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AJ h facing a raise & a flat
davelufc
Member Posts: 1,374
Raiser has been fairly aggro wanting to see a lot of flops, caller pretty much the same.
Is this a call, raise or fold 45 ish bbs deep?
Is this a call, raise or fold 45 ish bbs deep?
| Player | Action | Cards | Amount | Pot | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAITRUNNER | Small blind | 80.00 | 80.00 | 23260.00 | |
| davelufc | Big blind | 160.00 | 240.00 | 7470.00 | |
| Your hole cards |
| ||||
| sfc4lif121 | Fold | ||||
| the-sock | Raise | 640.00 | 880.00 | 25595.00 | |
| hmdan | Fold | ||||
| bivvster | Call | 640.00 | 1520.00 | 10530.00 | |
| BAITRUNNER | Fold | ||||
| davelufc ?? |
Comments
Anyway, you just have to ask which hands can the two villains have at the moment, which hands do they call/fold/4-bet with if I 3-bet and how do they post-flop?
Generally speaking, we don't want to be stacking off with AJs pre-flop so if we 3-bet and one of the villain's 4-bets us, we'd have to fold. That means that we have to think that one or other of the villains is going to call us with a wide range of hands which we're ahead of. We'd preferably want them to then play face-up post-flop.
Our image is going to be a factor in those things. Of course, if we've never 3-bet before and we think our opponents will realise that, then our 3-bet will look like a very narrow range and we shouldn't expect to be called by worse hands. If we've been 3-betting liberally, then our range is going to be perceived as very wide and our opponents may call, or even 4-bet, wide too.
Out of position with AJs against a raiser and a caller, I'd think that 3-betting would be more a bluff than a value raise in most situations. We're not really wanting to be called unless we're absolutely certain that villain will play totally face-up post-flop. Otherwise we're just going to find ourselves in tricky situations post-flop.
AJs against the ranges you describe seems like too strong a hand to be bluffing with and too strong a hand to just be folding. So I guess I'd call and see a flop, this deep.