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  1. #1
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    Default SB vs BB - Bad river card...

    Villain running 20/9/4.7 over 35 hands.
    The only thing of note is that he had 3bet me twice when I tried to steal blinds. So he liked to defend. I felt that his call meant that he either had a great hand (High PP) or a couple of paint cards.

    PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

    MP2 ($5.95)
    CO ($2.10)
    Button ($4.95)
    Hero (SB) ($10.40)
    Villain (BB) ($11)
    UTG ($6.25)
    UTG+1 ($5)
    MP1 ($17.30)

    Preflop: Hero is SB with Q, A
    6 folds, Hero bets $0.40, Villain calls $0.30

    Flop: ($0.80) 3, J, Q (2 players)
    Hero bets $0.70, Villain raises to $1.80, Hero raises to $5, Villain calls $3.20

    I value bet and he reraises. Again, he doesnt want to get pushed over or he is raising for value (QJ, KQ etc),or semibluff (Straight draw: 9T, KT etc). I reraise but I think it commits me to the hand.

    Turn: ($10.80) K (2 players)
    Hero checks, Villain checks

    I am not sure about my check, I remeber thinking at the time that he could have some 2 pair type hands so I wanted to keep it small. Hoping that others will comment on this play here...

    River: ($10.80) A (2 players)
    Hero ?

    Any T in his range has me beat and I have top 2 pair. If I bet, I am committed, if I check and he shoves, I still feel like a call is profitable if he does this with 2 pair...
    I Pokerstoved a 33% equity vs his range (see range below). If I check and he shoves I am calling $5 into a pot of $16.50. 5/(5+15.80) = .24 This is well under our equity so I think its a call.

    Anyone disagree with my range? (AA,33,AJs-ATs,KTs+,QTs+,JTs,T9s,AJo-ATo,KTo+,QTo+,JTo,T9o)

    Thoughts?
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    The only thing of note is that he had 3bet me twice when I tried to steal blinds. So he liked to defend.
    No, this doesn't mean he likes to defend.

    On the flop you should decide if you're going to go all the way or not before you start putting the money in.

    Turn is standard. River is a simple EV calculation.
  3. #3
    i agree with spoon. Q-J and 3-3 is the only i would really be afraid of on the flop and if i do i raise like you did on the flop, i'm gonna fire like 7 at the pot, but i see you only had like 5 bucks left so i'm pushing it on the turn if he checks, or c/c then if he bets im folding.
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    b/f here. he'd be insane to try to bluff you.

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