So, generally the cash games I play online are straightforward. Especially true with players playing less than 100bb effective. At a 9 handed 50nl table, I open from UTG2 with AK off to 1.50. The player right after me now min-3bets to 2.50 (about 90bb effective). Everyone folds and I call. (Mistake?)
Flop: KQJ rainbow. I check, villain fires (normal-sized) cbet. I call
Turn:K I check, he checks back.
River: Ace. Not sure exact suits but no flush draw on board. Hero?
The result...As I said, these games are quite straightforward...in the moment I think to myself...if i check, I'm check-raising, and if he has aces, he's jamming. But, If I bet, and he raises, I can call, get off cheaply and avoid being coolered for the maximum. Because I doubt he three bets jacks...MAYBE nit even queens. But here's the thing...he checked the turn. Would queens ever check the turn? I highly doubt it. So, if he's extremely unlikely to have queens, and kings isn't possible, what does he have? And, if check or bet and get raised, what does he call a jam with, since queens is really really unlikely.
I made up my mind of potentially losing value (but really, the more I think about it, I'm either beat or chopping, so this has be a losing scenario anyway, doesn't it? was okay. Like I said if i check, I have to check-raise, and then he jams and I miserably call it off. The key is checking the turn. Queens, IF he even 3bets, doesn't check the turn. So I throw out a small bet of 1.50, get raised to 6-7 dollars, and of course I call.
What would you be thinking about in this spot, and how would you play it?
Flop: KQJ rainbow. I check, villain fires (normal-sized) cbet. I call
Turn:K I check, he checks back.
River: Ace. Not sure exact suits but no flush draw on board. Hero?
The result...As I said, these games are quite straightforward...in the moment I think to myself...if i check, I'm check-raising, and if he has aces, he's jamming. But, If I bet, and he raises, I can call, get off cheaply and avoid being coolered for the maximum. Because I doubt he three bets jacks...MAYBE nit even queens. But here's the thing...he checked the turn. Would queens ever check the turn? I highly doubt it. So, if he's extremely unlikely to have queens, and kings isn't possible, what does he have? And, if check or bet and get raised, what does he call a jam with, since queens is really really unlikely.
I made up my mind of potentially losing value (but really, the more I think about it, I'm either beat or chopping, so this has be a losing scenario anyway, doesn't it? was okay. Like I said if i check, I have to check-raise, and then he jams and I miserably call it off. The key is checking the turn. Queens, IF he even 3bets, doesn't check the turn. So I throw out a small bet of 1.50, get raised to 6-7 dollars, and of course I call.
What would you be thinking about in this spot, and how would you play it?
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