Awkward Spot nl400

Preflop is often a 3-bet but against this stack I felt I was getting shoved on quite a bit by a flip or bigger pair and I’m really trying to cut down on variance as much as I can for a little while (a discussion in itself).

Also I don’t really know much about villain but based on his stack size, def not a reg…

No stats yet.

I’m curious about what ppl think about every street. I think flop CR is pretty standard but the turn is a really interesting spot. Villain took a LONG time to call the turn.

How about turning my hand into a bluff and shoving river?

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, January 25, 13:49:29 ET 2008
Table Table 133995 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: DAWNC7 ( $104.54 USD )
Seat 2: kalino ( $229.10 USD )
Seat 3: terror_ist ( $275.80 USD )
Seat 5: wakajawaka1 ( $402 USD )
Seat 6: VILLAIN ( $284.91 USD )
Seat 4: HERO ( $396 USD )
terror_ist posts small blind [$2 USD].
HERO posts big blind [$4 USD].
DAWNC7 is sitting out
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO :9h: :9s:
wakajawaka1 folds.
VILLAIN raises [$12 USD]
kalino folds.
terror_ist folds.
HERO calls [$8 USD]

** Dealing Flop ** ( 25$) :5c: :2d: :6d:

HERO checks.
VILLAIN bets [$12 USD]
HERO raises [$37 USD]
VILLAIN calls [$25 USD]

** Dealing Turn ** (78$) :td:

HERO bets [$55 USD]
VILLAIN calls [$55 USD]

** Dealing River ** (187$... villain has just under potsize left in stack) :6s:

HERO checks

not sure i like the turn, but i dont hate it either. i dont like bluffing river though doesnt seem like he will be giving up too often if he called turn even though he might have been thinking about folding it.

preflop is fine, bet a little biggre on turn 60-65 and shutdown on river/shove river is read dependant, my standard here is to expect them NOT to fold an overpair so i shutdown 80% of the itme

fwiw I think the size of my turn bet overreps my hand

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Originally Posted by Genitruc

fwiw I think the size of my turn bet overreps my hand

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also ur flop cr.

i mix it up between leading this flop and checkcalling and only cring if i have incredibly good control of him postflop

The time after you say good-bye to someone on the street but then realize you're both going in the same direction and so you both try to go faster/slower than the other guy.. that's an awkward spot too.

flop is a bluff, turn is a bluff, river as played i would bluff 100%

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Originally Posted by nutsinho

flop is a bluff, turn is a bluff, river as played i would bluff 100%

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i ve never been a big fan of "raising for protection" but how often is a big hand of his betting less than 1/2 pot on that flop on a very scary board vs a blind-defending hand?

I have no reason to let him get there with KJ or whatever for free, and judging by the size of his c-bet and his stack size, he's not a terribly strong player so I'd doubt I'm picking up a lot of cash by calling 2 or 3 barrels.

This seems like a pretty easy spot to c/r a marginal hand OOP. Not c/r just lets him get there with diamonds ( a little unlikely based on size of his bet) and overs.

leading flop seems a good line to me

The thing is he probably has some sort of draw, not random overcards, when he bets that amount on the flop, and I'd expect absolutely any draw to show a profit in position vs your 99 after this flop action.

hmmm i m surprised the flop play elicited more replies than the turn

glad I posted the hand

thx for replies ppl

villain called turn and checked down :ad: :qh: on the riv and i was amazed that I had luckboxed my way into max value

one thing about this hand is it seems to me my line looks more like a draw than villain's...

wow nh, i make bad read

btw its not like i hate the flop play because it definitely has its merits and i do it sometimes but whenever i think about hands like this i feel like its not the best choice vs a decent player.

nah don t think u made bad read

how the fk can he have the hand he had anyways...

I think I was folding to a turn raise

which would have sucked