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1) Just a cooler. I think you can bet a little less on the flop and more on the turn here though.
2) You should just fold this hand preflop, it’s too weak. Even Q8 suited should be folding to an open.
3) Same as the last hand, fold preflop
4) You should raise bigger (at least $15). On the flop I don’t mind calling or raising. On the turn you should be betting much bigger since you have a significant range advantage. The pot is around $45 so I’d like a bet around $30-50I agree with Ethan that a reshove is probably best here. UTG is probably shoving a lot of mid-low pocket pairs and some mediocre broadway hands. Once you just call the raise, the HJ can shove relatively wide as well knowing they will almost certainly get folds from everyone else (unless you’re trapping with Aces). As played I would still call.
Hey CG,
I think you can 3-bet this hand if you want sometimes if you think the MP player is opening too wide and folds to 3-bets. On the flop I don’t mind a check back or a bet. The turn it seems like a mandatory shove. He’s not folding to an additional 54. He will have weaker flushes, sets, overpairs and semi-bluffs so you need to call. If you’re folding this hand here then are you only calling with Ace and King high flushes? That would only be a few hands and Villain can just bet here with any 2 cards and win.
Hi, I think you should be open raising this hand or folding. You should also be folding the flop multi-way to a bet and raise here. If it were HU you could definitely continue, but with more people in the pot this should be a fold.
Hi Illiase,
You should just be folding this hand preflop. After that I think you should either raise the initial $45 or be folding after that. You probably don’t have any fold equity and are behind, so I’d assume you’re losing money with this play. Still, it’s an odd hand because you shouldn’t be in this spot with K7
Thanks!
Hey fireston,
Even if you think someone else has Aces you 2 would still be favorites over the rest of the table, but you would be likely chopping with them so worst case (AAvAAvKKvJJ) it would be a -EV call actually. If you assume 1 villain has QQ+, and another two only have KK+ (which I think is definitely reasonable) then you’re making 200-300BB, and even if you always chop the pot you’re still making around 50-60BB.
Crazy hand though
Hey Hoon,
Welcome to the forum! I personally have a cap of around 3-6 buy ins (depending on stakes) that I’m willing to lose before I walk away, but otherwise I normally play until I’m tired or as long as I was originally going to play rather than when I’m up x%.
You should never be folding AA preflop except in certain satellite tournament scenarios. It might seem like you’re losing with those big hands more often than not, but over the long term they should be big winners (as long as you’re not folding them pre-flop lol).
Good luck!
Hi Ethan, You should probably be raising with all of your suited Aces from the Cutoff. the flop check is fine since your hand should have less equity than your opponent’S limp-calling range on this flop. I actually wouldn’t mind a turn raise as well. You might get called by worse with a turn bet (mostly straight draws) and I think you can deny equity by betting and folding out the unpaired Broadways.
For #10, if you think he’s only 3 -betting AK,QQ+ then you should flat bc you only have about 40% equity. If you see him throwing in some other pairs, Ax suited or suited connectors then 4-betting is completely fine.
Thanks for your comments! It seems you just need to spend some extra time thinking about the hands outside the table (like we all do) to get more comfortable with some of these spots.
Hey Hans,
1)If you had 3 callers that means there was at least 1 limp. You should open to a bigger size (at least $10). Where were the callers seated? This will affect what hands they’re probably calling with preflop. If you had a backdoor flushdraw on the flop I wouldn’t mind a C-bet, but otherwise I think the turn bet is fine and fold is fine too.
2)How many players are there? I think if there’s 8-10 you should just fold this preflop from UTG. I like the smaller flop bet, and think you should probably continue as a bluff most of the time here on the turn. You can check back your Ace high flushdraws if you’d like because they have more showdown value and keep your checking range strong.
3) You should probably fold this UTG if you’re playing with more than 6 players.
4) Not much detail to discuss
5)Fine open
6)Totally normal7) Where are the callers? Also why do you want to check-raise with a middling hand here? You want to save your check raises for your very strong hands (pocket 7s or Js) along with some bluffs (open-ender, 2 overs w/backdoor flush-draw, etc). Folding is fine after the shove and a call.
8)Seems fine to me
9)What position are you in and where was the raise from? This hand could be 3-bet sometimes. I think checking the turn is best since the Ace will help the preflop raiser a lot more than you. The call is fine after your bet.
10) This hand seems fine to me. 4-bet size is also fairly normal. If the SB never 3-bets then I can see calling more often since it’s such a small raise.
11)With 4 callers I think I prefer a check on the flop. If it were HU then a small flop bet makes more sense.
12)With 4 callers from the button there would have been limpers. You should raise larger from the button in general, especially with limpers. Normally a donk-lead here seems to be an 8 but the call/rest of the hand seems fine to me.
13) If it’s a full table I can see folding this hand to an UTG straddle, but if you’re playing it you should definitely raise. Rest of the hand seems fine.
14) Should open larger with limpers. That’s an awkward raise size because it leaves you with about a 33% pot size bet on the turn. I’m personally not sure if you should raise with this hand or flat, but I would guess that calling might be better.
Definitely let me know if you disagree with anything here; happy to discuss.
Thanks!
Yeah I think you can continue to post like you did. If they’re different stakes, game types or themes between some then you should make multiple posts otherwise I think it’s fine.
Hi Ethan, was the caller someone who limped earlier or was it the BB? I think you should be folding the river here but otherwise seems fine.
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Hi, The 1st hand I like the 3-bet sizing and think betting halfpot on the turn is fine here. I’d probably bet even a bit smaller (~$90), but overall I think there’s not much else to do and you’re just getting a fold so often.
The 2nd hand I like flatting more since the UTG player should probably have a really strong opening range, but I don’t mind the squeeze. I think you should be leading the flop for around $120 or so.
Thanks!
In my opinion if you’ve been at the table for a bit already it shouldn’t be a big deal to leave after winning a big hand. If you just sat down and leave I believe it’s not great etiquette. Other players will definitely get bothered by this, and if it’s a poker room you play often it will certainly hurt your reputation.
