ft 10 daily double baby pocket pair

[hamnegger]

last night i had a 4th in daily cbl. i am going to throw out some of the interesting hands starting from the 40-80 level. this one i will present like harringtons volume 3
I know we aren't supposed to give the results but its just a discussion



Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $40/$80
9 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $2040
UTG+1: $1775
hamnegger: $2460
MP2: $6885
MP3: $3010
CO: $2856
Button: $2830
SB: $1935
BB: $3080

Pre-flop: (9 players) hamnegger is MP1 with 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
2 folds, hamnegger calls $80 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was $120)</font>, 5 folds, 5 folds, BB checks.

Flop: 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($200, 2 players)
BB checks, <font color="#cc0000">hamnegger :

A) checks
B) bet around 1/2 pot
C)bet around full pot

I actually bet 120 and bb called Pot 440
Turn: 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($440, 2 players)
BB checks, hamnegger

A) checks
B) bet 1/2 pot
C)bet 3/4 pot

I check he checks

River: A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($440, 2 players)
BB checks, <font color="#cc0000">hamnegger

A) check
B) bet about 1/2 pot
C) bet close to pot


I actually bet 380 and bb called. BB wins 1200 with a pair of 4's.

OK give me your take on the streets especially the river which i thought was a good play that backfired

[chrismystero]

i dont like your line at all here. stabbing when being checked to, checking the turn, and then firing again on the river is very often a bluff and villain probably knows that. flop is fine imo, turn is fine, (unless u feel like 2-barrelling, which may work depending on your reads on villain), but without reads, i check river (or fold if he were to bet) and cut your loss of 2.5 BB's.

[hamnegger]

i thought the ace on the river represented a good bluff opportunity. it fits the story. im heads up against bb he shows weakness by checking but calls my bluff flop bet saying " i have something" now i check turn bc i have only ace high and now im betting the river for value with my ace high hand. i only try bluffs if they fit a story i think at low levels its tough on the river. he couldn't even beat a middle pocket pair.

[potamophobia]

No need to bet this river imo. If he was on a draw, you win anyways. If he has a low pair, he MIGHT fold, but your line looks sooooooooo much like a bluff.

If I was villain, I guess I would be worried about A5s or something like that, but NOTHING else. I would have called you with a pair of 4s as well.

[Uitje]

I'm never holding Ax here preflop

[jgunnip]

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I'm never holding Ax here preflop

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you sir have big leaks

[Mr.Plough]

probably fold pf.

bet turn instead of river

[The_Bao]

i don't like calling pf. but as played, i don't mind the pf stab. after being called, however, i shut down. he's calling you on the flop w/ SOMETHING, either a pair (which beats your deuces) or a FD. the flush doesn't hit on the river, and i think the only hands that call you on the river are the ones that beat you - a busted FD USUALLY won't call and a pair often will, as is this case here. plus, it's still early on and i like to play tight and conserve my chips and not do anything risky (like here, you ended up losing almost 1/4th of your stack).

[Uitje]

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I'm never holding Ax here preflop

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you sir have big leaks

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Would you mind to expand? Not because I feel like you are wrong, but I 'never' openlimp, unless I find the table extremely passive (limping SC, small pp). You may PM if this is too offtopic. You may also not respond at all, just let me know.

[wulfpacker21]

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you sir have big leaks

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