4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Aug 2007
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Be better to know how many HH's we have on villains - for example, the KTo is NOT in the typical flatting range for most 8/4 nits, so I assume this was like 20 - 30 (or less) HH's.
Hand 1: Standard to call shove when crai on the flop with the pot this bloated. With a laggy opponent, this is snap-call/fist-pump territory. I like this hand a lot preflop, though I would cbet smaller (say $2.75ish) on the flop. The smaller flop bet has all the same advantages as the larger one but loses us less money when we're the ones w/ QQ and want to cbet here.
Hand 2: Played well until river - I think you can river value bet almost any river card here given how the suits and values of the first four board cards separate. It's not a problem to check behind on the river with AK on a scary board, if you're desperate not to reopen the betting. But the board would have to be much scarier, or our read on villain would have to be that he'd never check/call (slow play) 2 streets without the immortal nuts.
Hand 3: I would just call the flop. You can't really bet big enough to deny the calling odds to BOTH villains without completely committing yourself to a marginal hand. This is a time to call and reevaluate the turn. As played, I'm calling this river. Nits don't tend to flat with sc's - mostly it's pp's. So I see 77, 88 and TT as much more likely than flushes here, and a turn check doesn't really square with a set line. I'm getting better than 3 to 1 on my river call with top pair, and I might be good. Back to my preferred line, I would call the flop and hope the flush didn't come in. I'm not continuing very far against two villains on drawy board, but I think we have to see the turn card before folding.
Hand 4: AK sucks on a monotone board that missed us. I sometimes cbet this (and hate myself when I get raised) and I sometimes check (and hate myself when I think someone just bet into me with air). This situation just sucks, sucks, sucks.
Hand 5: I think you lost the minimum. You got coolered on this turn card. I would probably go broke on this hand, if he was willing to get it all in.
On some hands were just destined to lose money (i.e. #4 and #5).
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