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Being put to the test
This hand was one of the toughest spots I've been in for a while. Before making my finally action on the river the time bar was around 3/4 of the way down which is very rare for me as I normally already have my river decisions for every possible river card and action in my mind. As you can tell by some of the names this was a lively table. The villain hasn't been at the table too long but hasn't been shy pushing his chips about. I haven't seen any of his cards go to showdown and I haven't played him before. Then this hand crept up on me.
To help set the scene, the Villain made the turn bet quickly and the river bet was an insta-shove. Also every single preflop raise I made was flatted by the player behind me (not the villain)
How do you think of the hand as played? What hand do you put the villain on? What would you do?
| Player | Action | Cards | Amount | Pot | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| offshoot | Small blind | £1.00 | £1.00 | £561.80 | |
| LEE346 | Big blind | £2.00 | £3.00 | £115.45 | |
| Your hole cards |
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| Villain | Call | £2.00 | £5.00 | £192.20 | |
| TommyD | Call | £2.00 | £7.00 | £331.95 | |
| SEPPY808 | Call | £2.00 | £9.00 | £840.58 | |
| BrownnDog | Fold | ||||
| offshoot | Fold | ||||
| LEE346 | Check | ||||
| Flop | |||||
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| LEE346 | Check | ||||
| Villain | Bet | £2.00 | £11.00 | £190.20 | |
| TommyD | Raise | £10.00 | £21.00 | £321.95 | |
| SEPPY808 | Fold | ||||
| LEE346 | Fold | ||||
| Villain | Call | £8.00 | £29.00 | £182.20 | |
| Turn | |||||
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| Villain | Bet | £29.00 | £58.00 | £153.20 | |
| TommyD | Call | £29.00 | £87.00 | £292.95 | |
| River | |||||
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| Villain | All-in | £153.20 | £240.20 | £0.00 | |
| TommyD | ???? | ||||
How do you think of the hand as played? What hand do you put the villain on? What would you do?
Comments
I think the flop was played fine, when you re raise him on the flop your repping sets and flushes. Villian then donks leads the turn, you have showed him that you are very strong, yet he still decides to donk lead, W/O reads I would just call the turn bet hoping to boat up. River he over bets the pot, I think more often then not your behind, situations like this are were notes are players are needed. I'd sigh then fold.
the only hands I see you beating are bluffs at this point, fd hit on the flop, and the striaght come in on the river.
Any decent player at the table can see your hand for what it is, some sort of SC or low PP, perhaps Ax suited depending on your image. I have not played this high limit on sky, but if I was at your table I would just raise you so much in postion by like 6bb with any Ax or Kx suited, and when called I guess I would take down the pot soo much since your not going to hit your set often enough, and your range is so narrow to me.
If he repops you, unless its a min raise, you fold, and move on, make a note that the player does this. Im not saying limping is the wrost play, but I would raise to Isolate the UTG limper who looks like a weak player since they have opened limped UTG. I expect to win the pot on any boardway flop, were i'd rep any AKQJ or when i hit my set.
your 150bb deep with seppy88 as well, so I like to get a bit more money in pre, for the times you hit your set and win a bigger pot.
I love this game, so far no one has put the villain on the hand I eventually put him on or the hand he actually had (yup, got it wrong, well half wrong and half right, depending on your outlook).
Going back through the hand I became sure he was trapping me on the flop, but had turned his hand into a bluff by the river. I discounted the rivered straight immediately, his shove on the river was far to quick for him to have realised he hit his hand and then thinking of how to get paid. All signs pointed to the fact he had already decided to shove the river before seeing the card. My major worry was the over set rather than the flush but every bit of his play was like he wasn't scared that I had the Ace of diamonds in my hand. He would of probably re-raised the flop if he had me on the bare Ace of Diamonds. Why would he insta shove of the river without giving himself to check for a river diamond? Why would he shove a non diamond river at all if he thought there was a chance I had it and would check to me to bluff my stack off on a busted draw? The only conclusion I could come to was that he had the Ace of diamonds. So now I was down to a flopped nut flush or pocket aces (with the A of diamonds) he had limped in with UTG hoping for a raise behind and not getting it. I decided the river shove was an overbet for value and was a made hand turned into a bluff (which would have included over sets the way it was played IMO). So being sure of these two points and beating all non-nut flush A(d) hands I made the call thinking I was up against Aces. And like I say, I was half right, or half wrong.
on that table im still raising pre if you are aware the regs are capable of 3 betting light to take it away whats wrong with a 4 bet in return?