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Hi Dave,
I’m a $1/3 player too, and trying to learn just like you. I put your hand into PokerCruncher, to see what I came up with…
First, there are 3 combos of 22 since one is on board.
Second, I would think that the villain could have all AJ combos in his BTN calling range. Why not peel with a gutter to the broadway? If either of his cards contained a diamond, then he’s continuing 100% of the time. If he had AdJd then he’s continuing 1000% of the time, and maybe even raising on the flop. Also, I’m not sure I would completely discount the possibility of him having J9 in his range. J9o might be a little loose, but he was the big stack, and you didn’t have a great feel for him at the start of this hand. Once again, if he held Jd9x, Jx9d, or Jd9d, then he’s coming along.
There’s probably somewhere between 36-42 combos that have you beat. You’re right, you beat value hands like Q10 and AK. I’m not sure the villain would limp AK preflop. Assuming this was a strategy, I don’t think he would take the line that he did.
With that being said, you beat a lot of his bluffs, including: all missed flush draws, and all missed one pair hands with straight and/or flush draws that missed.
I’m plugging the villain’s range into this cruncher and it’s spitting out over 60% equity in your favor. A call is should be ok here, right? I’m very new to studying hands, let alone using PokerCruncher, so I may be doing this all wrong.
I installed Poker Analytics 4, Poker Income, and RunGood. I played a few sessions and entered the data into all 4 apps.
I deleted Poker Analytics 4 first. It was definitely sleek, but there were too many gadgets for my liking, plus it’s pricey at $29.99 per year.
I liked Poker Income, but I would get hung up occasionally when entering specific player and hand data. I think it’s a nice feature to be able to track your opponents play, but it’s hard enough for me to take notes on my hands, let alone hands that I’m not involved in. I think most professional’s use this app. Inexpensive at $9.99.
Like Patrick, I use RunGood. I just found it to be the easiest to use. Simple and clean. It’s $17.99.
Be sure to try all of the free versions first. I believe most allow you to enter up to 10 sessions before you have to buy the full version.
I find it interesting that he said that you weren’t representing much. I mean, you could have flatted preflop with 99, 88, or 44 which would have given you a set on the flop. You could have also flatted with A9s, giving you top pair on the flop. It’s doubtful that you would have bet all three streets with just a pair of 9’s though. What about flatting preflop and calling on the flop with a 76s? Seems like you could have played that hand the same way. Without knowing the suits, its a bit more difficult to analyze. I don’t think it was a bad bluff. Maybe this guy had a tell on you as I’m not sure how he can call there with just a pair of 4’s?
Although there’s three to a flush on board, you hold the most important card in the deck, the Ah, so I like shoving on the turn. Since you would never check the turn with a flush, I guess you’re now representing a straight on the river. The villain doesn’t buy your straight since he has a couple of blockers.
Hi Andrew. I found you on 9to5poker not too long ago. I subbed you, but haven’t gotten around to your vlogs yet. I’m still trying to get up to date on Brad’s vlogs. Once I do, then I’ll check yours out. Thanks for being here. I look forward to learning from you.
As far as Hand #3 goes. Eliminate QJo from your range UTG +1. If you feel the need to play a hand like this, come in for a raise. Why did you lead for all of your chips on the flop? It worked, as the villain called off with only 4% equity. The runout was disgusting to say the least.
Another tough one in Hand #2. The villain had $120 to start, so after he comes in for a raise on the BTN, I kind of like jamming out of the BB with AQo. The limper is most likely weak, and the villain could be trying to steal on the BTN. At least you got him to put his money in bad.