Put C9 on a Range!

Lets play a game. In this game, I will post 3 hands that I've recently played. You try to put me on a range of hands. The person who comes the closest in all 3 instances wins a romantic date with Zachvac. Prize is non-negotiable. If you guess my exact hand, you may even get lucky.

Give your answers in the following form:

(Range) - Most likely Hand

example: (KT+, 88-JJ, Flushes Q high or better) - KQ

In all of these hands I think I took a fairly sane line, so there's no crack-headed goofiness going on. So they should be somewhat easy.

Hand #1

Ultimate Bet, $0.50/$1 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players

BTN: $267.28 (267.3 bb)
SB: $200.50 (200.5 bb)
BB: $48.20 (48.2 bb)
UTG: $38.50 (38.5 bb)
Hero (MP): $388.96 (389 bb)
CO: $134.45 (134.5 bb) is a calling station 56/8 fish.

Pre-Flop: Hero is MP with Xx Xx
UTG folds, Hero raises to $3.50, CO calls $3.50, 3 folds

Flop: ($8.50) Q♠ 9♦ 5♣ (2 players)
Hero bets $6.75, CO calls $6.75

Turn: ($22) 7♠ (2 players)
Hero bets $14.75, CO calls $14.75

River: ($51.50) Q♦ (2 players)
Hero bets $25 (What is Hero's Range?)


Hand #2

Ultimate Bet, $0.50/$1 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players

CO: $40 (40 bb)
Hero (BTN): $147.45 (147.5 bb)
SB: $37.35 (37.4 bb)
BB: $30.95 (31 bb)
UTG: $102.95 (103 bb)
MP: $109.15 (109.2 bb) is a 20/15/2.8 TAG regular

Pre-Flop: Hero is BTN with Xx Xx
CO posts BB out of position, UTG folds, MP raises to $4.50, CO folds, Hero calls $4.50, SB folds, BB calls $3.50

Flop: ($15) A♣ K♠ 5♦ (3 players)
BB checks, MP bets $10, Hero calls $10, BB folds

Turn: ($35) K♣ (2 players)
MP bets $25, Hero calls $25 (What is Hero's Range?)



Hand #3

Ultimate Bet, $0.50/$1 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players

BB: $218.75 (218.8 bb) Villain is a 33/11/inf aggro fish
UTG: $29.15 (29.2 bb)
Hero (MP): $489.95 (490 bb)
CO: $39.50 (39.5 bb)
BTN: $200 (200 bb)
SB: $199.90 (199.9 bb)

Pre-Flop: Hero is MP with Xx Xx
UTG folds, Hero raises to $3.50, 3 folds, BB calls $2.50

Flop: ($7.50) 5♥ K♦ 5♣ (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($7.50) 9♦ (2 players)
BB bets $4, Hero raises to $19.50 (What is Hero's Range?)

I'm going to say you have 23o in all hands

No date with Zach for me!

#1 (6's-10's,6/7+, any pair) 89s

#2 (AQo+, KJ+,JJ+, 55) 55

#3 (22+, 5/6o+, any pair) 77

1) ur obv not bluffing here, think the min u do this with is like 88 or mid 9.

10-10

2) cant see u playing something like AK, AQ this way, AA and KK are super unlikely, i think u most like call this with a good A but not a great one, something like A10 or KQ, KJ and u dont raise a K on the turn but will u really float a K on this flop? ur probably capable. 55 is probable but do u slow play flop knowing that it hits a lot of villains range.

A-J ill go with

3) u could have anything on the last one. kinda clueless as usual. ur range is super wide and i think u have a lot of draws in this spot, something like Ax of diamonds.

QJs diamonds

Didn't read the hands, just the title. And the answer is obviously ATC.

Hand #1

As big stack on a 6 max table and 2nd to act, I'd put your range;
Qts, or QJu, and any pair above 6.

I believe you hold QTs

Hand #2

Again big stack at the table,

Button, your range is connectables (suit or run) above, well above 5, all broadway holdings.

KT is my guess.

Hand #3

Massively big stacked, your range here is almost ATC. Looks like you found the fish pond.

I think u hit a 56 hand.

