Scenario #1:

Sitting at an extremely loose 3/6 full table, dealt AdKs in the co. Facing a raise from a habitual idiot, I reraise, am called by the button, called by big blind, and the table (inculding the idiot) folds around.

Big blind is a weak player who will raise with just about anything, and has seen almost every showdown to every pot she's been involved in. The Button is beginner/intermediate.

3 handed flop is

KdKcJd

Blind raises, I reraise, button calls, blind calls.

Turn
7d

Blind raises, I reraise, button reraises, blind calls, I call.

River
9c

Blind raises, I call, button calls.


Scenario #2:

Different table. A loose passive, calling station table. every last one of them.

Dealt AsAh on the button.

three people limp, I raise, sb calls, bb reraises, table folds around to me, I reraise, sb calls, bb raises, I cap

Flop is Kc8c2c

sb checks, bb raises, I re-raise, sb calls, bb reraises, I reraise, sb calls, bb calls.

Turn 6h

two checks, i raise, both call.

River 3d

they check, I raise, both call.



thoughts?

delete. results.

aseem

hand 1 - i cap/four-bet that turn. you have soooo much equity. river play is excellent.

hand 2 - your casino has a cap of a bet and FIVE raises?? that's insane. anyway, you got far too aggressive on the flop. wait for a non-club turn to get aggressive. your equity changes drastically on the turn.

aseem

sorry, I put that in wrong, should have been bet and four raises.

also, would you mind breaking down mathematically why the flop bet was -EV... I'm struggling to put EV theory into practice. It would be appreciated.

the flop aggression isn't necessarily -EV, it's just that waiting for the turn is more +EV than raising the flop nonstop.

if a club comes on the turn, you are drawing dead to a flush usually. of course, you can take a stab at the pot and fold to a raise or to two cold, but that's not the point.

the point is, your equity drastically changes on the turn, so you can passively play bad turn cards and aggressively play good ones.

check out SSHE, it has a section on that.

aseem

just bought it, pretty good read.