5 Responses to “Arvydas “Merfinis” Merfeldas $109 Rebuy Hand History Review (Part 1)”

  2. xKINGSFULLx

    I noticed you’re varying your pre flop raises. Is this strictly based on position? Or is your stack size/position/villain stack size/ ect taken into consideration?

  3. Merfinis

    Hey, thanks for feedback and question.
    Yes it depends on various things, but mostly position and effective stack sizes 🙂

  4. StYogi

    45:00: I don’t understand your reasoning for shoving on the turn with KJ on KK4Q. You say you’re targeting kings and possibly AQ – but if he has a king isn’t it irrelevant what you do on the turn as the money is ~always getting in? AQ has to be a slim part of his range by this stage, and you’d likely get paid on most rivers anyway.
    Isn’t there merit to check behind and let him spazz in this spot? Wouldn’t be too worried about giving him two or four outs. FD seems unlikely with flop action, and I say he’s betting the river with hands he’s folding the turn more than often enough for a turn check to turn a nice profit.

    On a side note it would be nice to have 3bet% showing.

  5. Merfinis

    Hey StYogi, thanks for your question.
    Indeed there is merit to take your suggested line and check/back the turn, especially when his range in this spot is so strange.
    There is few things for myself to be considered here, I play a lot with this opponent so I want to balance my tendencies and shove turn, because I will have good amount of semi-bluffs in this situation JT’s / Fd’s. Qx is great card as I look at this now, If he was decided to float OOP with some sort of Qx which possible Q9/QT/QJ’s that card hit him and as played I think he should find the call with it considering I have a bunch of semi-bluff combos, so I don’t think I’m missing any value out of Qx.
    If he has floats oop with hands like JTs which floats oop I don’t wanna give a free card for him, cause this board after the turn hit’s my range pretty well, so even if he float the flop I don’t think he will be falling threw with his bluffs that often on brick rivers. If he had AT/AJx’s I don’t there any reason for him to be betting the river himself cause if he is suspecting that I’m 3beting light pre then my range contains bunch of hands that he is dominating, therefore there is no need for him to be turning his A’x in to a bluff (Sometimes he will, trying to get me to fold hands like 88-JJ).
    So It’s pretty strange spot and I don’t mind either your suggestion or my play.
    Thanks for your comment once again 😉

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