Deep and long hand analysis at 5/10, hows my thought process?

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i read your reasoning and whilst definitely a good way to go about it personally i think your play is too passive.

i much prefer 3bet here pf, although obv depends on recent history (edit: in fact completely history dependent, as soon as i think a 3bet is worthwhile i'd do it, if ive 3bet him twice in last orbit id call), but still i generally think calling pf sucks vs 13% pfr in utg+1. maybe 3betting trash here and calling JQs is better than folding trash and 3betting JQs, but i just simply dont like calling a pf raiser when your on the button, kills your upper range (QQ+). meaning your reppable range is a lot smaller and his is a lot wider given he has made a standard pf raise, and this is never good.

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I dont really fancy a 3b here, since he often will call a 3b and then has me crushed! me not like, QJs is kinda like 65s, I'd rather see a flop and play him in pos, right? U still disagree here?


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as for turn, i insta shove, but again, as you rightly say it all comes down to ranges, but if your only getting called by better hands if you shove, and only being check-raised with hands that beat top 2, your not playing a mixed aggressive style enough imo. becuase if this is the case, then you are not utilising your tight image to your advantage.

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You advocate betting also KJ, AJ, QT? Or you think I should add JTs and TT also?

[john kane]

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I dont really fancy a 3b here, since he often will call a 3b and then has me crushed! me not like, QJs is kinda like 65s, I'd rather see a flop and play him in pos, right? U still disagree here?

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if you think he'll call then im less inclined to 3bet, but then if your only 3betting better hands your likely making your 3bet range too tight and players will fold (i would think if there were sensible)

im not a fan of calling someone elses raise pf tbh, as i mentioned kills your strongest range and keeps his range wide. trying to play someone in position is only good if you can [censored] with their head and have a wide range, which i dont think you can do regularly by calling their raise pf. im probs going way overboard here.

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You advocate betting also KJ, AJ, QT? Or you think I should add JTs and TT also?

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tbh i dont want to sound like im playing some wannabe amazing poker player style, but i genuinely will base it on recent history. i love getting into exchanges with anyone at the tables (except players who are very good) and so what ill bet with, be it in this hand JK, TT, will completely depend on what i expect him to do, how much i want to lag up my image or tag up my image based on whether my bluffs are working, whether i feel players are starting to makes plays back at me etc.

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if you think he'll call then im less inclined to 3bet, but then if your only 3betting better hands your likely making your 3bet range too tight and players will fold (i would think if there were sensible)

im not a fan of calling someone elses raise pf tbh, as i mentioned kills your strongest range and keeps his range wide. trying to play someone in position is only good if you can [censored] with their head and have a wide range, which i dont think you can do regularly by calling their raise pf. im probs going way overboard here.

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I think it's better to 3-bet him here w/ A3s-ish, and 76s-ish to mix it up. I've watched cts play some at CR and there he said a very clever thing, its better to 3bet the hands that play not so good post flop, like A3 and 76s(that doesnt hit a good flop that often) than a hand that plays better on the flop, for eg QJs. And I also call him with all SCs, all pairs and some KQs, QJs etc, so I think he's gotta have a hard time putting me on a hand. And yes, I can screw with him a lot on the flop when I whiff, bcuz of position.

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tbh i dont want to sound like im playing some wannabe amazing poker player style, but i genuinely will base it on recent history. i love getting into exchanges with anyone at the tables (except players who are very good) and so what ill bet with, be it in this hand JK, TT, will completely depend on what i expect him to do, how much i want to lag up my image or tag up my image based on whether my bluffs are working, whether i feel players are starting to makes plays back at me etc.

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Maybe I forgot to mention that we had no real history. So whats ur play without hist?

[LouisCyphre]

(I like your OP because I think we need more detailed analysis like this in this forum.)

How does villain perceive you? Could he "count" on you betting the turn?
Because villain can't like it if it goes check-check on the turn if he has decent hand. There are players who are more likely to check than to bet here if they have QT/JT/T9/TT/KJ/98/76. Unless he has a straight or a very weak hand he can't feel good about giving a free card.

[ocklind]

Ty LouisCyphre, I will try to post some more longer hand analysis in the future now, since it generates some good and very insightful discussions.

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I think that because he's perceived as tight, he can't be expecting me betting That many hands. As I said, I think he will assume I check some jacks behind, TT and even QT.

Why is that? Well because he gotta realise himself that it looks kinda suspicous when he checks the turn here. He either has a monster, or air (motivated in the OP). In neither situations should I bet light here, imo.

But now I've come to change my mind since so many has pointed out that my hand becomes to defined if I do not bet here, or could be so, I have to give up some information by not betting a lot of hands?

So my question is really, what hands do I add and why?

[john kane]

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I think it's better to 3-bet him here w/ A3s-ish, and 76s-ish to mix it up. I've watched cts play some at CR and there he said a very clever thing, its better to 3bet the hands that play not so good post flop, like A3 and 76s(that doesnt hit a good flop that often) than a hand that plays better on the flop, for eg QJs.

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yeah i agree with the 3betting trash is sometimes better than 3betting with hands that if called your could be dominated, like JQs vs his AQ/QK etc. but at same time my initial decision of whether to 3bet will depend more on whether ive 3bet in the last few hands or not. if i have, then i won't 3bet anything other than decent hands, if i haven't, and the raise is not a nit nor a very good tag then ill happily 3bet with whatever cards i have. also means in the first ten hands or so if i do this then, get called pf, cbet flop and the guy folds, when i then flip over 95off it helps my image (although more recently ive been preferring not to show these and only show 3barrels).

so to sum up that, for me although my hole cards will be a factor as to whether i fold/call/3bet, whether ive done so in the last 10 or so hands, and who the opponent is will be the main factors.

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Maybe I forgot to mention that we had no real history. So whats ur play without hist?

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will depend a bit if there is a fish i recognise on the table, as then i want to lag up my image as much as possible, look like the crazy guy. if no fish, then ill just base this on his stats, AF of 4.5 im shoving this no doubt, if he has AF of less than 2 then it becomes tougher decision imo.

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I think that you all seem to underestimate a player only becuase of his stats. 4.5 in turn AF means that he's very aggressive on the turn, not a complete maniac, bluffing in really bad spots, right? Or does it mean exactly that?