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3/6 NL 6 max

villain raises UTG to 18, CO and button call, hero makes it 90 straight with KK in the SB, UTG calls, CO and button fold.

flop JQQ rainbow.
hero...?

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Find a way to get all the monies in. Bet and call all-in is probably standard.

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stacks are very important

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stacks are very important

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Also, just watched the 2006 FT againt teh other day. You're a huuge baller.

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approx 100 bb stacks

isura,

isn't this a terrible board to bet and call all in on? we're behind AA/QQ/JJ/AQ and only ahead of a crazy person who shoves AJ/AK/KT/T9s

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TT,99,88, 77, etc too. You have a good pair in a big pot, get money in.

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Maybe NL600 is considerably more aggressive than I realize, but I'm guessing TT-77 are just folding this flop to a bet. It isn't really a squeeze situation in which UTG expects Hero to be light, is it?

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i instacheck flop and pilot to showdown, as cheaply as possible but never folding

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oh god bet/call all in is probably the worst line

i def check flop

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bet / call is definitely the worst line ever.

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TT,99,88, 77, etc too. You have a good pair in a big pot, get money in.

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Huh? How is he calling with those hands pf?

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check/call then reavalueate turn

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check/call then reavalueate turn

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hero checks, villain checks

turn 8h putting two hearts up

move?

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since u checked flop i would check turn again and let him take you of AK.

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TT,99,88, 77, etc too. You have a good pair in a big pot, get money in.

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Huh? How is he calling with those hands pf?

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is this a joke?

after checking flop definitely check turn as well.

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if i check flop my default is to check turn, unless i expect a turn bet to now induce a bluff shove or something

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First I thought bet/fold flop - I think it's rare villain raises a worse hand, AJ, for example, is probably not in his range.

But, depending on the opponents agressiveness, check-calling all streets might be a better route.

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hero checks, villain checks

turn 8h putting two hearts up

move?

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Check again. Let him take a stab if he wants.

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hero checks, villain checks

turn 8h putting two hearts up

move?

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Check again. Let him take a stab if he wants.

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Do we bet river if its checked again? I feel that it gives mid pairs and Jx a cheap way to stay in the hand. We would bet this flop with air, or maybe sometimes take a stab on the turn. But how often does it go check/check and he pays us on the river? It seems we are hardly ever bluffing in that spot. He also pretty much never bluffs when the first 2 streets are checked down.

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Isura,

The difference in this hand is that we DONT have air.

Sometimes you have a hand that is just impossible to extract money from. Stop looking for value in bets made but rather understand that the value lies in picking off a frisky AK or random TT type hand.

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checkkkkk

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hero deliberates, then checks again. villain now checks.

river is a Th
hero curses riverstars, then...

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c/f more like jokerstars.