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Preflop, I dont three bet A K oop against a big stacks limp raise. I dont generally three bet A K preflop against a big stack unless I have an exceptional read on him. I three bet short stacks all day long with AK just in hopes of getting it in preflop against their A 2 offsuit because short stacks are just simply silly.If you suggest raising the weak turn bet, what is your play on the flop against the mini raise? Is anyone for three betting the flop and folding to an all in? Or three betting the flop and calling off my whole stack if he repushes. As far as leading the turn from the other

"I assume you wouldn't have posted if you didnt win it."I almost forgot why I stopped posting in poker forums, and you just reminded me, thanks. This is very simple to understand but most people that post dont get it, It does not matter what the villian ends up having, the results of the hand DO NOT MATTER. Its a very simple truth in poker which many people ignore and get too emotional about the game.Villian could have had AA here or AK, thats up to the discussion of the hand, the way the bets are analyzed on each street so that we can put a range of hands on the villian and the reason for p

suited connectors and one gappers are great to take flops with when playing with deep stacks in nl, same reason you call with pocket pairs , people get stubborn with their big hands.

just incase someone read past all the other posts and missed the right strat, here it is again:EASIEST PUSH IN THE WORLD.draw heavy flop, and many hands you are well ahead of. Set in NL, GOLD. Besides, you've got an out to quads if behind .

i dont know the exact % of time that im getting called here too because there are a number of times he is going to check call me with second pair and then im just writing the river bet off as a payment for a crazy image.I just lead the river again for the times that he could have flush draw, im not really thinking that he always had a flush draw in this spot. And i certainly dont bluff a lot considering especially at six max, people like to call a lot. Its just when i find myself on the river after building a decent pot, I think this size of bet is the cheapest I can get away with to steal t

he didnt have a flush draw.I was just pointing out that slow playing as a strategy is about the worst thing you can do. Most the time playing fast and giving lots of action , then also playing fast on your big hands will net the most money, thats my strat in the hand im not just posting it because i wanted to show off. i posted to show what i think about milking small bets off a big hand. But "congrats" on your sarcasm. BTW i never post hand results, they dont matter

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: Bet The Pot)UTG ($136.70)MP ($35.35)Hero ($202.20)SB ($53.20)BB ($135.40)Preflop: Hero is Button with [Ac], [Ad]. UTG calls $1, 1 fold, Hero raises to $4, 1 fold, BB calls $3, UTG calls $3.Flop: ($12.50) [3s], [Ah], [Jh] (3 players)BB checks, UTG bets $8, Hero raises to $31, BB folds, UTG raises to $132.7, Hero calls $101.70.Turn: ($277.90) [Qd] (2 players)River: ($277.90) [4h] (2 players)Final Pot: $277.90

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: Bet The Pot)UTG ($14.90)MP ($37.20)Button ($199.15)SB ($74.15)Hero ($116.30)Preflop: Hero is BB with [Ah], [Kh]. UTG calls $1, 1 fold, Button calls $1, 1 fold, Hero raises to $4, UTG folds, Button raises to $7, Hero calls $3.Flop: ($15.50) [2c], [Ac], [Qs] (2 players)Hero bets $11, Button raises to $22, Hero calls $11.Turn: ($59.50) [Tc] (2 players)Hero checks, Button bets $11, Hero calls $11.River: ($81.50) [Ad] (2 players)Hero checks, Button checks.Final Pot: $81.50

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: Bet The Pot)UTG ($99.55)MP ($21.05)Button ($18.30)SB ($43.45)Hero ($106.20)Preflop: Hero is BB with [9s], [Js]. 3 folds, SB raises to $2, Hero calls $1.Flop: ($4) [8c], [Tc], [2h] (2 players)SB bets $1, Hero raises to $5, SB calls $4.Turn: ($14) [Ad] (2 players)SB bets $3, Hero raises to $16, SB calls $13.River: ($46) [3d] (2 players)SB checks, Hero bets $21, SB folds.Final Pot: $67

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: Bet The Pot)UTG ($65.50)MP ($107.35)Button ($121.60)Hero ($100)BB ($8.85)Preflop: Hero is SB with [Qs], [Ts]. UTG calls $1, 1 fold, Button raises to $5, Hero calls $4.50, 1 fold, UTG folds.Flop: ($12) [Td], [As], [6s] (2 players)Hero bets $11, Button calls $11.Turn: ($34) [3h] (2 players)Hero bets $31, Button calls $31.River: ($96) [Qc] (2 players)Hero bets $53 (All-In), Button calls $53.Final Pot: $202

Been doing great, I really changed up my game, a lot more aggr and a lot more raising suited connectors and pairs preflop, gets a lot more action. Having a great run this month, and I've also called more liberally on the river, stops people from running over you and you get surprised to see just how often people bluff when you check.This hand i took a sec to call, no reads, silly me and 8 tabling six max. Preflop rules out AA, KK, and AK.So i thought it was either A 5, 33, or a bluff that beat me, hence my call.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: Bet The Pot)Hero ($98.70)BB ($52.55)UTG ($54.70)MP ($19.30)Button ($108.90)Preflop: Hero is SB with [4h], [Ah]. UTG calls $1, 1 fold, Button calls $1, Hero completes, BB checks.Flop: ($4) [Kh], [3d], [As] (4 players)Hero bets $3, BB folds, UTG folds, Button calls $3.Turn: ($10) [4d] (2 players)Hero bets $11, Button calls $11.River: ($32) [2s] (2 players)Hero checks, Button bets $40, Hero calls $40.Final Pot: $112

