, Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $2</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises to $3.5</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $44.5</font>, SB calls $16.70 (All-In).

Flop: ($65.20) 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 7/images/graemlins/heart.gif, K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Turn: ($65.20) 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: ($65.20) 2/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: $65.20

[Imrahil]

Both are standard. Next time, if it's just PF, only show the PF action. The flop, turn, river don't matter.

[gir]

No...and no.

1st hand: Don't be pushing all that often with AKs because you're less than 50% to pocket 3s. Why would you want that? Call, re-evaluate flop.

2nd hand: AK will call, maybe AQ...but most likely, the hands that call are ones that beat you. Villain is 30/9...they have a relatively tight range. Call the minraise (which is sketchy to begin with) and try not getting your stack in with the worst hand.

[Echelon]

hmm, i think i played them fine.

[RAHZero]

[ QUOTE ]
No...and no.

1st hand: Don't be pushing all that often with AKs because you're less than 50% to pocket 3s. Why would you want that? Call, re-evaluate flop.

2nd hand: AK will call, maybe AQ...but most likely, theahands that call are ones that beat you. Villain is 30/9...they have a relatively tight range. Call the minraise (which is sketchy to begin with) and try not getting your stack in with the worst hand.

[/ QUOTE ]

Wow, this is a REALLY nitty post. Hand 1 I can kind of see the argument for calling the reraise, but given the stack sizes pushing is much better. Against a 48/15 this is AQ or worse very often, and we can't really call to re-eval the flop when villain has a half-pot bet left behind, or we'll get pushed off the best hand way too much.

Hand 2, flat calling the minraise sucks balls against a villain this short. We're never ever folding with these stack sizes on a low board, so we're losing the max to KK/AA every time. However, when the board comes low and he has AK/AQ, he gets away, and loses the min. Get him AIPF here while you have the edge.