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100r hand against Bax.
Villain in the hand is JohnnyBax. He and I have a bit of history playing together, I think he respects my play but at the same time is frustrated that I have come out on top in most of our little spats. I view him as obviously a good player but honestly I think he has a bit of tourney donk-itis (AKA more prone to call with stronger hands even when he believes he is beat).
On to the hand. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums) CO (t10697) Button (t5545) SB (t13470) BB (t3970) UTG (t1975) gobbo (t24116) MP1 (t21305) MP2 (t10300) Preflop: gobbo is UTG+1 with 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">gobbo raises to t600</font>, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, SB calls t500, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>. Obv. Flop: (t1275) 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font> <font color="#CC3333">SB bets t600</font>, gobbo calls t600. His stack size is pretty much perfect for a bet/3bet here and I don't really want to gamble with a small flush draw at this point in the tournament. Turn: (t2475) 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font> <font color="#CC3333">SB bets t1200</font>, gobbo calls t1200. This is definitely the key decision point in the hand. if I call here, my hand is still somewhat disguised but the pot is pretty small. If I raise a river bet after just calling here to put him allin, I'm pretty sure he can get away from it. But what I actually did gets paid off a lot more, and in this tournament with such a small field I really like chipping up with a larger probability of success. If I raise here however, he either stacks off to me or folds and I get barely anything out of it. River: (t4875) T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font> <font color="#CC3333">SB bets t2400</font>, <font color="#CC3333">gobbo raises to t4800</font>, SB calls t2400. Given the turn action, I felt this was the best way to confuse him and get him to payoff basically with any hand he has here that's not complete air. Final Pot: t14475 Thoughts? Questions? |
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Re: 100r hand against Bax.
I like how you played the hand... On the river theres a lot in the pot, I think he will call a bigger raise, so yeah I'd raise the river more... but its good to change the way you play hands like this every once in a while.
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Re: 100r hand against Bax.
Minraises on the end always reak of trying to get paid off, but given your read I like it.
If he 3 bets the river are you folding? |
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Re: 100r hand against Bax.
its funny
well known ppl who play a hand differently are just mixing it up, while a unknown player who does the same thing is called a donk biased advice can be deadly, quit it |
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Re: 100r hand against Bax.
i would raise the turn so u can push the river
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Re: 100r hand against Bax.
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its funny well known ppl who play a hand differently are just mixing it up, while a unknown player who does the same thing is called a donk biased advice can be deadly, quit it [/ QUOTE ] Perhaps that's because a lot of unknown players don't give their full reasoning for doing what they do? |
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Re: 100r hand against Bax.
I like it, i usually raise the turn but don't mind cold calling. I think you can raise more on the river and get paid off though.
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Re: 100r hand against Bax.
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I like it, i usually raise the turn but don't mind cold calling. I think you can raise more on the river and get paid off though. [/ QUOTE ] i agree, im not sure a minraise is ideal and i think you miss out on same value. |
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Re: 100r hand against Bax.
I would just raise the turn when I hit, if hes leading into you like this, he's got a good hand so raise on the turn and then when he checks the river make a pot sized bet. He's probably leading into with either top two or a set since you raised in ep, he has to put you on either a big ace and is betting into you hoping you will raise. A raise on the turn could also represent that you have the A [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] and he might even three bet you where you can easily push all in over the top.
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Re: 100r hand against Bax.
If Bax has played with you a decent amount and knows you are semi-reckless/loose or whatever, doesn't it make sense to raise the turn?
If you raised the turn against me in that pot I wouldn't assume you had a flush. There is really no reason to play the flush that way. The scare card came on the turn and bax is still betting into you. He likes his hand. Even if he does fold the turn, I think the percentage of the time in which you extract from him on the turn is much greater than if you do it on the river. Brad |
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