a few hands from HU match

[IowaSkinsFan]

I'd like to apologize in advance for lots of hands .

I played Observer 84 today across 3 tables on FT and was surprised to see he was very good. Relevant information is that he's 3betting about 20%, 4betting a small amount (and flatted AKs earlier, so im suspicious they may be pure bluffs), and also folding on early streets a lot. In 3bet pots OOP when he checks he normally c/fs. He also has shown capable of making big bluffs when my range certainly has nut hands in it. I'm having a lot of trouble against his flop raising range in pos in 3bet pots, which he seems to be doing very light.

Hand 1:

Full Tilt Poker Game #19549489996: Table Even (heads up) - $25/$50 - No Limit Hold'em - 13:08:18 ET - 2010/03/25
Seat 1: Observer84 ($21,059)
Seat 2: Mirttinur ($5,000)
Mirttinur posts the small blind of $25
Observer84 posts the big blind of $50
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Mirttinur [Qc Jd]
Mirttinur raises to $150
Observer84 raises to $550
Mirttinur calls $400
*** FLOP *** [6c 9d 8c]
Observer84 bets $600
Mirttinur has 15 seconds left to act
Mirttinur calls $600
*** TURN *** [6c 9d 8c] [2h]
Observer84 checks
Mirttinur checks
*** RIVER *** [6c 9d 8c 2h] [9c]
Observer84 checks
Mirttinur has 15 seconds left to act
Mirttinur bets $1,050

Hand 2:

Full Tilt Poker Game #19548955926: Table Even (heads up) - $25/$50 - No Limit Hold'em - 12:40:07 ET - 2010/03/25
Seat 1: Observer84 ($5,472.50)
Seat 2: Mirttinur ($9,923.50)
Mirttinur posts the small blind of $25
Observer84 posts the big blind of $50
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Mirttinur [8d Td]
Mirttinur raises to $150
Observer84 raises to $550
Mirttinur calls $400
*** FLOP *** [Ad Kd 6d]
Observer84 bets $600
Mirttinur calls $600
*** TURN *** [Ad Kd 6d] [Kh]
Observer84 checks
Mirttinur checks
*** RIVER *** [Ad Kd 6d Kh] [Qc]
Observer84 has 15 seconds left to act
Observer84 bets $840
Mirttinur has 15 seconds left to act
Mirttinur

Hand 3:

Full Tilt Poker Game #19549329042: Table Even (heads up) - $25/$50 - No Limit Hold'em - 13:00:06 ET - 2010/03/25
Seat 1: Observer84 ($14,262)
Seat 2: Mirttinur ($8,399)
Observer84 posts the small blind of $25
Mirttinur posts the big blind of $50
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Mirttinur [Jd 4d]
Observer84 raises to $150
Mirttinur raises to $550
Observer84 calls $400
*** FLOP *** [2s 4c 7c]
Mirttinur bets $500
Observer84 raises to $1,250
Mirttinur has 15 seconds left to act
Mirttinur calls $750
*** TURN *** [2s 4c 7c] [Qh]
Mirttinur checks
Observer84 checks
*** RIVER *** [2s 4c 7c Qh] [Td]
Mirttinur

Hand 4:

Full Tilt Poker Game #19549394906: Table Preach (heads up) - $25/$50 - No Limit Hold'em - 13:03:37 ET - 2010/03/25
Seat 1: Observer84 ($10,467.50)
Seat 2: Mirttinur ($8,197.50)
Mirttinur posts the small blind of $25
Observer84 posts the big blind of $50
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Mirttinur [7h Ah]
Mirttinur raises to $150
Observer84 calls $100
*** FLOP *** [Tc Kh 2s]
Observer84 checks
Mirttinur checks
*** TURN *** [Tc Kh 2s] [Qh]
Observer84 bets $250
Mirttinur raises to $800
Observer84 raises to $2,450
Mirttinur

[Da GOAT]

Pretty interesting hands ISF, first bash goes to me;

1 - i like the hand aslong as he can fold Ax.

2 - Id raise flop, he could get it in with Qd and Jd here since he can figure you for Ax at best (obv sets too) but bluff raise alot of weaker d's. Plus given the flop he wont be barrelling much if at all so slowplaying doesnt have much merit.

On river you shud prob raise even tho he doesnt seem to have anything that can call besides maybe Qx so raise small.

3 - Tough spot, id say we have the best hand at this point. he likely hasnt much and i figure if we bet small as an obv vb he can raise and make our life hell. Not quite sure tbh since my opinion doesnt make me wanna c/c here.

4 - Why are we raising turn, seems to me he can play back abit when we dont seem to rep much.

[Numbr2intheWorld]

Hand 1: obviously good

hand 2: I think his betsize looks less like a boat although given what your hand looks like it could be. Definitely don't shove. I still raise to 2500 or something, fold to a shove... Actually now im unsure .

hand 3: I don't see why you'd do anything but check/fold.

hand 4: having a c/r range here seems bad. You should be leading with all value hands so you should lead with bluffs too.

[pocketfours]

1. Yeah standard.

2. I would call.

3. b/f small could be fun. c/f seems standard.

4. I think you've got to just shove now since you played it like this.

[IowaSkinsFan]

hand 4: having a c/r range here seems bad. You should be leading with all value hands so you should lead with bluffs too.

You misread the hand, I'm in pos.

[nutsinho]

good, call, c/f, call turn u never have a str8

[nutsinho]

and yea observer is rly good, why did you think otherwise?

[IowaSkinsFan]

I never really saw him play on ftp so thought he was a bum hunter. But afterwards I realized who he was on stars.

Can you elaborate on why call is better than shove on hand 2?

[gabe]

id call you with A high in hand 1. that doesnt mean your bet is bad just make sure you are betting a8 there

[IowaSkinsFan]

Might as well post results.

1: He called with 87
2: I shoved and he called with AA
3: I bet the river something like 3200 but it was a total spew. To my surprise he shoved and i folded.
4: I called turn and folded river to shove. Tbh I never thought about shoving turn but it did seem like a thin call.

[pocketfours]

Call river shove in #3 imo.