Absolute 25nl: QJ

[RMLewis]

Is it a good idea to represent the ace in this situation?
villain is fairly loose over a small sample size of hands.
his turn bet seems very weak..

Absolute Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
5 players
Converter (http://www.neildewhurst.com/hand-converter)

Stack sizes:
UTG: $28
CO: $47.45
NYYRico38: $45.05
SB: $12.05
BB: $35.10

Pre-flop: (5 players) NYYRico38 is Button with J/images/graemlins/spade.gif Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif
<font color="#cc0000">UTG raises to $0.5</font>, CO folds, NYYRico38 calls, SB calls, BB calls.

Flop: T/images/graemlins/spade.gif 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif ($2, 4 players)
<font color="#cc0000">SB bets $0.5</font>, BB calls, UTG folds, NYYRico38 calls.

Turn: A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif ($3.5, 3 players)
<font color="#cc0000">SB bets $1</font>, BB folds, <font color="#cc0000">NYYRico38 raises to $3.5</font>, <font color="#cc0000">SB raises all-in $11.05</font>, NYYRico38 folds.
Uncalled bets: $7.55 returned to SB.

Results:
Final pot: $10.5

[Machavelli]

just call. I think villain has little concept of betting proportional to the pot. You've now got 8 outs and are getting 4.5 to 1 on your money. If you hit you'll have a good shot at stacking him.

[rakes.a.beach]

I like it.

[RickA]

I wouldn't CC with QJo. I would 3 bet or fold. If you are going to call I would fold that flop?

[bazza22]

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I would 3 bet or fold.

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Agreed, dont see the value in calling an UTG raise with QJ. Fold pre flop IMO.

[RMLewis]

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getting 4.5 to 1 on your money. If you hit you'll have a good shot at stacking him.

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He's already All In. There's no money to be made if i DO hit.

Also, i feel 3betting light in 25nl is -EV. I'm only getting called by better hands that likely dominate me.

why fold pf to his min-raise instead of just call?

[Machavelli]

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getting 4.5 to 1 on your money. If you hit you'll have a good shot at stacking him.

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He's already All In. There's no money to be made if i DO hit.

Also, i feel 3betting light in 25nl is -EV. I'm only getting called by better hands that likely dominate me.

why fold pf to his min-raise instead of just call?

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When he bets $1 into a $3.5 pot you're getting 4.5:1 on your money. You have the odds to call the turn. I also like to call in these spots because when you do hit people think you're a donk and come after you.

[RMLewis]

where are my implied odds though? He has no money left after i call the turn. Calling would be better if he wasnt down to the felt and i could extract more on the river.

[Machavelli]

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where are my implied odds though? He has no money left after i call the turn. Calling would be better if he wasnt down to the felt and i could extract more on the river.

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At this point you're 18.2 percent to hit your straight. You need to be getting about 5:1 on your money for direct odds. You're getting 4.5:1 direct and any even smallish value bet on the river is going to put you into the +EV. Not to mention the image factor.