General thoughts?

Villain is 12/9, 0% 3bet, cbet 50% over 96 hands.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (9 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP2 ($9.64)
MP3 ($5.75)
Hero (CO) ($12.49)
Button ($10.08)
SB ($3.45)
BB ($11.77)
UTG ($3.70)
UTG+1 ($9.74)
MP1 ($10)

Preflop: Hero is CO with K, A
UTG calls $0.10, 4 folds, Hero bets $0.50, Button raises to $1.50, 3 folds, Hero calls $1

A nit 3bets for the first time so I put him on QQ+, AK, AQs+.

I'm not folding but I don't want to get stupid with AK and figure that if my range is right and since it's his first 3bet, he probably isn't folding any of that to a 4bet and I'm behind most of it so I opt to call.

I'm OOP though so perhaps the better play would have been to fold or 4bet and call a shove?

Flop: ($3.25) 5, 3, 3 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $1.80, Hero ???

I totally miss the flop, I'm against a nit in a 3bet pot OOP so at this point I figure c/f is about the only option that isn't -EV.

call flop fold turn as played prolly.

should 4b pre and call it off though

Originally Posted by bikes

call flop fold turn as played prolly.

should 4b pre and call it off though

Yeah in hindsight I think 4bet/call was the way to go. Thought too much and wigged myself out by the fact it was his first 3bet.

why is 4bet/call best? nits range is super tight here and we're fairly screwwwged vs KK/AA, split vs AK, and flip with QQ/JJ.. and he probable never 5bet-shoves AQ.. infact he probably only does that with AA/KK..

is this purely an OOP thing, because calling sucks OOP and folding AK preflop sucks too?

I would advocate throwing more hands than KK+ into my 4bet range at higher stakes, but not vs a 10nl nit... then again, maybe I'm a nit..

the first thing that strikes me about this hand is that you seem to have a sizing tell. i might be wrong, but if you open utg+1 with 3.5x bb on a4s, and kas in lp for 4xbb+1/limper, i suspect people might catch on.

maybe its just something about 10nl that i havent encountered in my experiences in 2nl/4nl
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otherwise, i agree with bikes. since youre oop, 4bet button. if he was in the blinds and did the same raise, id probably say just flat and see the board

Originally Posted by Zorkion

the first thing that strikes me about this hand is that you seem to have a sizing tell. i might be wrong, but if you open utg+1 with 3.5x bb on a4s, and kas in lp for 4xbb+1/limper, i suspect people might catch on.

I vary my raises a bit now depending on table dynamics and whether or not a fish is in the blinds but generally I raise 3.5x from EP through to MP and 3x from LP. I up it to 4x if there is a limper and +1 per limper after that.

Don't think we can fold this preflop so I guess 4bet/call. If we had a better sample (300+ hands) and he was still this nitty then folding isn't out of the question.

Probably fold flop given we block AK and he won't cbet that 100% of the time + QQ+ will bet most brick turns again.

Folding is an option here but I wouldn't do that against Simone with a 0% 3bet over 90 hands

Pretty sure I'd 4bet call here but not be awfully happy about the money going in

Folding is an option here but I wouldn't do that against Someone with a 0% 3bet over 90 hands

Pretty sure I'd 4bet call here but not be awfully happy about the money going in

What are you hoping for in calling to see a flop if you will just c/f a non AK board? You wont make any money against QQ's on a board like that which you could flip against if you want to 4b/c and if you do put him on AA/KK then you just get stacked anyway on a K/Ahi board. Jam preflop or fold.

these spots always suck without reads but i guess we can get it in here knowing we likely have at least 40% equity and take a note on what he shows down.

I hate this. I think I just fold here, his range is possibly even as tight as QQ+. At higher stakes I might call. But then my ranges are all off lately through playing nothing but rush.