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A K,T,8,or 5 make the open ender. I guess a Q could also be a scare card too but I think he might decide to just take a pair to showdown instead of turning it into a bluff. I’m going to get bluffed sometimes and I’d rather it be when the straight comes in and there are more hands that improved in his range.
Hi Scott! Tell us why you folded the turn. Why did you think your ace was no longer good? What kind of hands do you think your opponent has that will lead out instead of staying in flow? Do you think your straight would have been good if you hit it and do you think the kind of hands he is leading turn with will pay off with a board that scary? Examining a binary decision isn’t going to lead you to a better thought process. For instance, if you think he made 2 pair on that turn and will not slow down when there are 4 to a straight on board, that may be a bad fold. If you think he will shut right down with 2 pair if the board doesn’t brick out, then it may be a good fold.
I don’t like this “not calling 3-bets enough pre against people who 3-bet too wide” statement. In order to know that as fact you have to take them to show down personally and if you are wrong in a bloated pot its much more expensive. Remember that each player may play differently against you than others so if you see them lite in a 3 bet pot thats not against you don’t be too quick to label that behavior. Personally I think that playing tight is fine for a beginning live player. If you still really feel that your image is getting in the way then I suggest this strategy: Bluff at small pots until you get caught once and make sure everyone sees it. Like red handed embarrassment caught. You want to show them you’re not a nit for as cheap as possible so that they think you might be capable of it in larger pots. You just want to create that shadow of a doubt. Then just keep playing tight until they stop trying to look you up. Rinse and repeat. Honestly tho, I think your results from big hands also has to be tempered by remembering that in order to get action, your opponent must also have a hand (or a plan that involves inventing one). You may be confusing your results with your opponents just not having a hand that they can continue with. Happens all the time.
Hi Caleb! While I’m not so sure what made you check the turn here, it doesn’t really matter much who puts the money in. You hit a set on a draw heavy board and I think your opponent goes broke with a whole lot of lesser hands than a boat in that spot. Your opponent is so short, there should be very little to think about in that hand unless he exposed his cards. Now what I would want to do once I got to the flop would be to stop for a minute and think how can I get all the money in by the river. I would have lead every street so that my river bet put him all in. As played I certainly would have put him all in on the river too. I think that over all the hands your opponent could have in that spot and call (all the likely flushes and Kx hands) you will win the vast majority of those showdowns.
While its a little bite sized, I like The Final Table documentary that Jason Somerville did about preparing Russell Thomas for the november 9. Have a look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyl_KbHFmQY
My bad it will no longer let me edit my previous post but I did link to sharemypair in the post. The flop was Js9d6h. I’ll also put the link here: http://www.sharemypair.com/smpweb/smpviewdetails/feed_id/28993
