July 20, 2015
So this spot is kind of confusing as to what the best play is. Preflop the hijack minraises and cutoff calls. Hijack stats are 27/30/0, but only over 10 hands. Cutoff stats: 45/36/29, but also over 10 hands so no significant reads. I reraise to 60K, because AT off is a hand I rather dont play out of position with. So I guess I should have made the raise at least bigger if I wanted to pick up the pot pre.
That being said, I find the flop a rather confusing situation where I get called by the cutoff on a QJ4 flop. Is this flop a standard c-bet or not?
***** Hand History for Game 15637544846 *****
NL Texas Hold’em $11 USD Buy-in Trny:130417900 Level:19 Blinds-Antes(6.000/12.000 -2.000) – Friday, November 04, 23:05:45 CET 2016
Table Featherweight. $3,000 Gtd Super Knockout (130417900) Table #7 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 8/9
Seat 9: Fortune334 ( 244,544 )
Seat 2: Manusnigra77 ( 119,300 )
Seat 5: Nisum ( 159,869 )
Seat 8: annn999 ( 209,500 )
Seat 1: butcher70 ( 156,336 )
Seat 4: edmaciel64 ( 733,744 )
Seat 3: neike21 ( 283,542 )
Seat 7: Hero ( 437,832 )
Trny:130417900 Level:19
Blinds-Antes(6.000/12.000 -2.000)
butcher70 posts ante [2,000]
Manusnigra77 posts ante [2,000]
neike21 posts ante [2,000]
edmaciel64 posts ante [2,000]
Nisum posts ante [2,000]
Hero posts ante [2,000]
annn999 posts ante [2,000]
Fortune334 posts ante [2,000]
Hero posts small blind [6,000].
annn999 posts big blind [12,000].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ Ts Ad ]
Fortune334 folds
butcher70 folds
Manusnigra77 folds
neike21 raises [24,000]
edmaciel64 calls [24,000]
Nisum folds
Hero raises [60,000]
annn999 folds
neike21 folds
edmaciel64 calls [42,000]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qc, 4s, Js ]
Your time bank will be activated in 6 secs. If you do not want it to be used, please act now.
Hero bets [72,000]
edmaciel64 calls [72,000]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5h ]
Hero checks
edmaciel64 checks
** Dealing River ** [ Th ]
Hero checks
edmaciel64 checks
Hero shows [ Ts, Ad ]a pair of Tens.
edmaciel64 shows [ Jh, Ah ]a pair of Jacks.
edmaciel64 wins 328,000 chips from the main pot with a pair of Jacks.
We are with around 32 players left in a tournament of around 450 entries. I think I am a little above average with my stack at that moment.
What do you guys think how to play this spot optimally?
Cheers!
TPE Pro
December 6, 2012
Yeah mostly this just isn’t a good 3-bet. You’re giving them too good of a price to get folds (and it’s hard to make better fold anyway), and the hand isn’t strong enough to raise for value. I’d probably call.
Definitely not a good flop to bet with this hand. Then again there won’t be that many good flops to bet with this hand, which is part of why you shouldn’t 3-bet it in the first place.
July 20, 2015
Thanks Almofadinhas and Foucalt for the replies.
Yes I agree, it is definitely not a great spot to 3-bet here with A10 off. My initial plan was to raise and fold to 4-bet jam, but if I want to 3-bet I should probably do that with a hand that plays better postflop in case I am called.
TPE Pro
December 6, 2012
Yes, and/or one that you couldn’t profitably call with. When your choices are 3-bet or fold, 3-betting only has be >0 EV to be the best option. However, when you can make a +EV call, then 3-betting would have to be even higher EV than the call before it becomes the best play, and when the best you can hope for is folds, that isn’t generally the case.
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