€2-2 NL – Defending with 98s against a tight player's 3-bet

[CG]

Hi,

I’m wondering if I took the correct line in the following hand. This is a low stakes 2/2€ game, full ring.

I’ve been at the game for a couple of hours now. My image is tight, but I messed that up 45 minutes earlier after bluffing off my stack against a loose player who just happened to have the goods. I rebought for 100 BB and worked it back up to 175BB.

The villain in the hand is an OMC. He plays very few hands, never raises, only limps and calls raises once he limped. One hand he limped in early position when I was in the big blind, a couple of players limped behind and I checked my option (T6o). Board was checked until the river and was 77647. I lead the river and he was the only caller. I showed my hand and he tabled pocket tens for a better full house.

Some time later the following hand takes place:

Hero (€350), position: UTG+2, hand: 8h9h

Villain (€400), position, MP+1, hand: unknown

I describe the action here, but you can also see it on ShareMyPair:

http://mysmp.me/h_lv7

Preflop

* UTG fold, UTG+1 calls. Hero (UTG+2) raises to 12€.

* MP folds, Villain (MP+1) raises to 36€.

I’ve played with the villain before this session too and I’ve never seen him 3-bet. I put his range at QQ+, AK. He plays so tight he would only call with TT or JJ, similar to the hand which took place earlier.

* Folds around to me. Pot is 54€. I’m getting about 2-1 and have a nice hand to defend. I call 24€, knowing that if I hit, I can stack him.

Flop

Pot: 78€

Flop: Kh 9d Jh

I flop bottom pair and a 9-high flush draw.

I check and the villain bets 54€. Pot is now 132€. I’m getting almost 1/2.5. I make the call.

Turn

Pot: 186€

Turn: 8c

I improve to bottom two pair. I check and the villain bets 104€. On both streets he bet pretty quickly, no long pauses. Pot is 290$ and I get about 3-1.

I make the call. He seems irritated with that.

River

Pot: 394€

River: Ah

I make my flush and shove for 156€. Villain insta-calls. I show the flush. He mucks after a couple of second, he never showed his hand.

I’m interested in your thoughts on this hand.

Regards,

CG

• This topic was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by CG.
• This topic was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by CG.

[Robert L]

Hi CG,

Preflop: I probably like folding a bit more than calling here, but calling is probably alright. With Villains range being so strong and us being OOP, it’s going to be a bit tougher to realize our equity when we do hit. Also, 98s is probably at the bottom of our EP opening range so folding these hands to a 3-bet is should be fine.

Flop: Based on your range, Villain probably only has AA, KK and AK. I’m fine with the call because you’re getting good odds to call, and raising won’t accomplish anything.

Turn: Having bottom 2 definitely adds value to your hand because you’re now beating AK and AA, of which there’s 21 combos vs 3 combos of KK (assuming he would bet again with AK). Did you consider shoving here for value? If you think Villain will call with all his hands here then you’re only losing to KK which is about 12% of the hands he can have here and you still have about 20% equity if he does. In that case it might also keep you from getting into a tough spot on any non-heart, non-board pairing river. I think calling is also fine.

River: You should be winning 100% of the time here and I think the shove is necessary because V might check back with AK. At the same time V is probably calling everything to a small shove.

Definitely let me know if you disagree with anything here.

Thanks!
Rob

[David Wibel]

Once you call the 3-bet the hand mostly plays itself. I would prefer a fold preflop and maybe even no bet pre, 9Ts is fine but it’s debatable in UTG+1, somewhere like MP1 or 2 it seems fine but is still fairly week and you don’t have removal of any of the big pairs and it seems like a bad hand to call a 3 bet with since it will be hard to realize equity.

Especially when playing against an OMC you need to smash the flop to win. 1 pair is unlikely to ever win and even if you get a straight or flush it can quite easily be counterfeit. 2 pair and trips are the safest wins. I’m guessing villain either had KK or AA or AK. Either his hand improved on the river or he had a set. I doubt he had a flopped straight but you were behind the entire way.

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