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50NL...weird preflop spot with AK in the SB
Lord Supremo (United States) 5,422 Posts. Joined 03-13-2007.
07-01-2009 7:29 PM

 Pretty much why I hate AK so much...all the options seem to kind of suck

No history with BadtheBeater, I believe this is his first hand at the table.

I've played with jfocus for a while...I haven't seem him get out of line yet, pretty standard TAG...but I believe he is capable of making a move with slightly sub-premium cards if he thinks BadtheBeater is weak, which is possible given the size of Bad's raise.

My image is LAG, although BadtheBeater wouldn't have any concept of how I play

Folding is obviously incredibly nitty in this spot but calling sucks and 4betting seems too much like I'm turning the hand into a bluff...sigh hate this hand.

Anyways, thoughts?

Full Tilt Poker Game #13145161566: Table Ellsworth (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:03:41 ET - 2009/07/01
Seat 1: odie12 ($3.70)
Seat 2: BadtheBeater ($50)
Seat 3: jfocus ($49.25)
Seat 4: NuclearWizard ($127.50)
Seat 5: nikajo ($50)
Seat 6: oswgar ($76.50)
NuclearWizard posts the small blind of $0.25
nikajo posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to NuclearWizard [Kc Ad]
oswgar calls $0.50
odie12 calls $0.50
BadtheBeater raises to $2.75
jfocus has 15 seconds left to act
jfocus raises to $10
NuclearWizard ...?

 
 
 

odstore (United States) 536 Posts. Joined 01-11-2008.
07-09-2009 9:44 PM - In reply to

    What's jfocus's 3-bet%?  Have you seen him 3-bet fold?  This is totally dependent on what you think jfocus's 3 bet range is, but unless he never 3 bets I don't see why it's such an easy fold.  I don't think 4 betting here vs a co open and a button 3 bet is bad at all.

    If money is tight then take the lower variance line but if he's been playing with you for awhile and keeping a full stack he's prob not going to hit and run on you so I wouldn't have a problem stacking off, taking a note on his play and winning it back off him later.  In the long run, stacking off with the top of your range generally isn't going to have a negative affect your win rate.

 
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