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  1. #1

    Default I suck at 200NL

    Hand 1: Villian is 46/17 and seems aggressive overall. I've been opening a lot from LP but haven't 2 barreled much if at all yet.

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    SB ($115.60)
    BB ($283.90)
    UTG ($259)
    Hero ($258)

    Preflop: Hero is Button with J, K.
    1 fold, Hero raises to $7, 1 fold, BB calls $5.

    Flop: ($15) K, T, 6 (2 players)
    BB checks, Hero bets $9.95, BB calls $9.95.

    Turn: ($34.90) J (2 players)
    BB checks, Hero bets $22.2, BB raises to $70,


    Hand 2: Villian is 18/15 over 90 hands and seems like a standard TAG. What's the best play on the turn here?

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    Button ($397.65)
    SB ($417.70)
    Hero ($202)
    UTG ($104.30)
    MP ($214)

    Preflop: Hero is BB with , .
    3 folds, SB raises to $7, Hero calls $4.

    Flop: ($13) , , (2 players)
    SB bets $8, Hero calls $8.

    Turn: ($29) (2 players)
    SB checks, Hero bets $19, SB raises to $48

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    Hand 3: Is it correct to stack off here vs a 65BB stack in a limped pot?

    BB ($203)
    UTG ($202.60)
    MP ($130.40)
    Button ($78.20)
    Hero ($200)

    Preflop: Hero is SB with , .
    1 fold, MP calls $2, Button calls $2, Hero completes, BB checks.

    Flop: ($8) , , (4 players)
    Hero bets $5, BB folds, MP calls $5, Button calls $5.

    Turn: ($23) (3 players)
    Hero bets $18, MP raises to $50, Button folds, Hero raises to $211 (All-In)

    Hand 4: I have this guy at 20/18 after 100 hands. I saw him smooth call a UTG raise on the button with JJ before but I'm not sure how his 3-betting range changes since he's OOP this hand. Muck this?

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    MP ($101.05)
    Button ($253.45)
    SB ($198)
    BB ($96.35)
    Hero ($417)

    Preflop: Hero is UTG with , .
    Hero raises to $7, 2 folds, SB raises to $26, 1 fold, Hero calls $18.

    Flop: ($53) , , (2 players)
    SB bets $35, Hero calls $35.

    Turn: ($123) (2 players)
    SB checks, Hero checks.

    River: ($123) (2 players)
    SB bets $80
    Hero?

    Hand 5: This guy seems pretty aggressive, i have him at 26/23 over 90 hands. Bleh I'm not sure I played this well. Let me hear if I should have played it differently.

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    SB ($127.45)
    BB ($215.70)
    UTG ($95)
    Hero ($202)
    CO ($296.70)
    Button ($474.60)

    Preflop: Hero is MP with , .
    1 fold, Hero raises to $7, 3 folds, BB raises to $26, Hero calls $17.

    Flop: ($51) , , (2 players)
    BB bets $42, Hero calls $42.

    Turn: ($135) (2 players)
    BB checks, Hero checks.

    River: ($135) (2 players)
    BB bets $149.7 (All-In), Hero folds.
  2. #2
    hand 1: 3bet/call.
    hand 2: interesting. i call and felt on the river.
    hand 3: looks fine.
    hand 4: ugh....snap call. i bet the turn btw.
    hand 5: what was your reason for calling the flop?
  3. #3
    1). Felt it. 6-6 and weaker two pair hands play this way, and there are many more combinations of K-10/J-10 than 6-6. If he has Q-9 you've gotta pay him off. He may be doing this with the nut flush draw too.

    2). I actually like just calling here on the flop. 9-9+ will probably fire at the pot again if a blank comes on the turn, and if he has air there are a lot of turn cards he could double barrel.

    I wonder what he check/raises the turn with here besides 2-2/3-3/6-x? If you shove you may lose some of the weaker 6-x hands so i like just calling the turn check/raise and getting it all in on the river.

    3). The only other made hand i can think of that you are beating that plays this way is 8-5. If he had one pair or a pair + draw by then i think he would call the turn bet, not make a healthy raise. I think you could make a case for folding. (sets would usually raise the flop, but this guy is most likely a donk given his stack size so i wouldn't rule them out).

    4). calling on the flop seems best, given you don't know anything about his 3betting range. He could check J-J/K-K/A-A on the turn, so i think checking behind on the turn is also fine. He would likely also check some other hands that you are beating (A-J/flush draw), but i think if you bet the turn you could risk losing A-J and end up being forced to call a c/r AI from a lot of better hands. And he would bet J-J/K-K/A-A like this on the river, so i think folding is a good play.

    5). i would probably play it the same, though i think folding the flop is okay too.
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    1 is a pretty easy shove imo

    2 call and get it in on river, consider raising the flop

    3 fold turn

    4 call since the turn went check check, im not entirely sure whether i'd have bet the turn. I guess with no 3betting history i'd have checked behind, and btw i'd have folded to a turn shove here

    5 i think i'd fold the flop without a threebetting history here. Thats just a really big bet. If you are certain this 4/5 the pot bet is standard for him, then definitely take the line you took. River is a fold.
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    1) I think this turn is a check. As played, you certainly have equity so call turn.

    2) I just call and lead river for maximum value (bluffs, weak overpairs)

    3) Yuck. The ranges that go AI are smaller than the ranges u beat... actually I think you either have to fold . Since it's limped villain easily has 74 or 34... but much more likely is a set, the whole limp to flop a set thing.

    4) Reads 0n villain here are REALLY key since he is 3betting out of the sb. Really the reads should guide your call here. He could be betting the river with AK thinking your draw bricked. Maybe he missed a c/r on turn... as played you have to call because your hand looks just as much like a missed draw as an actual hand. But you need to raise the flop.

    5) I would either fold the flop or re-raise all in. Since it's very draw heavy, the push here makes sense if you have a strong hand... but i favor folding because his bet size screams overpair to me, or sweet draw like AQs . as played river is a fold
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    I haven't read any replies yet so that i'm unbiased, but here are my quick thoughts :

    1) Very standard shove

    2) Try to maximize value from bluffs (caus there's no way we're folding)...call turn and c/call any river bet

    3) meh, this one sucks. Shove seems ok but folding is an option. Probably 65/35 shove/fold

    4) Calling doesn't seem to be a big mistake, but I like a fold here. You only beat AK (out of his range that 3-pops an UTG raise if he's a good player)

    5) I play it the same.

    I'm curious as to some of the results. Cool hands though and some gross spots.
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  7. #7
    Hand 1: I would just shove over his raise

    Hand 2: Flop call is good. Unlikely trip holdings is the only spot when I slowplay. Call turn raise and call/shove any river card

    Hand 3: I would just fold the turn. Unless I feel like gambling then I would shove because of his small stack

    Hand 4: I kinda like the turn check which gives us often extra value from AK/AQ type of hands which bluff on the river when the turn goes check/check. I would just flat call the river bet though as it could be a badly played overpair.

    Hand 5: I can see a fold on the flop but definetely fold the river
  8. #8
    Wow, lots of varied responses.

    Hand 1: I just shoved and he had JJ and I didn't improve
    Hand 2: I should have just called turn but I shoved and he had 4c5c
    Hand 3: He flopped a straight, I think I could have gotten away from it vs a full stack but not vs a guy w/ his stack size.
    Hand 4: I timed all the way down and really didn't know what to do. I ended up calling and he had Aces.
    Hand 5: I should have just dumped the flop.

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