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is this hero call profitable over time?
This hand arose last night. I wasn't in the hand and am actually glad as I don't know if I could have called on the river - even with my hand. Question is - 'The call on the end was correct but is it really right over time as I don't believe I'd be making it?'
Both players were playing pretty laggy in the time I'd been there.
| Player A | Small blind | £1.00 | £1.00 | £491.71 | |
| phil12uk | Big blind | £2.00 | £3.00 | £225.40 | |
| Your hole cards |
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| Hero | Raise | £12.00 | £15.00 | £333.15 | |
| ajs4385 | Fold | ||||
| al873killl | Fold | ||||
| RemyMartin | Fold | ||||
| Player A | Call | £11.00 | £26.00 | £480.71 | |
| phil12uk | Fold | ||||
| Flop | |||||
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| Player A | Check | ||||
| Hero | Bet | £26.00 | £52.00 | £307.15 | |
| Player A | Call | £26.00 | £78.00 | £454.71 | |
| Turn | |||||
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| Player A | Check | ||||
| Hero | Bet | £78.00 | £156.00 | £229.15 | |
| Player A | Call | £78.00 | £234.00 | £376.71 | |
| River | |||||
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| Player A | Bet | £234.00 | £468.00 | £142.71 | |
| Hero | All-in | £229.15 | £697.15 | £0.00 | |
| Player A | Unmatched bet | £4.85 | £692.30 | £147.56 | |
| Player A | Show |
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| Hero | Show |
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| Hero | Win | Two Pairs, 7s and 5s | £690.50 | £690.50 | |
Comments
I never understand this poker saying "right play/call over time" - because every single time is different?
Say u make this call everytime - and its right 80% of the time and wrong 20% of the time - Does that mean its the right call everytime?
If its possible to make the call 80% of the time, and every time u make it it's right, and fold it the 20% of the time when iyou are behind, then surely you should be aiming for this - rather than making the same play everytime and being right the majority of times....
Am I making sense? lol
Tikay says it alot on the shows and I never understand it....
Who cares if its right over time, your playing this particular hand, right now, and its wether its right or wrong now is all that matters?
With all the varieables and situations you get in poker, I hate it when people use that term.
The play from player A does look a tad desperate though, havin check called all the way, why's he shoving all in on the end if he's willing to risk his whole 250bb stack to win the hand - surely its best to do it on the earlier streets when he has 2 chances?
A profitable call is pretty simple, you have to work out do you think you're good enough in certain spots to make the call worth while. if villain thinks there is more than a 3-1 chance this is a bluff it's the correct call cause he's calling £230 to win £690. think this is right anyways
for example, say you have KK and the villain open shoves 100BBs preflop, assume for some reason you are certain he only does this with AA, KK, QQ and JJ. You have no way of knowing which of these hands he has though when it is your decision to call or fold. Against this range KK will win about 60% of the time, so therefore you should call every time, sometimes you will be up against AA and it will have been a 'bad' call but the rest of the time you will be crushing QQ and JJ or chopping with KK... you have no way of knowing when the villain has AA so you should always call because instead of looking at every situation (for example he has QQ this time and you are 80% favourite and pat yourself on the back) then you should see it in the long run as you are always 60% favourite to win the hand before the cards are flipped... so you are getting it in as 60% favourite and are certain of this, therefore it is always the right call and you should never fold. It's just like when you get your money in good on the flop, you dont know what the turn and river will do but you know you got your money in ahead, my example situation is the same... you dont know his exact hand, but you know what he could possibly have and are therefore getting your money in good against his range.
If its possible to make the right decision every single time, then that's what i'll aim to do
Especially when the hand is played out as above, and u have so much information to make a decision...
PF shoves from an unknown player - yea, I guess the "over time thing" applies.
Well thats why theres terrible poker players, bad players, average players, good players, very good players, and world class players I guess.
As with anything - theres always players that are gonna be better at the game than others.
And before anyone has a pop, Im not classing myself as any of the above, but obviously I aim to be at the higher end of that spectrum....
The guys who get the marginal/hard decisions right more often than not are the best players.
I guess the guys who make "the right decisions over time" are gonna be winning players...
But urely ur always trying to improve as a poker player...
Long term, is just a series of loads of short terms.
(Obv the decisions are easier at different levels - which may explain the naivety of my comments)
DOHH