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You won’t even entertain the thought that this was a good play beer man, thanks for nothing.
But I hear you, so fold this and fold that

Cool story bro. So go ahead and explain how it was a good play using ranges and maths, without deviating from the information that you provided in your posts ITT, and I'll admit I was wrong.

I guess you’re always right.
I know more about solvers and theory than most old guys, so I’m not arguing.

But I find lines that work, most of the time. Others might be interested.

You don’t have to admit anything to me, I could care less - I could read your stuff in a book.

But try some of these plays before you condemn them. If it fails, then I’ll admit I was wrong.

I mean since she mucked quickly, this strongly suggests that she had AK, which is supposed to be in her range, so the result doesn't seem to contradict anything anyone said. If her 3betting range is JJ+ and AK, then she has AK 47% of the time here, so it's not like this was an outlandish result.

Don’t know about higher stakes, none available, but I am simply suggesting that in 1/3 you find places to semi-bluff and bring the pressure! One of the best ways to win

In football we called it ‘bringing the noise’ but it’s the same idea, you get over-aggressive & that solves everything.

Note: at any point I get raised, I fold. Sometimes that happens, but I usually pick my marks well.

maybe give me a break (cordial disagreements) at some point.

……schemes I shouldn’t even tell

A ‘semi-bluff’ is not just a straight or flush draw. I could have the best hand, improve to the best hand, or make a better hand fold.

This is a satire account.

Thank you for your tacit admission that there is no plausible range that supports your preflop play here.

Yeah, it is a satire of how some fish play. It is a troll account.

How did you get 47%?

I think he used QQ+/AK, which is 34 combos total, 16/34 = ~47%.

By failing to count to 4 correctly (JJ, QQ, KK, AA, somehow I counted 3 pairs there, then it would be 16/34). Counting correctly it would be 16/40, so 40%. Good catch.

I'm really sorry you feel so exhausted. I promise I wasn't trying to hurt you. Fwiw I'm > 90% sure that you're not trolling.

Honestly if you think the forum is toxic -- which I do get btw -- just don't be here?

I just don't agree with you on this particular hand, hence my post, there wasn't anything else to it.

Thanks Prim
You’re not the one.
The world is toxic, still got to live in it.

I encourage disagreement, but mostly I get disrespect. Thinking outside the box is hard for ‘solver says’ people, I understand that.

With reasons, I can learn different points of view, but being dismissed as a troll is their loss.

I’m here to improve in poker and slowly I’m learning who the spoiled kids are & who are serious contributors to poker education. This site once was great, can’t give up on it yet.

Not saying that at all. Thank you for proving that all you care about is people thinking you’re right, when this post was simply beyond your understanding. But please go on to explain why this semi-bluff which you will never try, seems to get thru for me most of the time. This was just one example

I encourage people to think of other situations where you can put villain in a blender with a simple semi-bluff: might not be the best hand at the moment, but has a chance to improve thru the streets.

But there can be no ‘half-stepping’ - you have to carry thru with super aggression. Many times I have thought they’re calling the river this time, but they don’t.

Many on here want you to think how smart they are - their only goal. But if you think these people have got it solved, all I can say is lol.
I don’t mean this with disrespect, because there are some sharp people here & that’s why I’m here.

But, I would suggest that people disrespecting me are the wrong people to learn from. They are focused on themselves, not you the learner. If you play like everyone else, you will lose like everyone else.

That's 200+ words instead of simply ranging your opponent and using that to support your play. Feels-based "analysis" was perfectly respectable back in the 70s and 80s but people started moving past it in the 90s.

It isn't much of a semibluff. You are 12% to flop a set and about 8% to beat a higher pp on the flop. If you had a gutshot on the flop, you would be about 18% against QQ.

That being said, once you get to the flop, the pot sized bet is a reasonable approach. It is essentially a push and you have to call a push with the odds. Sometimes she 5! shoves AA/KK preflop. There is a decent chance you are ahead or you can get her to fold JJ/TT. When she snap folded, she probably had AK, maybe AQ or some light 3! that missed the flop. You do win that 8% when she calls, which is significant given how much is already in the pot.

The 4! is kind of reckless, but if you are going to make it, this is one of the worst hands to do it with. When she snap folded, 99 was probably way ahead. You want to be able to really semibluff: get her to fold hands that are ahead and have a better chance to draw out if called.

Lol, do you think you got a better hand to fold here?

Obviously keep 4betting a typical LLSNL 3bet range and print, gogogo!

Gcongratulationsonrunningintotheverybottomofbothopponentsrsanges,imoG

Yeah, a lot of people are 3!ing KK+ and 1/3 and you would be throwing away money. The snap fold indicates she had AK or a light 3! and you were ahead with 99. 4! bluffing at 1/3 is generally a bad idea, and a pp is one of the worst hands to bluff with.