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This is an interesting hand as well. preflop is standard, I raise and get two callers. The flop is really good for my hand so I bet out on the flop with a standard cbet. I get min raised and the other caller folds. Now I have a huge hand and I am happy to get it in here so what size should my bet be? His min raise could be great strength but normally means a draw type hand in my experince. It does not really matter what he has now anyway, I make it $4 and he calls. The turn is not the ideal card for me, a Jack. It gives me a pretty useless pair and cuts my equity. If I check and he shoves I will need to call $5.95 to win $14.90 so I will need about 29% equity to call. I am going to have more than that on average. I therefore think that my shove is optimal as him folding is the best result for me. I do think I get a small number of folds here which increases the expected profit in this spot.
this might increase your win rate in similar situations with given reads...
I get min raised and the other caller folds. Now I have a huge hand and I am happy to get it in here so what size should my bet be? His min raise could be great strength but normally means a draw type hand in my experience.
Hand InformationPokerStars No Limit, 0.1 BB (6 handed).
Hand History converter courtesy of pokerhandreplays.com
Table InformationSeat: 1 c9l9i9n9t ($10.25) Dealer
Seat: 2 dragusmen ($19.24) Small Blind
Seat: 3 hanna312 ($14.7) Big Blind
Seat: 4 killer0497 ($9.36)
Seat: 5 naughty_ept ($10.81)
Seat: 6
Hero ($20.12)
Dealt to
Hero
Preflop (Pot:0.15)
killer0497
FOLD naughty_ept
FOLD Hero RAISE $0.3
c9l9i9n9t
CALL $0.3
dragusmen
FOLD hanna312
CALL $0.2
Flop(Pot: $0.95)
hanna312
CHECK Hero BET $0.65
c9l9i9n9t
RAISE $1.3
hanna312
FOLD Hero RAISE $4
c9l9i9n9t
CALL $2.7
right do you agree with this range for villain - TcTd,8c8d,AQs,KJs+,QTs,J9s,T8s+,97s,AQo,KJo -
i only gave him 1 set of 8"s + T"s due to the way he played it [give him all 3 combo"s reduces equity by a couple of percent]
giving you 63% equity and you 3bet raise to $4 ?? think about what gives you the most EV Rodders.. always anticipate these guys at these stakes to call a good percentage imho with top pair etc , then consider the action killers on the turn..
now ponder if you
3bet jam and expect these guys not to let go of top pair hands and weaker spade draws etc , i think if you do some calculations you"ll find it better EV wise.. [you are gtd to see turn/river and realise your full equity]
for example if villain had J9 for the straight and flatted your 3bet raise on the flop, approx 72% you miss your spade or King on the turn, check pokerstove and see the difference in equity for villain when you miss your outs , same for top pair hands.
comb through your tracker base and see if you are missing out on other spots where you can maximise your EV better...
ref your tilt/spew every now and then problem - something you can try when you feel like you are getting annoyed is inject logic statements to whatever you do...
for example when you are calling a bet post flop, what are your reasons for calling?
logic wise you can think in steps to yourself -
Step 1,
Villain"s range <-> Hero do i have sufficient Equity?
Step 2,
Can i profitably raise?
Yes, better now or later? -> Later, Call to slow play
(When most hands that will call a raise will also VB themselves, then often it is better to call to keep his range wide, ask what raising will accomplish? Fold out AIR, fold out the bottom of his VB"ing range, then calling is most likely better.
No, (i"m not ahead of his calling range) -> reasons to Call
1. Calling to slow play
2. Calling to bluff catch
3. Calling for value (Villain can VB a worse hand, but we can"t raise and get called by worse)
General Strategy,
Whenever it is close it is usually better to be at the top of your calling range then at the bottom of your raising range, especially when a raise represents a very strong range and villain is unlikely to bluff catch wide.
expand your logic like this and if you continue to tilt/spew then force yourself to quit
edit - plus think about your general strategy for zoom, if i was to play 10nl my general approach would be -
1. Value betting
2. No Bluff catching non-std spots.
3. No Bluffing without Equity
4. I"d find spots where certain people are extremely unbalanced and exploit the f##k out of that.
