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    Default 1/2 rush: top two become blockers

    Villain is a 27/22 reg with 10% 3bet. No significant history.

    Full Tilt Poker $1/$2 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players

    BTN: $218.25
    SB: $93.00
    BB: $821.00
    Hero (UTG): $345.00
    MP: $335.20
    CO: $80.00

    Pre Flop: ($3.00) Hero is UTG with 9 8
    Hero raises to $7, 4 folds, BB calls $5

    Flop: ($15.00) 7 8 9 (2 players)
    BB checks, Hero bets $12, BB raises to $36, Hero calls $24

    Turn: ($87.00) 7 (2 players)
    BB checks, Hero bets $70, BB calls $70

    River: ($227.00) 2 (2 players)
    BB checks, Hero bets $232 all in


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    seems like a great hand to do this with but why not make it 150 so you can get value from JT?
    when the vpip's are high and the value bets are like razors, who can be safe?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Genitruc View Post
    seems like a great hand to do this with but why not make it 150 so you can get value from JT?
    One of us read this hand wrong.


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    Wat is this? I'm so confused.
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    it's a bluff obviously, he has blockers to top two boats and would conceivably play them both the same way. i kinda like it, i'll have to think more about it though.

    ?wut
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    i was talking from villain's perspective basically
    when the vpip's are high and the value bets are like razors, who can be safe?
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    This seems bad. Seems like he has a missed combo draw the majority of the time. I'd give him some room to shove you off a "missed draw."
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    I doubt this is gonna work unless you're head
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    I don't think you should bet the turn
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    So you snap this river shove as villain with JT?


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    Quote Originally Posted by pocketfours View Post
    So you snap this river shove as villain with JT?
    it's not even close
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    i have a few questions for my own development and better understanding of poker hopefully. hope they are not too stupid questions. ty for answering.

    does a 3bet/call on flop is a bad ideea?
    do you think on a flop 3bet he folds 9Ts,67s,78s,66,TT,JJ and shoves just sets+?
    if he flats a flop 3bet w/ pair+OESD,78s doesnt that make the flop 3bet +EV?

    Quote Originally Posted by IowaSkinsFan View Post
    I don't think you should bet the turn
    do you think he c/c turn on trips/FH/straight and c/f pair+OESD, JJ ?


    do you shove river hoping to make him fold TT,JJ,JT,67 ? cause i dont see what worse then ours he can call here.
    would a river check back be bad?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alexos View Post
    it's not even close
    lol


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    What does villain think hero thinks his range is? and what does villain think hero would do with overpairs?
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    Quote Originally Posted by pocketfours View Post
    lol
    You think villain is folding JT when he takes this type of under-repped line?

    I highly doubt you're playing some 12/9/0.7 style to warrant even thinking about folding a straight here.
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    Quote Originally Posted by griffey24 View Post
    You think villain is folding JT when he takes this type of under-repped line?

    I highly doubt you're playing some 12/9/0.7 style to warrant even thinking about folding a straight here.
    I have no idea what you are talking about.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Razvan729 View Post
    i have a few questions for my own development and better understanding of poker hopefully. hope they are not too stupid questions. ty for answering.

    does a 3bet/call on flop is a bad ideea?
    do you think on a flop 3bet he folds 9Ts,67s,78s,66,TT,JJ and shoves just sets+?
    if he flats a flop 3bet w/ pair+OESD,78s doesnt that make the flop 3bet +EV?

    do you think he c/c turn on trips/FH/straight and c/f pair+OESD, JJ ?

    do you shove river hoping to make him fold TT,JJ,JT,67 ? cause i dont see what worse then ours he can call here.
    would a river check back be bad?
    From my experience with rush players I'd rather 3bet flop, because I'm 100% sure any made sets will 4bet/shove me in that spot. Very rarely some AA or KK, but i think they lean towards calling a 3bet like 90% of time. Though I can't be certain will he shove draws and JJ, gotta get intimate with a player to find out that stuff. I suppose with high aggression factor I can expect that.

    I find it weird villain didn't lead out turn, but I can see him do it with 66-AA, as well as draws.

    I think at this point river shove is a gamble, and very villain dependant. I cant see NL5 to NL25 player ever folding QQ-AA to this river shove (except for very few decent ones). But since at these stakes players often shove river, often having either nuts or air, I don't see myself making this shove against anyone but very disciplined player.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pocketfours View Post
    I have no idea what you are talking about.

    I'm just talking about this comment:

    Quote Originally Posted by pocketfours View Post
    So you snap this river shove as villain with JT?

    Yes I think most villains will snap JT, after going into c/c down mode on the turn and playing it passively.
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    Quote Originally Posted by griffey24 View Post
    Yes I think most villains will snap JT, after going into c/c down mode on the turn and playing it passively.
    This guy was a very decent reg. Any winning regular in the 1/2 SH ftp rush game is going to be a very good solid player. In my opinion it was the toughest 200nl game on the planet.

    So I don't understand whether you're saying that you are expecting him to make a bad play, or if you are in fact advocating that calling the river with JT is the correct play?

    My stats in the ftp rush game are 19/17/10%.
    Last edited by pocketfours; 07-04-2011 at 12:34 PM.


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    I mean, I don't really get some of the hands you post. If you're 110% sure on all your reads and how you perceive villains will play all their hands, then posting the hand becomes kind of useless.

    Nonetheless, if you are bluffing with 89 here (which seems to be a very reasonable hand to at least be checking back the turn with). Then I don't think its unreasonable that other potential hands in your bluffing range will include some of TT, T8, 9T, AT, Tx, 68 etc. In which case, yes, I think calling JT is the correct play.
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    At first I thought this was a bluff vs 1010/jj, then you said you're trying to get him to fold j10...
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    HH was rigged. Boring results.

    BTN: $218.25
    SB: $93.00
    BB: $821.00
    Hero (UTG): $345.00
    MP: $335.20
    CO: $80.00

    Pre Flop: ($3.00) Hero is UTG with 9 9
    Hero raises to $7, 4 folds, BB calls $5

    Flop: ($15.00) 7 8 9 (2 players)
    BB checks, Hero bets $12, BB raises to $36, Hero calls $24

    Turn: ($87.00) 7 (2 players)
    BB checks, Hero bets $70, BB calls $70

    River: ($227.00) 2 (2 players)
    BB checks, Hero bets $232 all in, BB folds


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