Syntonic
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Started playing again this month. Eh, a little bit of a roller coaster action going on there. (50NL)
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This thread is still alive?I thought you'd all be busto!I kid. I kid.
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Seriously, this is a good reason why you should move up.Hero showed
, and won ($18.76) with three of a kind, QueensSB showed 
, and lost with two pair, Queens and EightsHero won $18.76(Rake: $1.34)
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poker sucks.
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Never fear, Syntonic is here.mbn to get kings all the time.Hand 1: Yeah I've played against that guy in 50 and 25NL...maybe 100 too. I think I'm ok with it. He probably got weird with 89 suited. I think I prefer b/f to c/c but meh.Hand 2: ul to 6s fullPulled all nighter. I want to die.
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Button ($146.20)SB ($113.60)BB ($194.25)UTG ($117.05)MP ($114.70)Hero (CO) ($106.75)Preflop: Hero is CO with 7
, 7
2 folds, Hero bets $3, Button calls $3, 2 foldsFlop: ($7.50) 9, 5
, 4
(2 players)Hero bets $5, Button calls $5Turn: ($17.50) K(2 players)Hero bets $11, Button calls $11River: ($39.50) A(2 players)Hero bets $22, Button raises to $56, Hero foldsVillain is 32/15 over 95 hands. Anyone hate/like this? -
You don't think he could float one off?against a typical UTG range I c/f the turn. I expect him to have at least KT when he bets. I doubt he's turning like 99 into a bluff here. -
Villain is 20/19 over 1200 handsI bet into him because I have top pair lol. What do you want me to do? C/C forever? The original raiser could easy bet AK/AQ/KQ here - what do I do when one of those cards rolls off? Hell, he could check behind on the flop and he hits a free shot to hit an overcard. I think calling c/c OOP here is so weak. I would rather just c/f.On the turn I put him on air (floated on the flop), so AJ,AQ, etc. or a middle pair: 9s, 7s, etc. My intention was to c/f the river. What do you do? Fold preflop? I think better here is best. Checking is just being passive and I think you'll lose a lot of pots to worse hands.Why donk into the preflop raiser? bc it's multiway and you expect him to check back his air and you don't want to risk a J+ rolling off?As played I like c/c the turn and c/f the river.I imagine his value range on the turn is like sets, better tens and like JJ/QQ and similar. Of course we can narrow his range further by noting the river action.Do people bet like KQ on the turn after we donk and they float and we check?Do we have any notes or stats? bc I don't really think I am donking into an utg raise 4 way... but I dunno I suck in these spots, like 78J flop one time?? -
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (5 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.comHero (BB) ($113.10)UTG ($108.65)MP ($151.35)Button ($98.50)SB ($145.65)Preflop: Hero is BB with 9
, 10UTG bets $3.50, 1 fold, Button calls $3.50, SB calls $3, Hero calls $2.50Flop: ($14) 3, 10, 2(4 players)SB checks, Hero bets $8, UTG calls $8, 2 foldsTurn: ($30) 8(2 players)Hero checks, UTG bets $17, Hero calls $17River: ($64) 4(2 players)Hero checks, UTG checks -
I hate you guys.
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Can I paint a picture for everyone?Trystero saying exactly what he wrote, white background, Apple-commercial-esque music playing. He finishes, it immediately cuts away to the black letters: HEM. Genius right? Genius.HEM is so fcking sick now. It's like cheating...stats on basically everything. Database + 5mill hands from PTR = lulz (I haven't bought any but people are, and it's ridiculous). Even the replayer kicks ass. -
It's now officially April for me! Finally, no more coolers!AA < KKAA < AKWorst April fools joke.
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@James. I don't really like it. I would prefer if you bet the flop (expect one person to call) and the turn is a good card to fire away again. As played I think the guy has a 9 and he's probably not going to fold because of the A on board. I'm assuming he's not a nit. If he is, then I'm more OK with the river bluff.
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I didn't play much this month due to school and whatnot.
The huge downswing is a bunch of consecutive cooler hands. Flop sets, lose, cry, repeat.I think most of this is 100NL -
I don't think that is a good fold. Were you betting with intention of folding to a raise? I c/c here at least.Anyone raise this preflop? It's been awhile since I've played FR.
