NL 20: Feeling lost OOP

[Warren Harding]

I don't think you're even paying attention. You're lines and what-ifs require someone to be comfortable playing OOP w/ a marginal hand. For a reader playing scared or uncertain, your lines are ineffective. I think my starting point is better for someone until they feel comfortable balancing all the information necessary to make better plays.

[Renton]

lead fold or check call the flop.

[crunny]

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Why is completing terrible?

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1. RIO
2. OOP

I think RIO and being OOP can really be costly.

[crunny]

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but throwing in a c/r on this flop is fine.


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WTF! please explain.

[Poker monkey]

Completing the SB with this hand is totally standard. Raising and folding are both awful, raising slightly less so.

I bet out on the flop since you have top pair good kicker, and you likely have the best hand. Cutoff and button would have raised with KJ+; you're only likely behind JT or 44, and it's unlikely either of them has those. I bet again on the turn if called and the board texture doesn't change significantly.