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  1. #1

    Default Couple of spots

    $0.13/$0.25 No Limit Holdem
    6 Players
    Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

    Stacks:
    Hero ($47.84)
    UTG+1 ($5.50)
    CO ($46.23)
    BTN ($24.90)
    SB ($8.82)
    BB ($63.80)

    Pre-Flop: ($0.38, 6 players) Hero is UTG
    Hero raises to $0.85, 3 folds, SB calls $0.75, BB calls $0.60

    Flop: ($2.55, 3 players)
    SB bets $2.55, BB raises to $6.37, Hero ???
    BB is 18/15/4
    I have no clue what the best play here is. Call and get it in on safe turns? Fold as I could be drawing dead/to a split? Raise and hope i'm up against a set/combo draw? I really hate being so deep with BB. Is folding here uber nitty or std as either i'm crushed or small favourite?

    $0.13/$0.25 No Limit Holdem
    4 Players
    Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

    Stacks:
    CO ($26.78)
    BTN ($27.70)
    Hero ($39.45)
    BB ($25.35)

    Pre-Flop: ($0.38, 4 players) Hero is SB
    1 fold, BTN raises to $0.85, Hero raises to $3.10, 1 fold, BTN calls $2.15

    Flop: ($6.25, 2 players)
    Hero bets $4.15, BTN raises to $9, Hero ???

    I 3bet large pre because btn only folded 4/5 3bets so far (other he 4bet)
    Villain is nitty 12/8/1.4
    When he raises my cbet here it seems like his range is entirely made up of sets and AQ. Doubt he bluffs often when the flop nails my range. Really want to fold again.

    $0.13/$0.25 No Limit Holdem
    5 Players
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    Stacks:
    Hero ($25.57)
    CO ($13.31)
    BTN ($26.46)
    SB ($19.03)
    BB ($52.60)

    Pre-Flop: ($0.38, 5 players) Hero is UTG
    Hero raises to $0.85, 1 fold, BTN raises to $3.25, 2 folds, Hero ???

    BTN is 20/12/1.8 with 3bet of 3.
    Don't think he'll call/5bet with worse if I 4bet so either call or fold and I kinda hate calling 3bets oop vs a nit.

    These spots are probably all easy folds but I'm getting paranoid that I'm folding winners vs clevery disguised spewtards.
  2. #2
    Hand #1: If it was me, I would probably lean toward folding in this situation. Your hand can never improve to beat the possible flush. There is a PSB from the SB, a re-raise from the BB... I don't see any reason to get involved when you really can't have any confidence in the absolute strength of your hand. It seems the best option is to 'not lose a big pot', aka fold.

    FWIW, I'm a noob and I don't play 6-max.
  3. #3
    Hand 1, I don't mind dumping it. The hand has reverse implied odds written all over it. BB should have mostly sets or flushes.

    Hand 2, This might be totally wrong, but here I'd call and b/f turn, or maybe call and c/f turn. I don't give the flop mini raise that much credit. If you've already 3-bet him a bunch from the blinds, he's not giving you alot of credit. I expect him to turn his hand face up after you b/c flop.

    Hand 3, What sample size do you have on BTN? Folding is fine, calling is ugly. I don't like 4b/f'ing small but you could 4b/c big, people can spaz here. I take it you're playing on Stars? His 3-bet is .3 above pot which seems weird. Folding AK and QQ in ep to 3-bets from people with low 3-bet stats is never bad though.
    Last edited by couriermike; 01-22-2011 at 07:50 PM.
  4. #4
    Got over 250 hands on all 3 of these guys. Not playing on stars, I play on the merge network.
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    H1: No way I dump my top straight so fast. I call and bet safe turns (non heart and not pairing the board). Chances are you're up against a pair, two pairs, set or flush/combo draw. If one of them flopped a flush, meh. If the sort stack SB shoves, the betting is capped so BB can only call. Call as well.

    H2: minraise from nit looks like the nuts, so fold unless you have seen him do it with TPTK. However the question really is "why bet the flop"? He does not call a 3b OOP with AJ or AT so you don't get value from these and AQ (if he has it) beats you. He raises or calls with all his better hands, he peels only AK with which you split, or maybe he raises it in which case you have to fold because he has more sets/two pairs in his range than AK. So what does the bet achieve? You're not getting value from anything in his range.

    H3: at best you are splitting, he has a 3% 3b so fold.
    Last edited by daviddem; 01-23-2011 at 12:15 AM.
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  6. #6
    daviddem, the villain in H2 hadn't folded to any 3bets yet. 4/5 he called, 1/5 he 4bet. I think I get value from AJs sometimes ATs, KQs probably calling one barrel, sometimes lower pairs like JJ and TT will call once as well. I wouldn't put it past him to have KJs either.
  7. #7
    H1 - Call and evaluate turn seems best, if SB shoves and BB ships over it might be a close fold.

    H2 - I'd probably call the flop raise and a turn shove to try and keep his range wider.

    H3 - Just fold oop.
  8. #8
    1 and 2 are somewhat close but I could see folding all 3 hands being fine.

    Hand 3 is a snap easy fold.
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    1. Fold, I dont like getting my stack in drawing dead
    2. If he wasnt a nit and the board was wetter it would be closer as minraises can be morons playing draws, but as it is Id just fold
    3. easy fold vs this guy

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