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Generic AK line-check
shakinaces
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Is this just a leak to be calling as opposed to fold / 4-bet, particularly when OOP?
3-bettor (better?) is a fairly sound reg multi-tabler and I figure that this could just as easily be a squeeze with cards that flop well as it could be a premium hand that has me dominated.
The first player that called my bet seemed to be fairly weak passive, the second was a bit of a maniac and it wouldn't have been entirely shocking if he'd 4-bet (and not necessarily with a premium hand).
If I call, which may be the worst option pre, am I pretty much obliged to put more money in on the flop?
I'd expect the 3-bettor to cbet majority of flops in position, yet the flop could well have hit him reasonably well with all sorts of AQ/JT/KQ/QJ hands, even hands like KJ/J9, as well as if this was a time he has QQ/KK/AA.
| Player | Action | Cards | Amount | Pot | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB | Small blind | £0.05 | £0.05 | £12.03 | |
| BB | Big blind | £0.10 | £0.15 | £47.68 | |
| Your hole cards |
| ||||
| shakinaces | Raise | £0.30 | £0.45 | £19.70 | |
| WP | Call | £0.30 | £0.75 | £14.00 | |
| Maniac | Call | £0.30 | £1.05 | £5.52 | |
| Villain | Raise | £1.65 | £2.70 | £21.34 | |
| SB | Fold | ||||
| BB | Fold | ||||
| shakinaces | Call | £1.35 | £4.05 | £18.35 | |
| WP | Fold | ||||
| maniac | Fold | ||||
| Flop | |||||
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| shakinaces | Check | ||||
| villain | Bet | £3.04 | £7.09 | £18.30 | |
| shakinac | |||||
Comments
4betting against some people is good, against others calling is better when we're this deep but I'm not folding pre.
I'd probably flat the flop too, we have a backdoor NFD, we have a GS to the nuts and it's pretty likely at least one of overs is still good
Flop - Got to flat 1 street. You have a GS + BDNFD + 2 potentially live overs. Too much equity to fold.
C/Jam any turn heart or J and C/C any A/K.
Considering the positions against some villains I would C/C a Q/10 as well.
Personally, I find AK very hard to play post flop and OOP unless I flop either a strong made hand or draw. I don't think two overs and a GS is that strong OOP against an opponents range that we aren't too sure about.
I see your point about c-betting. I have sometimes run into difficulties here by running multi street bluffs just to be called down. Selective aggression is something I need to work on! And I'm open to suggestions since I'm somewhat of a novice at these kind of stakes:)
You played very well from the one time I played you. Some how doubt you are "new" to 10 nl:)
I think some areas I need to develop are adapting to the ranges of the huge mixture of NL10 players. I frequently overthink the hands (apologies to you the other night when I took ages to call with that straight but I was genuinely going through the hand in my head). My general fairly aggressive style of play tends to get me in some sticky spots at these levels but hey, that's why I'm posting on the forums:)
See you at the tables
You are easily going to clean up at 10nl.
When we 4bet with AK it should be for value so we do it against people that are a little bit looser pre, either because we think we can get it in pre in good shape or because we think they'll call with worse hands.
Just think about what is likely to happen when you do X. If you think they will only continue with better hands to X action, then ofc it's not a good idea to make that move.