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6bet me
Visionary
Silver Level
80NL live cash game at my local casino with $1/$2 blinds and 7 players (since 2 were sitting out). Hero has $90 on the table and everyone else has between $100 and $200.
Hero (BB) is dealt 9h 9c
SB posts $1
Hero (BB) posts $2
UTG calls $2
UTG+1 and UTG+2 are sitting out
MP calls $2
HJ folds
CO calls $2
BTN calls $2
SB calls $2
Hero checks
$12 in pot
Flop shows Qh Tc 4d
SB checks
Hero (BB) checks
UTG checks
MP bets $5
CO folds
BTN calls $5
SB calls $5
Hero calls $5
UTG folds
$32 in pot
Turn shows 3h
SB checks
Hero (BB) checks
MP bets $10
BTN calls $10
SB folds
Hero (BB) calls $10
$62 in pot
Hero has $73 left behind
River shows 9d
Hero bets $30
MP asks "how much do you have left?"
Hero replies "43 bucks"
MP raises to $73
BTN raises to $150 and is all-in
Hero calls all-in for $73 total
MP calls for $150 total
My reasoning was:
This was a very loose table and players would call with almost anything because they wanted to see a cheap flop. I thought that with 99, I should go set-mining, so I chose to check rather than raise in the hopes of saving money if I don't hit my set. Plus I could disguise the fact that I had a good hand by simply checking on the big blind, whereas raising would give away that I have something good.
When the flop came out, I was initially ready to check-fold, but the bet was so low and there was so much value that I chose to call in the hopes of hitting a set or a straight on the turn or river.
When the turn came out, I applied the same logic. The bet was so small that I thought I should hope for my set on the river.
When the river card came out, I made a value bet which I thought would get called by either top pair or 2 pairs. There was no flush possibility and the only straight consisted of a JK, which I assumed someone would have raised preflop.
The guy who asked me "how much do you have left?" looked like a thug. He was wearing a black jacket, had jewelry on and would sometimes flirt with the female dealers. I assumed that he was a complete moron (just by the way he looked and acted) and was only trying to act tough and intimidate me into folding, so I wasn't planning to fold to his bet.
I was more worried when the other villain bet over the top of him, but I thought he might just have 2 pairs or a lower set and was trying to extract value from that. I knew it was possible that he had the straight, but I figured that there was too much value at stake, so I hesitantly made the call...
Is my reasoning invalid? What did I do wrong? What should I have done differently?
Hero (BB) is dealt 9h 9c
SB posts $1
Hero (BB) posts $2
UTG calls $2
UTG+1 and UTG+2 are sitting out
MP calls $2
HJ folds
CO calls $2
BTN calls $2
SB calls $2
Hero checks
$12 in pot
Flop shows Qh Tc 4d
SB checks
Hero (BB) checks
UTG checks
MP bets $5
CO folds
BTN calls $5
SB calls $5
Hero calls $5
UTG folds
$32 in pot
Turn shows 3h
SB checks
Hero (BB) checks
MP bets $10
BTN calls $10
SB folds
Hero (BB) calls $10
$62 in pot
Hero has $73 left behind
River shows 9d
Hero bets $30
MP asks "how much do you have left?"
Hero replies "43 bucks"
MP raises to $73
BTN raises to $150 and is all-in
Hero calls all-in for $73 total
MP calls for $150 total
My reasoning was:
This was a very loose table and players would call with almost anything because they wanted to see a cheap flop. I thought that with 99, I should go set-mining, so I chose to check rather than raise in the hopes of saving money if I don't hit my set. Plus I could disguise the fact that I had a good hand by simply checking on the big blind, whereas raising would give away that I have something good.
When the flop came out, I was initially ready to check-fold, but the bet was so low and there was so much value that I chose to call in the hopes of hitting a set or a straight on the turn or river.
When the turn came out, I applied the same logic. The bet was so small that I thought I should hope for my set on the river.
When the river card came out, I made a value bet which I thought would get called by either top pair or 2 pairs. There was no flush possibility and the only straight consisted of a JK, which I assumed someone would have raised preflop.
The guy who asked me "how much do you have left?" looked like a thug. He was wearing a black jacket, had jewelry on and would sometimes flirt with the female dealers. I assumed that he was a complete moron (just by the way he looked and acted) and was only trying to act tough and intimidate me into folding, so I wasn't planning to fold to his bet.
I was more worried when the other villain bet over the top of him, but I thought he might just have 2 pairs or a lower set and was trying to extract value from that. I knew it was possible that he had the straight, but I figured that there was too much value at stake, so I hesitantly made the call...
Is my reasoning invalid? What did I do wrong? What should I have done differently?