Bubba83

If you're going to fold the turn when he bets your stack because you're afraid of a set, why not fold on the flop instead?

Agree with all posters above me, raise turn. If he calls the turn raise, I check/call river.As played on the turn, I value bet river.

I 3-bet, if he caps I call and check/call river.

Your bankroll should contain at least 300 big bets. What limits are you looking to play?The only thing I would warn you about is the rake can cut into your results quite bad depending on the size of the stakes and the place you're playing at.I would strongly recommend reading Jennifer Harman's Limit Hold'em section in Super System 2. It helped me the most out of everything I've read for limit.Also Winning Low-Limit Hold'Em by Lee Jones is a strong starter book, infact you'd want to read it before Harman's section in SS2.

You're not coming off hostile to me, I am always afraid I come off hostile when I get so involved in these strat hands as well, but I personally feed on the arguments and they make me think in many different ways... Unless someone makes something personal it's all just strategy as far as I am concerned.I'm not really suggesting an alternate way to play the turn, I am just saying it can be problematic if we donk-bet the flop and then a situation like that happens where we pretty much have to shove into a possible flush which kinda sucks.I guess it's the main reason why I like a check/raise all

What about the Daniel Negreanu factor? "I ran a complicated bluff on Daniel Negreanu!"

Yes, but as I said the guy played TAG postflop. I am putting a lot of pressure on him if I shovel the turn, and there's 3 diamonds on the board. Is it that unreasonable to believe he'd fold the turn with KQ, AK, and maybe AA?

Plus the read is that the villain is solid, I don't think it's 89 either and prefer check/call on river. Unless you think our villain will raise us on the turn with KQ/KJ after getting 3-bet on the flop, which based on the solid read I don't think he does.

I'd also be willing to include Kc Qc, Kh Qh that we can beat, but I don't know if he's calling. He may not even call with AK, AA unless he has Ad or Kd in the case of AK.Let's list some hands he can have that beat me: Ad Kd, Ad Qd, Ad Jd, KK, TT and maybe Ad Td (like i said he likes his hands preflop a little too much)

Well if we 3-bet we're facing BB and UTG with 2 cold so it could be 3 way if they both fold, but at these limits I think UTG always calls after limping and BB is in a bunch too.

What hands could he have though when he calls on the flop? What would we be called by that we can beat on the turn?

Let's assume UTG has the top 30.2% of all hands since he just limped giving him hands as bad as K6s, A5o.MP Raises so we'll give him the top 20.4% which gives him hands down to T9s.Button calls and we'll give him the top 25.2% of hands which includes holdings as weak as A7o.According to PokerStove 99 has 29% equity against those rather generous hand ranges.

I don't mind waiting for a turn once in a while to raise in short-handed situations but this flop is particularly draw heavy so I'd raise this flop for sure.I don't mind the river fold either.

Why do you think we'll win this pot over 33% of the time? At these stakes with at least 3 opponents already in, the opponents almost always go to show down and we'll need our set unless we hit some random straight etc.

I don't think it's highly likely you're beat just because UTG overcalled the flop, what about 55+? Do you think he leads those on the flop most of the time instead? It kind of depends how savvy he is as well. He could have overcalled with the sole intention of running a bluff.

Without reading replies...I play preflop the same.I vary what I do on the flop, sometimes leading out for $150, sometimes check/calling, rarely check/raising.Since UTG overcalled on a flop that contains no drawing possibilities, I would lead the turn because I want to find out where I am at against UTG's hand. Also, Button could now have a draw with a hand like KJ that I don't want him checking behind, since for all we know Button could easily have just tried to pick up the pot on the flop in which case he will not follow through with a bet on the turn. Given how the flop was played, I lead

Instead of calling it standard 5-handed to 3-bet 99 preflop in worst position, please give me some reasonings. You can easily make a case for it being the best hand at the time but when more than one villain is likely going to have hands like AQ JK QT, we're a big dog to have our hand still be good after a flop unless we flop a set, which only happens 1 in 8 times and if we 3-bet we're not getting 8 to 1 more on our raise. The only good part I can see about 3-betting is perhaps to get BB to fold, but does that make that much of a difference when we're likely looking at a no set no bet situat

I like all streets the way you played it. Nice hand, I'm sure it was tempting to go for something fancier at some point but I like this best for the reasons Zach already mentioned.

I think postflop is fine, but how come no one has commented on preflop?I would just call preflop as opposed to 3-betting. With this many players in we're going to have to flop a set to be good postflop most likely, so why bloat the pot out of position when this will only happen 1 in 8 times?

Why wouldn't he call with a flush draw if he has Kc Qc? Are you saying he'd fold or raise?

I'm with Tortuga on this one... I raise the flop because it's a shorthanded game and I will do this with a lot of hands if I had preflop lead. At this point he would probably have 3-bet the flop in which case you could call and plan to raise the turn. As played, I would cap the turn and may even raise/call if he leads river with the read you have. Even if we got 3-bets in on the flop I would cap the turn, but may just call a donk on the river. Obviously if he checks river we bet and call a check/raise.

For those of you that want to lead the flop for about 2/3 - 3/4 the pot here, consider the following theoretical situation:Preflop: Hero is dealt 6 6 in Hi-Jack, MP2 raises to $15, Hero calls, CO folds, Button re-raises to $30 total, MP2 calls, Hero calls.Flop: K T 6 ($94 in pot)MP2 checks, Hero bets $65, Button calls, MP2 folds.Turn: 3 ($224 in pot)Hero...We have $183 left in our stack, and button has us covered. What hand ranges do we put Button on? What is our line?

If you're still reading Daniel, I am curious to know more about the flop. I see you were going for a smooth call hoping button raises and traps SB in the middle for at least 3-bets, but I am wondering if you had some kind of read that button was definitely going to raise or what. How often does button have to raise to make this play worth it? It's just scary to me to give the button a chance to smooth call with a hand like Qc Kc etc.Looking at results, I doubt your decision to smooth call the flop made you any bets given the opponents hands in this instance, as I think if you had raised you

What about jamming for value in a three way pot where you have a 40%+ish chance to win even against sets?Also: I raise the flop without some significant reads on button. If button has KK, QQ etc he's not raising behind us unless he's a nutbar for example

This particular min-raisers range isn't as narrow as AA KK QQ JJ AK necessarily with the read I have on him from the other small re-raises he has made preflop, and generally large open raises he has made with good but not great hands. It seems like there is some discussion of whether it is better to donk bet or check/raise here, which is what I was hoping for.The benefit of donk-betting would be to ensure it doesn't get checked through. I don't think this opponent would check after leading preflop very often at all, but I haven't had that much time playing with him either. The donk-bet can