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did i play this hand well?
Looks like a Jack .... Maybe even two...
But its hard to give back feedback when we dont actually know what youre holding.
But its hard to give back feedback when we dont actually know what youre holding.
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the reason i have decided to hide the cards is so it would be shown from a opponents view
Much more information required!
At least give us a clue why you checked the flop?
But regardless, your raise size pre is too small. Why didn't we c-bet the flop?
If we're raising the turn, raise bigger. River bet is too small.
don't know why you've took out your cards, renders all advice pretty pointless, got a feeling this should be in bbv but whatever.
but i'll play along I think you have total air and at best you picked up a draw on the turn just going by this statement "i decided to try and be more aggressive than what i have been recently so would like some thoughts on how i played this one".
I dont see too much aggression here if im honest as all you bets look pretty weak
Pre flop - raise bigger, min raise is fine if no limper, but with the extra 300 in the pot you're giving way too good a price to BB or limper to come along.
Flop - depends what we're trying to achieve here, are we trapping or trying to rep massive strength? Trap = bad, repping a monster when we have air I actually like a lot.
Turn - I quite like the raise size, it looks strong if we are bluffing here.
River - Bet size too small, I only ever like this sizing if we're trying to make a complete bluff look super strong, ie. PLEASE call me, but not really, and you can only really do this against certain players who you know will perceive a small river bet as super strong. If it's a bet for value the sizing is terrible.
when he did the bet on the turn it was that bet that I decided to use thinking he might be bluffing or believed that I was slow playing AJ so when he does the call I went with a small V bet hoping he might be even more likely to put me on a 3rd J which I try disguising.
another reason for the check is these days it is easier to think i have trips if i were to give a free card in position.
Like assuming you did have a J and you decided to check back the flop, would you really blow your whole disguise apart by basically clicking back the turn? It makes no sense, you'd either c-bet with a jack, or if you're being deceptive, you'd flat the turn and let them bluff the river.
If you did have a Jack, this line would be a really bad one to take.
So you mean in every situation you only bet if worse hands will call or better hands will fold?
You played it terrible!
So you never bet/raise draws when another player is likely to have a made hand and is calling?
So you never continuation bet flops without knowing where you are?
So you never make blocker bets to showdown cheap when you think you may be beat?
Continuation betting isn't about knowing where we are. It's about making "X hands" in opponent's range fold or "Y hands" in opponent's range call.
Blocker bets just make no sense. We're betting when we think we're beat? Value bet or bluff, which does a blocker bet achieve? If we think more hands in our opponent's range that call us are hands we beat, then we're value betting. If we think we can get better hands than ours to fold, then we're bluffing.
A blocker bet doesn't get maximum value from hands we beat and is unlikely to be big enough to make better hands fold.
CCF - see above.