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ridic spot with QQ
fold is fine/prolly best.
Posted in: Training Forum 		chardrian
May 13th, 2012
opinions please, live cash game hand
coolers are coolers - this is a no brainer call for me.
Posted in: Training Forum 		chardrian
May 13th, 2012
to checkraise river or lead out & getting cold 3bet crammed on riv w/ far from nuts
Hand 1 - I think you have to lead to get value from the wide range of bluff catching hands that will call but will not likely bet for you on the river. Hand 2 - I am really bad at making hero folds. I would have called this river. I think most players in the SB are going to bet their boats here on the river because they don't want to miss value. But people play their hands that were gin on the flop or turn and then just got worse on the river retardedly and end up doing stupid things like c/r. So I would convince myself the SB has 3x and call. If you are folding the Q hi flush here, I think ...
Posted in: Training Forum 		chardrian
May 13th, 2012
Tricky hand in 6max tourney, 18 players remaining...
meh - this is one of those super close spots that I don't really see how you can play this hand super wrong. there is definitely an argument to calling and playing in position with an awkward but still doable 3:1 SPR. there is an argument for 4b/c or even 4b/fold preflop. there is an argument for just folding pre. as played, I prolly just gii on turn.
Posted in: Training Forum 		chardrian
May 13th, 2012
99s 29bb deep 3 tables remaining facing strange 3bet from aggy reg
I sorta like clicking it back here to set up the go'n'go and/or call if he shoves.
Posted in: Training Forum 		chardrian
May 13th, 2012
flop trips, bad runout
his range remains the same which is sort of why you have to check because it allows so much of his chase range to bluff (e.g. the naked As, or the JT type draws he called with).
Posted in: Training Forum 		chardrian
Apr 17th, 2012
flop trips, bad runout
I think the preflop call is super standard. Postflop, I check/raise there almost always, but I also am not a huge donk bettor in general. As played, I likely c/c river because we want to induce a bluff.
Posted in: Training Forum 		chardrian
Apr 13th, 2012
"I'd rather 72o than Aces"
just cuz someone 3xs doesn't mean they are incompetent. 3x used to be a very very standard opening raise. The fact that it is now 2 or 2.2x does not mean that 3x is WRONG. In fact, at this table, with the three remaining stacks all having almost 40 BBs or more there could be a very good reason to 3x (because it is harder to 3-bet a 3x raise then it is a 2 or 2.2x raise). Anyhoo - as to the actual hand. I don't hate your move, but would like it more if you had more stats/reads. If this guy is perpetually stealing the blinds then I like your move more.
Posted in: Training Forum 		chardrian
Apr 7th, 2012
How to handle these types of situations?
this is a shove for me preflop almost always. As played, I still shove.
Posted in: Training Forum 		chardrian
Mar 4th, 2012
I seen a lot of regs do this..but is it right?
shoving over a shortstack comes down to 2 things: 1) how likely is the raiser going to fold' and 2) is your range ahead of the raiser's range' In this case it should be pretty unlikely that the raiser is going to fold since he only started with 12 BBs, but your shove is still fine as long as your 8s are ahead of his opening range.
Posted in: Training Forum 		chardrian
Feb 14th, 2012
ugghhh kings, turn spot
the big difference is that both of you know who hellzito is. I presume that everyone is a tard until proven otherwise. You guys already know he isn't.
Posted in: Training Forum 		chardrian
Feb 8th, 2012
ugghhh kings, turn spot
I didn't notice that, but no it doesn't. early in tourneys we want to raise our big hands because we want to stack the tards, and there are more tards early in a tourney then late. Raise pre.
Posted in: Training Forum 		chardrian
Feb 2nd, 2012
ugghhh kings, turn spot
I don't give a rat's ass if it's pre-ante or not, I see basically no reason to flat here preflop w/KK and 30 BBs in a pot that you are purposely keeping small. Raise pre. Raise pre. Raise pre. As played, I would c/r that flop. You called for deception purposes so keep deceiving and check to the raiser who will likely fire on this flop. You did neither so now the hand is even harder to give advice. I am not sure if I bet turn again or if I check to induce a bluff. You checked, so I don't see how you can fold now since you are basically begging for the player in position to make a bet here ...
Posted in: Training Forum 		chardrian
Feb 1st, 2012
First hand guy overbetting
meh - once you call turn I don't think you can fold the river. He is still either bluffing or he has your ass in a sling. If you're going to fold, fold the turn (or even the flop).
Posted in: Training Forum 		chardrian
Jan 26th, 2012
14 left in the warm up. is this always a call BvB?
no if you think you're ahead you call. but if you are behind here it is still a fold just because Q6o plays so poorly.
Posted in: Training Forum 		chardrian
Jan 24th, 2012
Difficult spot in the middle of a tourney? Call or fold?
getting 2:1 it's a pretty standard sigh and call.
