Wondering if I played this ok and for the right reasons.
Its two edged, one to show a few i'm not such a nit and the other to see if my thinking was correct. Was going to show this hand regardless of result as its my thinking I want to check.
Have played J before and know them to be very aggressive and this was the third time in very few hands they had three bet me. So a standard button raise and then he three bets me again. Most of the time I would just call but I need to add some more hands in that I four bet and I would rather do it with this than say AJ as I have less chance of being dominated and have a few more ways to win the pot so I do four bet. I also want to send a message I'm not easy to push around. Is that amount enough? Its the same I would make with AA/KK for example.
I flop pretty well with a gutshot (although i'm aware it completes AK's gutshot) and a FD. Once he checks I figure I have to bet as I would always bet my AA/KK's on that board. I dont like it when he c/raises me but I cant fold now can I? I dont think I can. Got called a donk for this hand but I think I played it fine. Thoughts?
Player | Action | Cards | Amount | Pot | Balance |
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cactusjac | Small blind | | £0.05 | £0.05 | £11.94 |
J | Big blind | | £0.10 | £0.15 | £20.45 |
| Your hole cards | | | | |
basty2010 | Fold | | | | |
kettle9930 | Fold | | | | |
frank3171 | Fold | | | | |
CraigSG1 | Raise | | £0.30 | £0.45 | £16.70 |
cactusjac | Fold | | | | |
J | Raise | | £0.85 | £1.30 | £19.60 |
CraigSG1 | Raise | | £2.70 | £4.00 | £14.00 |
J | Call | | £2.05 | £6.05 | £17.55 |
Flop |
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J | Check | | | | |
CraigSG1 | Bet | | £3.03 | £9.08 | £10.97 |
J | Raise | | £9.09 | £18.17 | £8.46 |
CraigSG1 | All-in | | £10.97 | £29.14 | £0.00 |
J | Call | | £4.91 | £34.05 | £3.55 |
J | Show | | | | |
CraigSG1 | Show | | | | |
Turn |
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River |
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CraigSG1 | Win | Flush to the Jack | £32.65 | | £32.65 |
Comments
How have any legit (AA/KK/AK maybe QQ, JJ & TT) hands played out when you've 4-bet him? Does it get lots of folds or does he tend to 5-bet / call?
If we aren't confident of getting a high proportion of folds then I'm not sure there is any value to bluff 4-betting. Maybe there is better value in this if we are both deeper stacked at a MC table though.
FWIW (may get shot down here) I'm not sure how much we need to have a 4-bet bluff range at these levels at all. I think it might be over-complicating things versus almost all the opposition, who themselves tend to have quite (very) tight 3-bet ranges. I think building a good 3-bet calling range is probably a more useful tool. Appreciate this will change at higher levels / deeper stacks.
It was recommended to me (for these levels) that that the only extension to my 4 and 5-bet range was A4 and A5 suited - for similar reasons to the excellent post above me. You've got a blocker to AA and have reasonable equity vs KK/QQ if it does end up all-in (with a 5-bet shove).