QQ in the HJ four-way
1/2. Rake/promo/tip is 6+3+1. 6-handed. New game. Everyone just sat down five orbits ago.
V (134) presented herself as a calling station who gets rid of bad hands by folding post-flop. Her VPIP/RFI/3b is 45/15/0. She raised once to five and twice to 7. I got a better read on her later in the game, and I’ll give it with the reveal.
Hero (300+) has been card dead since he sat down. He has a VPIP over the same five orbits of 6/3/0. Hero raised over a limper to 12 on his second hand, and everyone folded. Afterwards, everyone was raising to 7.
OTTH
V in UTG open limps. LJ calls. Hero raises to 10 with red QQ in the HJ. CO hesitates, then calls. V and LJ call. 4-way.
Flop (37): Jc4s2h
V and LJ check. Hero bets 20. CO tank-folds. V insta calls. LJ folds. Heads-up.
Turn (73): 7s
V checks with 104 behind. Hero?
10 Replies
$40-$45 on turn. Jam river.
$40-50 turn, jam river.
what did you do? jam is bad, folds out everything. checking behind obv is nonsensical.
pf probably too small but i understand why you did it. vpip 6/3/0 = OMC-level nit.
Hero should have a snug image, but I had some doubts whether V was paying attention.
When I’ve been card dead & catch a big hand the first thing I tell myself is not to feel entitled. It’s easy to overplay a hand thinking you’re due.
Short stacked women are scary to me. One young girl where I used to play, literally played aces only. Someone would still call her every time - kinda taught me not to be scared of my tightness.
Your villain just seems like a bad player and it’s all about getting that 100. Others advice seems strong: a little less than 1/2 now & the rest on the river.
Because this decision is kinda elementary, I assume she wins. This is the problem with calling stations - nothing alerts you that they have a hand this time.
I mean you have an overpair vs a calling station 65BB deep
Getting the money in on two streets seems better than jamming, as long as there isn't any money left on the table at the end
Results
Hero jammed. V called with J2o.
V later raised 7 UTG with 46o. I remembered I had played with her years ago. Her name was ATC then. She took my stack a few hands later when I had KK and she had JQs.
Results
Hero jammed. V called with J2o.
V later raised 7 UTG with 46o. I remembered I had played with her years ago. Her name was ATC then. She took my stack a few hands later when I had KK and she had JQs.
At this point, it becomes obvious to me that you have to raise bigger pre-flop. You had several callers (you want one) and J2o was willing to float.
Maybe a philosophical difference, but I would rather bet $20 and watch everyone fold. If everyone is folding to $20, I’ll slip some light bets in there. I think I saw doc make this point: don’t size down if they’re folding, just open up your range some.
Again, maybe it’s me, but I want respect when I bet - nobody’s calling with J2o. I don’t care what everyone else is doing, making tiny bets is like limping - it’s not the way to go.
In theory 6 & 12 bets fit 1/3
In practice, nobody pays attention to those bets and everyone calls. If you do what everyone else does, you will lose like everyone else.
Be the player others fear!
Let them know it will cost them if you get involved. Don’t mess with the ‘pot sweetener’ mentality - pressure is better.
Anyway, that’s my opinion.
if nobody is paying attention raise bigger pf.
Yeah raise larger pre. I think $10 is fine with no limpers but go $15 here. Betting all the way postflop, but prob chunk the turn and river into 2 bets
Results
Hero jammed. V called with J2o.
V later raised 7 UTG with 46o. I remembered I had played with her years ago. Her name was ATC then. She took my stack a few hands later when I had KK and she had JQs.
You should be raising absolutely massive pre, and then varying your bet sizes post according to your hand strength and how vulnerable your hand is.
I don't care what her nickname is. You make it $20 or more pre, the CO ain't calling, and she ain't calling. Maybe the LJ calls if action folds around to him.
If she does call, awesome. Just take her to value-town post by making really small bets with your best 1P hands on dry boards. Make her tip her hand strength by raising if she wants to build a pot.