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True true. I probably would have preferred to have QJs or something.syntonic I think you're right: he's capable of barrelling here. I'm not giving him much credit...when someone's 3-betting so widely he can show up w/all sorts of garbage. If he's a thinking player then he knows that you're weak on this board so he'll try and blow you off your fragile pair. Or he's just an aggrodonk and will just fire x 3.problem is though w/88, as we've been going over here, that you need a good board. What do you do on a AK4 board? Do you c/c him all the way down? JT4? A92? So on so forth. So many boards just suck for 88...and when you're OOP, the pair's limitations are only aggravated.basically babylondonks' long block of text -
I think you're right about this. Flatting is hugely villain dependent and generally not a good idea.I think in general, villain dependent, 4bet/calling is > flatting OOP and folding is probably fine too. The fact is that you're going to be abused in those CO v BTN situations a ton and there's not a huge amount you can do. I mean when I 3bet the Button light in that spot I'm very very very happy when the CO flats because they're OOP and playing either fit or fold, or super spewy. So flatting basically plays into their hands perfectly imo, which isn't what we really want.
Yes, sometimes it is better to be vulnerable. By optimal I mean: cannot be exploited. But, I don't really understand your second sentence - I'm fully aware that I can be taken advantage of when playing sub-optimally. You have to play sub-optimally if you want to take advantage of uber aggressive players. i.e. you have to call them down more.I'm certainly not trying to make this results oriented, but he showed up with J7s. I only say that to people who are giving him too much credit. This is 6max, he is on the button and he has a history of 3betting often.Edit: I'm also not trying to say that my play was 'the best.' I like how I played it against this particular villain, though, and I'm always willing to hear arguments for different plays. Like I said, I think Babs is correct in saying that this play is much more difficult to pull off to be profitable. Obviously it's easy with this flop, but on T93 and QJ2 it gets way harder.The bolded I think is a bit flawed. I assume what you're trying to say is that sometimes it's better to play exploitably than optimally. But in this situation I think that flatting here is going to be playing sub-optimally in a manner which allows you to be exploited. -
Pssh no way.Let's agree to call it mathematics. It sounds formal and cool.Besides, maths is silly.Math is idiotic, maths however, isn't. -
lol
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Only have 80 hands on him. 100% cbet. Why do you assume he has TT+? He can't have J10, J9, A10, A9, etc.? I also think every pocket pair is in his range. He's 3-betting as much as people open raise.I don't know exactly what boards I would be C/Ring on. In my mind, I figured he would fold if I 4bet him preflop - I just felt like 8s are way ahead of his raising range and if he has a monster, then so be it. I was pretty much ready to hold on to my pair. I would probably C/R a safe looking board to just take it down on the flop, and if an overcard hit, I was going to C/C.Edit: Yeah, I think most people can agree this is normally a 4bet. I guess I'm trying to argue that the optimal play is not always the best play.how many hands did you have on him?What was his c-bet % and did you notice any barreling tendencies. Obv here you flop the nuts and he barrels. So like I assume he showed up with TT+ and not AK or whatev.What boards are you going to c/r? are you check/shoving?What boards are you going to c/c? Are you going to call 1 and give up?I just want to know more about your plans. -
What's the line, then? 4bet and get it in?Seems kind of meh, but maybe I'm wrong.I doubt it can really be that profitable to call w/88 OOP there to an aggro villain. 4bet/call? interested to hear what sht00pidhead does.postflop is obv fine -
I wasn't set mining. I know this guys range is huge. My plan was to C/R or C/C depending on the flop.I dunno, is it bad to let aggressive guys guy fire away in position?I has a pair. I ain't scurred.
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Villain is LAG. His 3bet frequency was like 19. Anyone prefer to 4bet preflop?Hero (CO) ($100)Button ($100)SB ($105.20)BB ($89.90)UTG ($126.75)MP ($198)Preflop: Hero is CO with 8
, 82 folds, Hero bets $3, Button raises to $10, 2 folds, Hero calls $7Flop: ($21.50) 6, 6, 8(2 players)Hero checks, Button bets $11, Hero calls $11Turn: ($43.50) 10(2 players)Hero checks, Button bets $18, Hero calls $18River: ($79.50) 9(2 players)Hero checks, Button bets $61 (All-In), Hero calls $61 (All-In)Total pot: $201.50 | Rake: $3 -
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New Challenge: Movin' On Up
in No Limit Texas Hold'em Cash Games
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Looks good QED. How close to 25NL? I keep telling people this, but seriously, 25NL is much softer than 10NL.