[Mich]

Although I agree with a bigger preflop raise, I think you achieved what you wanted to achieve and that is go heads up on the flop. So I think you need to steer away from the result of the hand.

Honestly though I think this is a semi cooler. Its really difficult to get away from this hand when you only have $135 behind, and he could be re-raising you with any 2 pair, or potentially strong top pair… Folding here is way too nitty here and I think you really just have to get this in with your stack.

You also had 4 outs to a better straight worst case scenario. I wouldve got myself in the same situation.

Of course if you have a bigger stack you would’ve been able to get away from this i would think.

[Mich]

With 6 players left and 11.5 bb I am shoving all day with AQ.
Perhaps you could maybe justify a min raise but with such a short stack it doesn’t make sense.

You’re essentially committed after the flop because you raised so much pre (half your stack), but when you call his all-in against such a tight player you’re drawing to 6 outs so despite being committed i think it was a bad call; but a worse preflop raise.

[Mich]

Thanks tommy. Yeah it is a terrible limp by MP I agree.
I wish I played more pots with him but unfortunately didnt get as much info.

[Mich]

Snap call

[Mich]

Dan, I agree with what everyone else has said here. It’s really hard to put this guy on a boat because:
a) he didn’t 3 bet on a multi way pot with a hand like 10s or Jacks
b) he didn’t check raise your bet on the flop despite being a very wet board (if he had flopped a set)

The only other hands would be T9 or J9 but seems odd he would only call there with 2 pair on such a wet flop. 6’s are highly unlikely since he called your bet on such a wet flop.

The lead out on the river by him is also weird. If he really did river the boat, would he really lead out here?

Seems like a missed nut flush draw or missed straight draw??

I think the main issue here is you seemed to have folded this hand without using the same train of thought because you didn’t want to lose your winnings from a prior big pot you won, and you were content with your winnings for the session. I still remember one of my first live cash sessions many many years ago, I had a profitable session and I was very content and I stupidly announced to the table that this would be my last hand, then I woke up with Queens….

I can’t exactly remember how the preflop action went but all I remember is one of the better aggressive players put me all in preflop (might’ve been a 3 bet). I became so narrow minded and I was convinced he had Aces or Kings and after some time I ended up folding. Obviously I was still new then, but I later realized that I was being massively exploited by that player because he knew I was a new player and that I was extremely happy with my session and he could put pressure on me to fold a better hand purely for that fact. This was completely true. I didn’t want to go home empty handed after I had my best live session so I ended up making an extremely nitty fold.

I’m not saying this player was exploiting you that way, but I think you need to play your game regardless, and not be so results oriented in these situations. If you had only $200 behind would you have made that call?

Anyway good luck on the felt next time 🙂

• This reply was modified 7 years, 3 months ago by Mich.

[Mich]

Thanks Dan Appreciate it! 🙂

[Mich]

Thanks for the response Mike and I will take that on board. Appreciate it.

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