Hi all,
I'm new to the PC.com community, just signed up for Premium and am working through the Cash learning path this week.
I played this hand today and am curious as to your thoughts on my thoughts. I didn't take the time to think things through during the hand.
I had only sat down an orbit or so prior to this hand, villain hadn't done anything notable in the short time so far.
PokerStars - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
Hero (CO): 110 BB
BTN: 110.6 BB
SB: 61 BB
BB: 108 BB
UTG: 115.2 BB
MP: 103.2 BB
SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has Q:spade: J:spade:
fold, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, BTN raises to 9 BB, fold, fold, Hero calls 6 BB
Flop: (19.4 BB, 2 players) 5:diamond: T:spade: Q:club:
Hero checks, BTN checks
Turn: (19.4 BB, 2 players) K:spade:
Hero bets 10 BB, BTN calls 10 BB
River: (39.4 BB, 2 players) 2:spade:
Hero checks, BTN bets 91.6 BB and is all-in, fold
BTN wins 37.8 BB
I raised QJss from the cutoff. I called the 3-bet from villain here as I feel his 3-bet range is going to be widest from the BTN and my hand can be played well post flop I think.
On the flop, with top pair marginal kicker and a back door straight and back door flush coming in to the 3rd nut flush, I elected to check to the pre-flop 3-bet aggressor in position. Question here: Who is the pre-flop aggressor here, I made the initial raise and he 3-bet from position.
Is this a better spot to bet here? Check/call or check/raise if he bets?
Villain checks behind.
With the Ks coming on the turn things are looking good for the draws I have, I still have 2nd pair made, and I opted to bet for value. Villain calls. How is my sizing here of 10 into 29? I don't want a fold and with him likely having that likely strong 3-betting range pre, he's probably got a piece too. Like the flop, I am not sure how I would have responded to a raise in this spot. I think I would fold to a large raise.
River is 2s so the flush completed. We have the 2nd nut flush and while the As is a likely part of his range, I was hesitant to bet out of position. He jammed 90+bb into 40bb and I folded.
Thinking the hand through post-mortem, and trying to narrow his range down, I block his AQss and AJss, A10ss and A2ss are blocked by the board. That's leaving AsXs for 6 combinations that would complete the nut flush.
Before I started studying this week I would snap-call, but that's the type of impulse reaction that led to a -20bb/100 rate over the last couple of months.
What's missing from my thought process and analysis?
Thanks for reading.
Kevin
I'm new to the PC.com community, just signed up for Premium and am working through the Cash learning path this week.
I played this hand today and am curious as to your thoughts on my thoughts. I didn't take the time to think things through during the hand.
I had only sat down an orbit or so prior to this hand, villain hadn't done anything notable in the short time so far.
PokerStars - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
Hero (CO): 110 BB
BTN: 110.6 BB
SB: 61 BB
BB: 108 BB
UTG: 115.2 BB
MP: 103.2 BB
SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has Q:spade: J:spade:
fold, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, BTN raises to 9 BB, fold, fold, Hero calls 6 BB
Flop: (19.4 BB, 2 players) 5:diamond: T:spade: Q:club:
Hero checks, BTN checks
Turn: (19.4 BB, 2 players) K:spade:
Hero bets 10 BB, BTN calls 10 BB
River: (39.4 BB, 2 players) 2:spade:
Hero checks, BTN bets 91.6 BB and is all-in, fold
BTN wins 37.8 BB
I raised QJss from the cutoff. I called the 3-bet from villain here as I feel his 3-bet range is going to be widest from the BTN and my hand can be played well post flop I think.
On the flop, with top pair marginal kicker and a back door straight and back door flush coming in to the 3rd nut flush, I elected to check to the pre-flop 3-bet aggressor in position. Question here: Who is the pre-flop aggressor here, I made the initial raise and he 3-bet from position.
Is this a better spot to bet here? Check/call or check/raise if he bets?
Villain checks behind.
With the Ks coming on the turn things are looking good for the draws I have, I still have 2nd pair made, and I opted to bet for value. Villain calls. How is my sizing here of 10 into 29? I don't want a fold and with him likely having that likely strong 3-betting range pre, he's probably got a piece too. Like the flop, I am not sure how I would have responded to a raise in this spot. I think I would fold to a large raise.
River is 2s so the flush completed. We have the 2nd nut flush and while the As is a likely part of his range, I was hesitant to bet out of position. He jammed 90+bb into 40bb and I folded.
Thinking the hand through post-mortem, and trying to narrow his range down, I block his AQss and AJss, A10ss and A2ss are blocked by the board. That's leaving AsXs for 6 combinations that would complete the nut flush.
Before I started studying this week I would snap-call, but that's the type of impulse reaction that led to a -20bb/100 rate over the last couple of months.
What's missing from my thought process and analysis?
Thanks for reading.
Kevin
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