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    Default 5NL Should I Double Barrel Here?

    Didn't have any reads on the player. Wasn't in the table too many hands. Thanks for any advice/constructive criticism

    PREFLOP: {AJo+, 45s+, 44+} I just put almost all suited connectors, Any ace better than a ten, and pairs above 44
    FLOP: {JJ, TT, AQ, KQ, JQ, AhJh, AhKh, JT} Maybe some slow-played sets are possible, though i figured he would probably have check-raised if anything. JJ and TT i figured he might give one call and then give it up.
    TURN: {JJ, TT, AQ, KQ, JQ, AhJh, AhKh, JT, JJ} Some passively played top pairs, and draws. Should I double barrel here to discourage the draws from continuing, discourage a river bluff, and to fold JJ/TT? Or should I just check, hope for a good river card because the 7 doesn't look like it could have helped me?

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    saw flop

    MP ($6.36)
    Hero (CO) ($6.08)
    Button ($4)
    SB ($5.31)
    BB ($5)
    UTG ($1.36)

    Preflop: Hero is CO with Ac, 10c
    2 folds, Hero bets $0.20, 2 folds, BB calls $0.15

    Flop: ($0.42) Qh, 9d, 3h (2 players)
    BB checks, Hero bets $0.30, BB calls $0.30

    Turn: ($1.02) 7c (2 players)
    BB checks, Hero ???
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    This isnt the best spot simply because you have no reads on villain.
    You dont want to be in the position of firing multiple barrels with air vs an opponent who calls down with bottom pair.
    You also have very little equity when you are called on the turn.
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    PREFLOP: {AJo+, 45s+, 44+} I just put almost all suited connectors, Any ace better than a ten, and pairs above 44
    FLOP: {JJ, TT, AQ, KQ, JQ, AhJh, AhKh, JT} Maybe some slow-played sets are possible, though i figured he would probably have check-raised if anything. JJ and TT i figured he might give one call and then give it up.
    TURN: {JJ, TT, AQ, KQ, JQ, AhJh, AhKh, JT, JJ} Some passively played top pairs, and draws. Should I double barrel here to discourage the draws from continuing, discourage a river bluff, and to fold JJ/TT? Or should I just check, hope for a good river card because the 7 doesn't look like it could have helped me?

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    saw flop

    MP ($6.36)
    Hero (CO) ($6.08)
    Button ($4)
    SB ($5.31)
    BB ($5)
    UTG ($1.36)

    Preflop: Hero is CO with A10
    2 folds, Hero bets $0.20, 2 folds, BB calls $0.15

    Flop: ($0.42) Q93 (2 players)
    BB checks, Hero bets $0.30, BB calls $0.30

    Turn: ($1.02) 7 (2 players)
    BB checks, Hero ???
    I think spoon wrote it once: if you bluff at a hand twice at the micros then you're doin something wrong.
    You said that you don't have any reads on this guy, you've got A high and he keeps calling you down. Without any reads you have to stop and think that you're bluffing into a station. Plus it's pretty hard to get most fish off of TPWK at 5NL.
    Personally, I don't think I would have c-bet this flop, but if I did it would have been for more like $0.20 to $0.25. I really wouldn't fire a 2nd.
    Since he checked the turn, I'd check behind and re-evaluate on the river.

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    so you are saying that preflop he can't have 22/33?!? what about offsuited connectors, suited gappers, and suited aces?

    flop sizing seems unnecessarily big, his calling range also includes some 9x hands and 33 and 99 and QQ and a bunch of flush draws.

    turn barrel seems like a good excuse to spew,like, it's nice to at least have some equity when you're running multi-street bluffs. Shit, even if you hit your river ace you aren't going to be happy, plus his flop calling range isn't going anywhere.
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    -Playing slightly spewy
    -Get better at assigning ranges

    I'll keep working and practicing. Thanks for the responses, everyone.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fourthings View Post
    -Playing slightly spewy
    -Get better at assigning ranges

    I'll keep working and practicing. Thanks for the responses, everyone.
    keep posting too, you'll get better fast
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    woah. op has street-by-street ranges and shit. sweet!
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    Did you have any info on the two players after you who folded pre-flop? When I don't know anyone at a table, I quite often try to keep pots smaller. So unless I had some reason to think betting .15 or .13 pre-flop would result in someone not folding who would fold to .20, I'd probably open for one of those amounts. That would mean my c-bet size would also be smaller.

    That said, I still wouldn't have much of an idea what to do on the turn. I think I prefer checking behind in the hope of getting to showdown so I can see what he had while keeping the pot size down and without opening myself up to a check-raise that I really can't call. Yes, he can then lead into me on the river, but if there's a way to play this hand with no / fewer / lesser pitfalls, I don't know it.

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