Absolute Poker
Limit Holdem Ring game
Limit: $2/$4
6 players
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Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is CO with J Q
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, Hero raises, Button 3-bets, 2 folds, UTG+1 calls, Hero calls.

Flop: K J T (10.5SB, 3 players)
UTG+1 bets, Hero raises, Button 3-bets, UTG+1 folds, Hero calls.

Turn: 8 (8.75BB, 2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets, Hero calls.

River: 7 (10.75BB, 2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets, Hero calls.

Results:
Final pot: 12.75BB

No reads.

This is a standard in your posts, and probably a significant leak.

Also, this hand is fine, although a fold is probably better, it's too close to matter "that" much, imo.

its fine

i play it the same

I don't like this hand.

Why are we raising the flop?
For value?
For protection?
I don't get it.

Against a donk-bet and the PFR, our 3rd pair is very likely behind.
Our draw is wonderful to have.
But we often gain just as much value from an overcall as from a raise.

Raising to knock out Button doesn't make much sense to me either.
What hands do we want/expect PFR to fold here?
If he had a smaller poket pair, we have no fear from him tagging along.
If he had anything else worthy of the preflop 3bet, he is ahead and not going anywhere.

I call the flop.
And I'd like to know why you didn't.


I fold the river every time.



--CM

Good points CM. At the time, I felt that raising the flop would be better to get some of his Ax hands to fold, thereby cleaning up my Q outs. However, this represents a very small % of his range, and he almost always hits that board hard after 3betting pf. So in retrospect, I think calling the flop is better than raising.