2NL - JTo BB vs SB, straight on river but lose to flush. Line check?
This is my first post on this forum.
Winning Poker, Hold'em No Limit - $0.01/$0.02 - 5 players
Replay this hand on Pokeit
PASTORA (UTG): $2.17 (109 bb)
quidjndns (CO): $0.64 (32 bb)
titan2209 (BU): $2.01 (101 bb)
victoremm (SB): $4.06 (203 bb)
comengetcha (BB): $2.29 (115 bb)
Pre-Flop: ($0.03) Hero (comengetcha) is BB with J♠ T♦
3 players fold, victoremm (SB) raises to $0.05, comengetcha (BB) calls $0.03
Flop: ($0.10) K♣ K♠ Q♣ (2 players)
victoremm (SB) bets $0.05, comengetcha (BB) raises to $0.20, victoremm (SB) calls $0.15
Turn: ($0.50) A♣ (2 players)
victoremm (SB) bets $0.34, comengetcha (BB) calls $0.34
River: ($1.18) 6♦ (2 players)
victoremm (SB) bets $0.88, comengetcha (BB) calls $0.88
Total pot: $2.94 (Rake: $0.14)
Showdown:
victoremm (SB) shows 6♣ 5♣ (a flush, Ace high)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 39%, Flop: 49%, Turn: 100%, River: 100%)
comengetcha (BB) shows J♠ T♦ (a straight, Ten to Ace)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 61%, Flop: 51%, Turn: 0%, River: 0%)
victoremm (SB) wins $2.80
My thoughts:
Preflop: Defending BB vs small SB open with JTo felt standard.
Flop: I have the open-ended straight draw and thought raising could apply pressure on small pairs or random air from SB. Not sure if this is better as a call though.
Turn: Ace gives me the straight but also completes the flush. When he bets again I just called. Not sure if raising here is better or if calling is correct because of the flush.
River: Brick. When he bets big I called because I have the straight, but obviously the flush got there.
Did I play this okay or are there mistakes in my line?
Appreciate any feedback.
3 Replies
pf is fine.
I don't mind raise flop but I think smaller size, call also fine.
it's not common at 2nl for someone to take back the initiative and bluff twice so I think probably you can get away from it on river.
Hello ! First time on forum hope I can help ^^
The profil of vilain would be interesting here, because the decision will be impacted 😉
PReflop prefect it's a clear call, no need to 3bet we don't make fold better and we get call by better.
Flop : I prefer to just call especially VS 1/2 pot. We don't have a very good equity here, but as a semi bluff that's ok. His range that call is mainly composed of strang hands and flush/straigh draw.
Turn : As played we have to call. we have really good equity. But hand is becoming complex here, too much agression from opponent in small limits that should be a warning !
River: the call is marginal, the call is profitable but close ! Imo I would fold, people at these limite underbluff and show the strengh of their hand.
The resume of the hand analysis and range filtering
Imo the flop raise is not very good, we have good equity to just call and a major range disadvantage, which means we cant just spaz out with random hands. Exploitatively i guess it could be ok, but you probably wont be believed by a lot of players here either. You want to apply pressure to small pairs and random air, which isnt bad, but you can bluff them off of small pairs later as you are IP, and if they have random air youd probably rather let them bluff - and will be in a tough spot if they raise.
Turn and river are fine, depending on the villain. WPN allows huds, so i advise you to get one (and include info in your post if you have one). Its also a good practice to hide the results (last actions and villains hand), so the people can review your hand without being biased by what happened that specific time.
Welcome to the forum!