Posted in: Training Forum 		chardrian
Jan 24th, 2012
Sat Spot €33 1r 1a
I am not a satty player. If the other table had 6 stacks with 20 BBs or less then there is a decent argument to fold here. Otherwise I just don't see how we can fold since we should have our opp dominated pretty often and we still will have 20 BBs even if we lose.
Posted in: Training Forum 		chardrian
Jan 12th, 2012
MTT 100 Eur buy in - Final Table
there is actually a pretty decent argument in checking this flop since it will be c/r so often and put you in this very ugly spot. We are never getting the 8 or the flush draw to fold, we obv are never getting 2 pair or better to fold, and checking also induces our opps to bluff for about the same amount we are willing to bet on this flop but gets us one step closer to a showdown. the stats provided are pretty meaningless because we are postflop. As played it is shove or fold. Calling doesn't really accomplish much since we can't really fold on any turn - if a heart comes we have the ...
Posted in: Training Forum 		chardrian
Jan 12th, 2012
Your views, please.
way ahead/way behind
Posted in: Training Forum 		chardrian
Jan 12th, 2012
Calling 3b shove with AKs?
the question really comes down to whether you actually could have "picked a better spot." Skill is a huge part of the game, but when you get down to 30 BBs or less, there isn't as much skill involved in playing good shove/fold poker preflop. It is easy to say you could have picked a better spot whenever you bust out, but unless you are super deepstacked and/or the blind levels increase slowly, then the "better spot" might never show up. Like I said if your opp never has AQ- here, then yes you can find a fold. If not, folding is just wrong imo.
Posted in: Training Forum 		chardrian
Jan 11th, 2012
Your views, please.
K hi flops should be c-bet almost all the time. This is a weird spot where you are WA/WB and the only hand that you are possibly behind that you might get to fold would be JJ, but because we don't really want to induce a bluff when we have such a marginal hand with this flop I c-bet here. i.e. I don't really care if I make a hand like 99- fold on this flop because I don't really want to have to call two bets which I am likely going to have to do if I check back this flop.
Posted in: Training Forum 		chardrian
Jan 10th, 2012
Advice on coaching
really depends on how much you are willing to spend and how much you are planning on playing in the future. A hour lesson for $100 can definitely pay for itself but only if you are going to be putting in the time in the future.
Posted in: Training Forum 		chardrian
Jan 10th, 2012
Calling 3b shove with AKs?
with so many 15-30 BB stacks at your table, you can't really give up this spot I don't think. Only if your opp never ever has AQ- in his range can we then start saying that a fold is fine. Otherwise this is a call for me.
Posted in: Training Forum 		chardrian
Jan 10th, 2012
VB OTR 55+ ft bubble
5 handed I am likely 4-betting that pre. As played, I just check back river since the only hand we are really getting value from is TT.
Posted in: Training Forum 		chardrian
Jan 8th, 2012
Sunday Million hand with 200 players Left
How is 32k into a 57k pot considered to be "so big"' With only 25 BBs preflop, you need to have a plan on how you are going to play this hand. A lot of players would either fold or shove this stack preflop (I think a shove pre is probably the most standard play tbh). I don't mind the preflop call but you should have a pretty decent plan of what you intend to do postflop when you make this call preflop. When you call preflop here it should be either with the intention of setting it and forgetting it or with the intention of c/r a very wide range of boards knowing that your opp is "very ...
Posted in: Training Forum 		chardrian
Jan 6th, 2012
A couple of hands final 2/3 tables two different tournaments!
how much was he shoving previously' This is close especially because you are suited and you are playing 6 max. I am on the fence on this one.
Posted in: Training Forum 		chardrian
Jan 3rd, 2012
A couple of hands final 2/3 tables two different tournaments!
both seem standard to me.
Posted in: Training Forum 		chardrian
Jan 2nd, 2012
Played wrong? or just plain donked?
Your play isn't horribad it is just really conservative. I'm never folding that flop given his 71% c-bet. I very likely float there with the plan of taking it away on the turn. Flatting pre was fine, 3-betting pre there is obviously fine as well and probably the more standard play given that antes are now in play and the raise is coming from the HJ where he is more likely to have a wider opening range.
Posted in: Training Forum 		chardrian
Jan 2nd, 2012
turn play vs fish pot sized bet ?
I'm likely raising that flop lead. As played it is either fold or call. I can't see potsize or stacksizes after his bet. A call can be ok as long as it leaves you with enough chips to function and you are almost positive you will get paid off if your spade hits which will happen like 1 in 5 times.
Posted in: Training Forum 		chardrian
Jan 2nd, 2012
3handed FT 100r facing 4b on flop
you guys are basically even with 55 BBs against an opp with about half that. I think you are putting too much into his clicking it back. He is just clicking back to put pressure on you but at the same time try to keep some chips. That's what I would take out of his 6-bet click back and then bet/fold versus your AA previously. Against an aggro tricky opp like this I likely just call his initial raise unless you want to get in an ultimate dickwagging war which based on this post you obviously didn't want to get in. As played and given your read the only play is to fold now and cut your ...
Posted in: Training Forum 		chardrian
Jan 2nd, 2012