PUSH PUSH PUSH PUSHScrew check/ calling ,that system will get you no where six max.I completely revamped my game the last couple months and I can say with complete confidence that people play far to weak postflop. Once you start playing your hands aggressively and pushing with your big draws, your opponents get to scared to make plays at pots with you in them so you pick up more money, and you also get the benefit of getting paid off on your sets and overpairs because they believe you to be pushing a flush or straight draw.Leading this flop is good play.I usually play this hand like you did o

HiFirst post in a long long while.This is a super easy river call, especially given that it is six max. You need to be willing to make loose river calls in some situations because the pot is offering you a good enough price, it will prevent your opponents from making too many plays at you, and its just too easy that your kings are ahead here.You played this hand textbook on every street, except for the river. You could make an argument for making this laydown to a PSB, but there are enough value betting/ weak bluffing hands of his that you are ahead of to make this call.

This is one of those situations that your decision is on the flop. I always see a ton of people facing a raise on the flop, just call with a strong hand and then evaluate on the turn, but thats usually not the right way to go.You need to either push the flop or fold. Without any reads on the specific player, just going by the betting through the whole hand, then this is certainly a push, you are ahead of too many of his possible hands. However, if you have stats or a read on the villian, and say his postflop aggression really small, or you have him read as a complete calling station, never

Its nice picking up that loose action when you are playing LAG yourself, isn't it.This type of hand shows why the LAG style can work if you can get donks to play into it. I always just have a problem with it when im at a table full of really tight rocks that are never going to change their style But when you get people to play worse because of your play, then its on.Very nice hand

I dont think so . I don't post very often anymore, and when I do I like to try and get in everything I would be thinking about the hand.As far as the other response, being worried about scaring away the villian with a pot sized bet, you really shouldn't be. He should give you action if he has any sort of reasonable holding. Its much easier to spot a huge hand off a weak lead then a pot sized bet, the weak lead should be making alarm bells ring in his mind.And speaking of supersystem, that's almost the exact style of play I implement at the levels I play at, and it works like a charm here.

I think your action was too obvious in this hand.Im not sure of your exact style on continuation bets, but lets say you have AK here heads up. Im guessing that you close to pot this flop in postiion heads up, the 3/4 to pot sized bet to keep the pressure on your table.What i'm getting at, is when you flopped the monster here, you weak bet it begging him for action, then he plays back, and then out of the weeds you jump and push hard. That says strength to me, you were baiting him then pounced.I like the bet strong line on the flop when you lead, IF, you have been the Boss of your table. If

First of all, to the OP, please don't post results next time. In your post, you saying, he only had a pair of jacks, so did I lose value on the river ? You should be asking, what is my best move on the river, not knowing what he has, no one responding needs to know what the opponent has, sometimes that will affect people's perspective.To the part I bolded in this response, if you are unsure, just play it safe. Now, that's a decent piece of advice and I absolutely agree with that, but that makes me want to say, you shouldn't be unsure !In one of my favorite poker books, the author talks abou

For one, don't three bet KQ preflop, its not that strong of a hand. I usually don't call a raise with it either, but a mini raise, that's fine to call imo.Secondly, you did the classic weak play throughout this hand, by that I mean, you bet when you had nothing, then you checked when you hit your hand. Betting the flop in position is fine... but I generally don't continuation bet as much the lower levels because people are looking for any reason to call. However, you may have 6 outs and may pick up the free turn depending how opponents are playing that betting position here is justifiable.N

Great explanation.First of all, the "two" hands that beat you are actually three. AK, K7 and 77. In an unraised pot we can likely discount AK, as a typical TAG would raise AK from the CO. K7 seems like an odd hand to limp with from the CO due to reverse domination, but possible. 77 is most likely, if in fact he has you beat. I'm guessing that's what he had and you think this is the correct laydown in this situation most times, and I don't agree.Through the odds calculator at CardPlayer, I gave the Tight Villain credit for 77 and the Idiot A7. We're 23% to win against this field on the flop, su

I think, even given the stats on opponent, that I should still raise this flop. Ofcourse this is a good enough flop for this hand.However, not all situations in poker are either raise or fold. There are plenty of times you can just call. Granted, the raise/fold situations greatly outweigh the calling situations, but calling is still a viable option sometimes. My reasons at the time of this hand were clear, villian was extreme tight/passive/passive. I figured I was behind at the time and I knew exactly what I needed to hit in order to take it down at showdown, the heart, and possibly the 1

Great explanation.

I standardly raise this flop as well. The question is, do you raise this flop against a mouse? That's the read, I dont have his stats anymore, but his icon was a mouse, he was playing tight/passive/passive. Does the play change or is the raise in position still best against a mouse also?