Give us some reads on your opponent.
Read-less, I would call. You have the nut straight. You only lose to a boat or quad queens; however, I think AQ, AA, and QQ are unlikely given the way it is...
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Give us some reads on your opponent.
Read-less, I would call. You have the nut straight. You only lose to a boat or quad queens; however, I think AQ, AA, and QQ are unlikely given the way it is...
AKo has 60% equity vs. { AsQs, AsJs, KsQs } but only 21% equity vs. { 77, 55, AsQs, AsJs, KsQs }. Do you think 77/55 is really uncommon to show up here?
I'm curious the logic for 4betting. If the CO 3bets with something like a 20% range (you list his 3bet at 16, but since he's in late position, it's probably a little higher than that number) but only...
A PFR of 7% is around 92 hand combos. KK+ is only 12. If he's only calling or raising 3bets with KK+, then as a general principle you could profitably 3b/f any two cards because he's folding 87% of...
I wouldn't raise this river. If you do, you're hoping villain spazz-shoves garbage or calls with a single pair of aces. I just don't see either happening often enough to be worth it.
I see your point MMM, and yeah, I'll admit the value of something like AJ depends on what people will call with. But I see a lot of people at the lowest stakes calling a preflop raise with just about...
MadMojoMonkey, isn't 4-5% a little nitty for early position? That means you're open folding stuff like 77, KQs, AJs, etc.
The opponent is an "unknown," but he did limp/call which gives you some hints. From what I've seen, limp/call from early position is often 22-66, and sometimes suited connectors, sometimes suited As,...
True, but AK is at least ahead of unimproved Ax, Kx, Qx, Jx, etc. (and there should be plenty of these type of hands in a 43% vpip player's range). Plus AK always flops either top pair+ or two...
No, I am not advocating bluffing with 72o. My point is that by turning TT into a bluff, you might as well be doing it with something weaker (like a draw). I don't like raising when only better hands...
If a villain only calls 3bets pre with AA you can 3bet him wider, sure, but these would not be value 3bets, they would be bluff 3bets. You could 3bet JTs and get him to fold AKs, for example. But you...
Jackvance, maybe I am just misunderstanding poker strategy. I thought you only want to value bet (or raise for value in this case) when you are ahead to the point that you are still ahead of...
I can see the advantage of getting AK type hands to fold, since you wouldn't be able to really get any more value from them anyway (unless you think villain would double barrel AK); however, doesn't...
Why are you raising his flop bet? Is it a bluff? If so, what better hands do you fold out? Would he fold JJ-AA? Is it for value? What worse hands would he call with? 77-99, maybe. But you can still...
I don't like playing suited connectors against villains like this. On the majority of flops 87s is just 8-high, which is terrible if you're playing against an opponent who is unlikely to fold. And...
He can beat you with 33, 44, KK, A3, A4, and AK. A3 and A4 usually aren't in a 17% range (or if they are, just the suited versions, which leaves just the one combo: A4-spades). He'd probably 4bet KK...
I would b/f the turn. I think we can get value from 66, 88-JJ, but I'm not sure if the villain would bet these (or bet these as much as we would want him to) if we check to him. The nice thing is...
Eugmac is right: to develop as a poker player you'll need to move beyond blindly following the 19-hand chart. His suggestion to read Sklansky's book is spot on. Dan Harrington's Harrington on Holdem...
You gave some decent answers. Also think about how you used to play: you'd play too many hands, you'd call too much, etc. Lots of players at the lowest levels of microstakes play that way. By playing...
Because the board is not paired and there are only 3 hearts, the only hand combos that beat hero are 7h4h, 9h7h, and AhXh (where X can't be 5, 6, 8, J, or K). I doubt this villain isolates with 7h4h...
Although villain is 14/12, because he is isolating a fish, would I be right to say he is probably raising a little wider than 12% ? I know I would want to play lots of pots against that UTG opponent....
If the button is an unknown, why do you assume he will call a raise and then a check/raise with small aces and small kings? Can you really give him such a wide range just because he is playing...
You're mostly expecting better hands to call and worse hands to fold, but you're betting to get the villain to fold his share of equity? So basically a cbet? Are there enough hand combos in his range...
Devildog, the reason you're getting snarky responses from the posters here is because we have little sympathy for bad beat stories. If you get your money in while you are ahead, but lose anyway,...
If BB is calling super wide, hero would be ahead of his range, right? Isn't playing heads up against a weaker range a good thing?