Quote Originally Posted by wellrounded08
I understand. My questions are infact geared toward generalized answers. The reason being there are so many unknown villains at 5NL. I'm kind of looking for "Rules of thumb" That will at least act as a guide until a better read can be derived from villain. I'm willing to brake down more specific questions one at a time, and anyone willing to chime in is appreciated.


________AK_________
Preflop
Hero Raise MP1 Stack:100xBB
Villain calls MP2 100xBB
All others fold

Villain Unknown
Flop: J 6 2

Hero: ???

Same situation, except preflop goes:
Villain raise4xBB
Hero calls
All folds.

Should I bet if villain checks? Should I fold if villain 2/3pot flop bet?
Here´s what I would do and why(dont know if that means much but whatever...):

Situation 1:
I would do my standard cbet( i cbet most of the time). Something around 2/3 of the pot. The reason behind this is to mantain table image(maybe not important in 5NL, so you can maybe disregard this one), but mainly because you get a lot of hands to fold(probably the range is: AK, AQ, 66-33, Axo and Axs no pair, all SCs), and you take the pot right there. However if you get called, with that board texture, youre probably beaten unless you hit on turn, and even then you could still be against AJ or KJ. So turn i would value bet if i hit, and then check river; or check most of the time when i dont hit.
He could also check/raise flop semi-bluffing or with a strong to very strong hand, so in this case i would fold vs an unknown.

Situation 2:
I would probably reraise pre.
This situation is very "villain dependant". But since you said he is unknown, maybe being careful is right. So check if he checks, and reevaluate after turn falls. Otherwise fold if he cbets 2/3 of the pot.
Maybe later when i play a similar hand against the same villain i would play this hand in a very different way, but after knowing his betting,c-betting, raising habits.

Well, as I said before, this is the way I would play this hand. In fact, this is the way I usually play it. So I´m very interested too to hear some comments and thoughts about whether I´m doing this right or not.