aces and aces and reads - 25nl thinking

Originally Posted by NightGizmo

Hand 3 confuses me.

Why did check the flop? Do you expect him to bet a much wider range of hands than he would call with, due to the K on the board?

And the turn shove -- what do you think he will call with? AcKx will probably call. I don't know what else would stick around from his range. AcQc, AcJc (do you think he has that in his range here?). Anything else?

Look at the read: this a tagg-reg who folds too much (redundant?), but who gets his knickers in a twist when facing Daven's aggression. Checking on this board which is pretty dry, even with the flush draw, allows this villain to get chips in the pot in an attempt to "steal it" from Daven. Sure, he's calling with AK and probably a few other combos, but he'll consider betting KQ, QQ and maybe even AQ/AJ if he thinks Daven caught air.

For the turn, it's not really a shove. At this point, it's just a 2/3 psb which gives villain 2.5 to 1 pot odds on his turn call. Daven's never folding here, so he offers the juiciest incentives possible for Villain to donate to Daven's little slice of the poker economy.

Originally Posted by Robb

Look at the read: this a tagg-reg who folds too much (redundant?), but who gets his knickers in a twist when facing Daven's aggression. Checking on this board which is pretty dry, even with the flush draw, allows this villain to get chips in the pot in an attempt to "steal it" from Daven. Sure, he's calling with AK and probably a few other combos, but he'll consider betting KQ, QQ and maybe even AQ/AJ if he thinks Daven caught air.

For the turn, it's not really a shove. At this point, it's just a 2/3 psb which gives villain 2.5 to 1 pot odds on his turn call. Daven's never folding here, so he offers the juiciest incentives possible for Villain to donate to Daven's little slice of the poker economy.

Thanks for the explanation. I wasn't questioning the play -- I was just trying to make sure I fully understood it.

Originally Posted by NightGizmo

Thanks for the explanation. I wasn't questioning the play -- I was just trying to make sure I fully understood it.

Might be shooting a bit high, here. I'm not sure Daven fully understands Daven, sometimes.

OK, so this is mega-results oriented, but I haven't played much poker in a while and it felt good:

Originally Posted by Robb

...he'll consider betting KQ, QQ and maybe even AQ/AJ if he thinks Daven caught air....

From what I remember, 25nl 3bet pots turn into their own little meta-game with the different regs, and you can get a super-solid read on them sometimes.

nh, daven