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Fold or Call the Shove???
Hi All,
Started playing DYMs the other day & am curious about peoples opinions on below. I am still learning the game (poker in general) but please be as brutal as needs be. I've read John Connors blog on DYMs & watched some videos by Ross Jarvis about being tight tight & super tight - i think this is possibly where I am going wrong - have cashed in a few but bombed in a few aswel.
Bad call from myself? Personally who calls 3BB with 7 + 8 of clubs. He had been calling, raising & re-raising nearly every hand so i thought he was full of it
Started playing DYMs the other day & am curious about peoples opinions on below. I am still learning the game (poker in general) but please be as brutal as needs be. I've read John Connors blog on DYMs & watched some videos by Ross Jarvis about being tight tight & super tight - i think this is possibly where I am going wrong - have cashed in a few but bombed in a few aswel.
Bad call from myself? Personally who calls 3BB with 7 + 8 of clubs. He had been calling, raising & re-raising nearly every hand so i thought he was full of it
| Bevred | Small blind | 25.00 | 25.00 | 3155.00 | |
| jasperirv | Big blind | 50.00 | 75.00 | 1855.00 | |
| Your hole cards |
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| igoturchip | Call | 50.00 | 125.00 | 1860.00 | |
| boatshoe | Fold | ||||
| CardiffAce | Raise | 150.00 | 275.00 | 1450.00 | |
| mmmax | Fold | ||||
| Bevred | Fold | ||||
| jasperirv | Fold | ||||
| igoturchip | Call | 100.00 | 375.00 | 1760.00 | |
| Flop | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| igoturchip | Bet | 50.00 | 425.00 | 1710.00 | |
| CardiffAce | Raise | 150.00 | 575.00 | 1300.00 | |
| igoturchip | Call | 100.00 | 675.00 | 1610.00 | |
| Turn | |||||
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| igoturchip | Bet | 100.00 | 775.00 | 1510.00 | |
| CardiffAce | Call | 100.00 | 875.00 | 1200.00 | |
| River | |||||
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| igoturchip | All-in | 1510.00 | 2385.00 | 0.00 | |
| CardiffAce | All-in | 1200.00 | 3585.00 | 0.00 | |
| igoturchip | Unmatched bet | 310.00 | 3275.00 | 310.00 | |
| igoturchip | Show |
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| CardiffAce | Show |
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| igoturchip | Win | Straight to the 8 | 3275.00 | 3585.00 | |
Comments
you are right to take into account people's previous actions, but try and put them on a range and be aware of how your own actions are perceived. you raise pre and he flats then he donks out and calls you again when reraised on a super wet flop.
you are screaming strength and he isnt moving. you say he's bluff happy but it is hard to bluff by calling. and on a wet board like this its hard for him to have too much air. either he has a made hand or a draw.
when the draw comes in he bombs again. think of how strong your line looks. if he's bluffing you, so what. you have ace high. let it go.
finally there is the format to consider. you do not want to be calling for stacks with ace high in DYMs. chip preservation is key. you dont even want to take flips early on.
to show how tight you need to be in these games if this was the first hand and you raised 3x the bb and someone shoved and you knew they had 78s then you would be folding just about everything except premium pairs. ICM caluclators have everything except AA as a fold. and that's if you know he has 78.
the reason for this is that a double up does not double your chances of winning, but flipping gives you a 50% chance of losing. the chips you lose are more valuable than the ones you win and the difference is shared amongst the other players. everyone gains from the flip except the people flipping. even being a 70/30 favorite isnt good enough early on.
be aggressive but realise that AK aint all that in DYMs.