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  1. #1

    Default Am I playing made hands too strong?

    Is my bet sizing ok here? Obv we want to give the incorrect to opps on drawy hands and entice them to call or go over the top. Should my bet size be from 1/2 to 2/3 pot? How does one decide which side of the betting size spectrum to pick?

    PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $6.00+$0.50 Tournament, 10/20 Blinds (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

    Hero (MP3) (t1500)
    CO (t1480)
    Button (t1470)
    SB (t1480)
    BB (t1500)
    UTG (t1500)
    UTG+1 (t1480)
    MP1 (t1590)
    MP2 (t1500)

    Hero's M: 50.00

    Preflop: Hero is MP3 with J, J
    2 folds, MP1 raises to t60, 1 fold, Hero calls t60, 3 folds, BB calls t40

    Flop: (t190) J, 10, 7 (3 players)
    BB checks, MP1 bets t40, Hero raises to t200, 1 fold, MP1 calls t160

    Turn: (t590) 5 (2 players)
    MP1 checks, Hero bets t400, 1 fold

    Total pot: t590
  2. #2
    I think you played this fine. Maybe you could have made it 350 rather than 400 on the turn, but either way a turn bet of around this size will set you up to shove the river if you're called without being an overbet.
  3. #3
    Sometimes you have to accept the fact that you flopped a monster and villain doesn't have much. You might want to consider reraising to isolate with JJ and not let a random hand in here (raise to 60 is easily callable by 98 here, luckily that didn't happen). although I understand not wanting to go crazy with JJ this early.

    Villain's most likely holding here is an underpair with a gutshot (99, 88) or overcards with a gutshot (AK, AQ) or KQ. so there are a lot of ugly rivers and you don't want to those hands to see the river for cheap.
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    I would consider raising preflop, but calling is fine.
    Looks good to me. After the donkbet they're usually calling, so the flop bet is good imo. Turn is small enough. He probably just had A high there.
    Top sets just generally suck. I'd much rather flop an overapair. You're not getting payed off here a lot. This is as good as you can hope for.
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