Hand 1: Against a villain this bad raise to 35 preflop and watch him call with AQ and stack off when you shove flop.

As played I C/R shove flop or C/F depending on how terrible he is, but I never bet/fold.


Hand 2: Lead turn for 20, he is still calling with a flush draw, and maybe a worse 2pair, and if you are raised its pretty easy to dump it. I don't think most villains at this level are capable or necesarily should be bluff raising you here.

As played you are getting pretty great odds on both the turn and river and I lean towards calling, but you really put yourself in a tough spot here. Flip a coin imo, fold call whatever its ugly. I would probably fold to teach myself to bet the turn lol.

Hand 3: I would sometimes bet and sometimes check the turn here. This all comes down to whether you want to induce a bluff or not. But as you see the non threatening turn you should definitely be thinking that the ONLY reason not to bet this turn for value would be to induce a bluff from anything he is floating with/ a double barrel from a flush draw or QT or gutty of some sort.

You are having the same problem on all three of these hands which is not accurately planning out a line for the whole hand on the flop, and even preflop. You make some standard plays here, as in- Cbet, check mediocre hand, then O GOD player in position puts me in a marginal situation!!! Try to merge your hand ranges a little more in general forcing your opponents to react to your play.

Basically, doing this will put you in fewer marginal situations on the river/turn when the bets get big and force your opponents to play their hands in a more straightforward and less profitable manner against you- you will also get paid off more with your big hands when you merge your hand ranges like this.

And when those opponents make "fundamental theorem" mistake it can mean only one thing- SHIP THE SKLANSKY BUCKS. Sauce.