Slight overpair

I decide to try a n aggressive new line with these smaller overpairs.


Villain is running 20/14, cbet 73% over 97 hands...

What is your range for him? How's the line? Is the flop raise too big?



PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (Button) ($25)
SB ($11.50)
BB ($6.85)
UTG ($29.90)
UTG+1 ($25)
MP1 ($35.50)
MP2 ($4.65)
MP3 ($33.10)
CO ($5.35)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 9, 9
2 folds, MP1 bets $1, 3 folds, Hero calls $1, 2 folds

Flop: ($2.35) 2, 4, 7 (2 players)
MP1 bets $0.75, Hero raises to $3.40, MP1 calls $2.65

Turn: ($9.15) 8 (2 players)
MP1 checks, Hero bets $5, MP1 raises to $31.10 (All-In), Hero folds

Total pot: $19.15 | Rake: $0.90

call flop on this dry board imo. I know it's a small bet but that doesn't mean you have to turn your hand mostly into a bluff...

just call down 2 streets most of the time; no need to turn your hand into a bluff.

Call flop for pot controllll

gotcha... are we calling a second barrel if a (J-Q-K) lands on turn?

depends on what you think of him. If you call the flop, the pot is still pretty small on the turn, you don't have to worry about too big of a bet anyway.

tangential to topic - i would start checking the positional VPIP in spots like this. In FR there are many people playing a very positionalyl aware game but a lot of guys have a much tighter or looser EP stats than you might expect.

I see some 20 VPIP guys who are SUPER tight from EP, and some with similar VPIP's to their overall vpip


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on the hand, your flop raise lets him play perfectly, you fold out everything you beat and vtown yourself when behind. When making a raise on the flop like that, concentrate on why you are making it and what it accomplishes vs. his range

mixchange to you find their specific EP stats? I tend to rely a lot on attempt to steal to figure out how positionally aware opponents are.

Yeah i call once, maybe twice vs the correct opponents

badgers you prolly use PT3 right? If you have HEM just mouseover their stats or double click i can't remember which. Extremely useful in finding out some 20/12 is like 18% vpip from EP and button. lol.

nah I use hem thanks for the tip. Although I think attempt to steal is probs better for the normal time allowed when 16+ tabling, stats by position will def be useful in big pots and for note-taking while playing, although I guess it probs needs a pretty huge sample to become accurate.

Ya, tough to bring up lots of stats while mass MTTing

Maybe a good idea to at least check up on some of the reg's you play or ppl during a session you are putting a lot of hands in with.