7 replies to this topic

[Wingmaster05]

UTG is apears decent, only been at his table for an orbit or two.

i thought the preflop bet was steep, as well as the flop bet...
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (9 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

MP2 (t2830)
MP3 (t2525)
CO (t2900)
Button (t310)
SB (t1590)
Hero (t5410)
UTG (t4360)
UTG+1 (t6540)
MP1 (t2835)

Preflop: Hero is BB with [Jh], [Js].
UTG raises to t400, 5 folds, Button calls t310 (All-In), 1 fold, Hero calls t300.

Flop: (t1160) [2h], [5h], [3s] (3 players, 1 all-in)
Hero checks, UTG bets t1000, Hero calls t1000.

Turn: (t3160) [9c] (3 players, 1 all-in)
Hero bets t1500, UTG raises to t2960, Hero calls t1460.

River: (t9080) [9d] (3 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t9080

[blakheart]

I like the call preflop, I might have wanted to take a little control of this hand at some point. The flat call on the flop is curious to me. Was it to bet the turn if it was safe?

I would have probably led out at the flop myself. that being said, my guess is that you got all of his chips and he was running a bluff with AK?

[copernicus]

Raise to around 1000 preflop. You are OOP against an UTG raiser and this is the cheapest street to try and get a read. If he reraises, get out, if he calls lead the flop with 1500 , killing two overcard draws. If he still calls try and check it down, if hes still aggro get out. I dont necessarily put him on AK only, and would add QQ+ to the range, and weight them more heavily with this line of play.

With your line its closer to a coin flip between AK and an overpair, because youve been weak all the way and AK may think he's actually good.

[zimmer4141]

I'm raising to around 1200 preflop. If he pushes, then fold. If he calls, then push that flop. You have a great hand to try to isolate, a strong, but not dominating hand. You are really not sure where you are in the hand because of your passive play IMO.

[amarillotg]

Raise to around 1000 preflop. You are OOP against an UTG raiser and this is the cheapest street to try and get a read. If he reraises, get out, if he calls lead the flop with 1500 , killing two overcard draws. If he still calls try and check it down, if hes still aggro get out. I dont necessarily put him on AK only, and would add QQ+ to the range, and weight them more heavily with this line of play.

With your line its closer to a coin flip between AK and an overpair, because youve been weak all the way and AK may think he's actually good.

this is very good advice as always.

[Rocketwadster]

I don't like the pre-flop call. I think you should raise there, to hopefully get it heads-up against the all-in. You will be out of position throughout if you don't.

Look at decisions, not results.

[MikeJohnson724]

The problem with the hand is you have no information about your opponent. Preflop, you probably should push if you think your hand is good. The call is not a bad choice there BUT, since you're calling, what hand do you put him on? If you think he has a bigger pair, you should have folded preflop.

I think the bad play was on the flop. Just calling. I think you need to move all in on that flop, or fold. I would have probably led out here instead of checking.

[Wingmaster05]

I agree with the comments, a prelfop raise would make this hand a little easier.

I didnt bet out on the flop (whoever asked that) because i figured just about everything played back at me. AJ, AQ, AK, all pairs will raise that flop.

At the time i liked the smooth preflop call, mainly because i was thinking i would need a large reraise preflop to define my hand.

Now it seems a little more clear that im going to be clueless on ALL flops that i see and in some difficiult situations.