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sk8r_daniel gets some advice on a live heads-up match with a friend in our Heads-Up NLH forum.I taught my friend how to play NL holdem and Omaha over the past year and he has become quite a good short handed player. He doesn't quite understand pot odds, calling all in and the math side of things but he is a master at balancing his range and figuring out opponents betting patterns. It always turns out to be an interesting game. Recently this hand came up and he gave me alot of crap about my turn call here. What are your thoughts? My read is that his 3bet is complete garbage, this was due to game flow and a bit of a timing tell/bet sizing tell and it told me he really didn't have a premium hand. After the 3bet his cbet is pretty high. He knows I like to float but I haven't done it in many sessions because he had been double/triple barreling the crap out of me so i countered by calling down light with reasonable top pair type hands. This whole session (2hrs) he hasnt double barreled once and I didn't think he would without a hand, so I thought I would float the flop and take it down on the turn. Dealt to Hero (5000) on BTN Jh 8h Villain (5000) post BB 50 Hero raises to 200, Villain reraises to 600, Hero calls Flop (1200)is Th 7d 5c villain bets 650 Hero Calls Turn is 5h (2500) Villain bets 1500 and has 2250 behind. I feel like he has something but isnt terribly strong. Maybe a 5 or just a decent T. The question is, is this a bad call based on pot odds/implied odds. Figment: Would he have 3bet you preflop with a hand like A5? If not, is this the line you think he would take with a set? It's only profitable if you think he will pay you off if you hit your flush, the 9 will look like a safe card and will likely get a call from a decent 10. Based on your reads I'd put him on A10 which would likely fold to a heart, making the call unprofitable. Based on my own thoughts, I'd fold the turn here because you still have 3750 behind which is plenty of room. If you make the call and miss you'll be down to 2250 at most, or you hit a J and pay off a small bet and are in worse shape. Not to mention you're not quite getting the odds to call here if he doesn't pay you off when you hit most of your outs, and some of your flush outs may be game enders if he's holding a 5. sk8r_daniel: yeah, he can definitely have A5 or 56 or maybe 45s. Due to his tell i thought it was highly unlikely that he had a made hand preflop. His 3 bet range is polarized from big pairs, AK to random connected hands, Ax and other crap that doesn't have much value in flat calling. He would 3bet TT for value, but just call 77 as far as i know. So really the only hand i'm really worried about is 57. And maybe T7. Although both are unlikely since he doesn't usually play anything past a connector. Range on the turn bet is {45,56,57, TJ, T9, T8s, A5, and the heavily discounted overpairs and TT} So snap call and get paid on the river? Figment: If he'll pay you off on the flush then you're getting the odds to call if you don't put him on a full house. IowaSkinsFan: His line seems totally congruent with a nut hand so I'm surprised you think he has something weak. I think a much better line here is to raise the flop and reevaluate if he calls. The thing is he has a lot of air in his flop cbet range so you should get a lot of folds. If you feel like he is going to barrel and rarely folds postflop when he 3bets pre I would have either 4bet pre or folded. sk8r_daniel: Well he doesnt have 77, TT, JJ+ and the only hand i am losing to is 57 which is unlikely because he doesnt play 2 gappers. I definitely see the merits in 4betting pre though. It would likely save me alot of grief. Click here to read more from this topic in our Poker Forum. Poker News | Cake Poker to Get Rid of Short Stackers 
Poker players have been complaining for a long time about short stackers at their tables. Short stackers are “players” that buy into the table for 20 big blinds (compared to the standard 100 big blinds). After buying in for such a small amount, they would implement a system that would make their style of play almost unexploitable. Systems vary but the idea is to play premium hands and shove or fold preflop. This takes away postflop play from a hand and is very irritating to players that buy in for the full amount. It takes away any skill or postflop advantage another player may have. FlopTurnRiver’s own dranger7070 states that, “Having short stacks on your table forces you to adjust to their style of play.” In short, short stacking isn’t “real poker.”
Short stacking has become a growing problem with more and more tables being completely overrun by them. Hands are shorter, pots are smaller, and full stacks become irritated. The quality of the games has been decreasing and poker rooms have been flooded with complaints to do something about this problem. Full Tilt Poker, one of the best poker rooms on the internet, responded first by raising their minimum buy-in at their No Limit tables from 20 big blinds to 35 big blinds. This move has definitely sent shockwaves through the poker industry. Full stack players now had a poker room to go to if their home poker room did not respond quickly. Since short stacks are having such a detrimental effect on customer satisfaction, online poker rooms can no longer evade the subject. Cake Poker is now the next to respond. Click here to read more of this news. Poker Article | Playing in Tough Limit Holdem Games 
By Carl "The Dean" Sampson
As a low stakes limit Hold'em player looking to progress towards higher stakes you are going to encounter some very aggressive games and some very strong players. There are clear indications now that value in middle limit is drying up or has already dried up. A few years ago you could guarantee a good earn rate and weak players at levels like $10-$20. Recently I sat and watched $3-$6 games that looked extremely tough. Closer inspection revealed that several of the players in the game were multi-tabling this level and the next level above at $5-$10. These are the $10-$20 and $20-$40 players of old who are turning to the lower levels and multi-tabling them in greater numbers. It is the same at any form of poker; better players become more aggressive and rightly so. Carefully timed aggression wins pots against lesser and more fearful players or players who are under bankrolled. As you move up, the dividing line between your opponent's actions and the hands that they hold becomes more and more unclear. At the lower levels you can always rely on your opponents actions tying in with their hand strength or their perceived hand strength. But better players not only bet and raise with their good hands at higher limits but they also bet and raise and bluff raise with air more often. This can lead many players who are moving up facing some very tough sessions where they appear to be getting bet at or raised at every corner. I know when I played $20-$40 for the first time it was clear to me very quickly that I was playing better players. There would be sessions where I would raise pre-flop and continuation bet the flop and then get raised on the turn continually when I was sitting there with fresh air and no pair. Many times your opponents will have hands and when they are having great sessions themselves then it can be very difficult for the player who is on the receiving end of it. This is why a player who is winning for the session can end up winning even more money. Players who are winning money are obviously taking money from players who are losing. But it is how players react to losing money that can increase the winning session of the good player. Click here to read more from this article. Or click here to submit your own thoughts on a poker topic and you may get published in our Poker Articles library! Poker Dictionary | Mexican Bankroll 
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