55 (all 3)

tell zach to wear a dress that shows off his cute legs

1) (A9,JJ,1010,k9)

You definately don't have air since this is a calling station. I dont think a queen is in your range or overpairs to the board, because I think you would bet bigger on all streets especially river. The fact that you made a smaller bet on the river makes me think your looking for value from 2nd pair or worse hands I think Ill go with 1010

2) (KQ,KJs,A10, AJ,55) Gonna go with KJs

3) (KJ, AK,,KQ,99,KK,AA) gonna go with KK

Cool initiative C9.
Only got time for #1 now, will do rest later.

Hand #1:
(QJos+, J9s+;JTos+, 66+, 56/67/78) - A9

hand 1: well you're not bluffing since he's a calling station and the chance of a pair is much higher than the chance of a missed draw on this board.

i think you have (A9+ TT-JJ, KK-AA). you could value bet a few weaker 9s, i just don't know if they're in your PF range. either way those would be discounted. i don't think you have trips+ here because you'd bet larger against the station

hand 2: mostly (AQ, KJ+, 55). and then i guess some floats that turned a strong draw like JTc.

hand 3: well 99 is the hand that makes the most sense of anything in the deck. i guess you could check flop w/ KK also since you have the deck crippled, but this deep i'd still bet it and hope the aggro guy bluff-raises or just won't fold A high. and i know you would too since you loathe slowplaying. i'm also sure you'd bet 5x this deep since all 3 Ks would be out, and it's obv difficult for him to put you on that

so for value i think you mostly have (99)!, and i suppose you could do this with AA/AK if you just think he's going to fire any turn when you check flop. that sorta depends on more specific reads, dynamic-based stuff. and i don't think i'd bluff or semi-bluff here especially since he's aggro, but those aren't entirely out of the question i guess. however i think you're more likely to have c-bet those hands

Yeah that's why I chose A9. Because of his river bet sizing.

Aight, I think this has run long enough. So what I'm going to do is put myself on a range, and then give my actual hand.

Hand #1: When I bet small here, I'm looking for a call from any pair 9 or lower. I'm playing my hand in a straight-forward way because I'm against a station. So on the river, I'd say my range would be (9T-A9, TT+), although, I'd probably bet bigger with TT+. I actually held A♥ 9♥, and villain snap-called with 89o.

Hand #2: I'm not sure if I float with a king, with so many aces in his range. But I suppose its possible. This is most likely gut-shot floats that pick up a flush draw, and aces that have a good kicker. I had A♠ J♠, and villain was randomly barreling T8s (wtf?), and he checked the river, and I checked behind.

Hand #3: Here, my range is also very narrow, since I'd c-bet this board with pretty much everything. The only thing I can put me on here that takes this line is KK, 99, or an ace high flush draw that checked back ace high to get to showdown/bluff catch the turn. I ended up having KK here, since we're getting it in with any 5 regardless. Villain called my bets all the way down (including an overbet on the river) with TT.

Ship it. I was right for once !
Zach break out yo umbrella hat imo, ella ella !

wtf c9 slowplayed?! call da police

i still much prefer a flop bet on the KK hand 200BBs deep. yeah youre getting it in with a 5 almost always anyway, but you're missing value from Kx, any pocket pair, very possibly A-high. and he can just randomly bluff-raise, aggro fish love to bluff raise boards like that

But....

1) He'll always bet the turn.
2) I can raise the turn bigger than I can just bet the flop for.
3) I haz the deck mega-crippled.
4) I haz position, so I can make a big pot later.
5) I'm not likely to get 3 streets from a hand like a middle pair or ace high.

I know, I rarely slowplay, but I figure this was a pretty good spot to do it.

Clearly I need better hand guessing skills.

Do a few more of these please.

That first hand is nice, even vs a calling station i doubt i'd look for 3streets of value. But at 10c nl my post flop game needs some work. Then again, when the Q pairs it is more unlikely he has it.

It depends what level calling station he is lol but no way, i'd be able to extract that kind of value.

I was good for hand 2 and 3 though. Very interesting topic, one of the best ive seen for learners. As any monkey can learn how to play PF but if ur looking to move past 25c this is key for us.

As with Dj11 do some more.