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1/2 200 max Hero 475
Villain 1 400
Villain 2 300


5 Limps
Hero on the button raises to 25 with AsJs [raised larger than normal because nobody likes to fold at this table]
Small blind raises to 50, big blind cold calls
I dont like my hand very much right now, but I block aces and I am getting a good price, not hard to get away from if I miss, I call
Flop A J J
Small blind bets 100, Big blind shoves all in for an additional 150
Small blind snap-calls OUT OF POSITION [I think he FORGOT I was still in the hand]
Decision on me.....................700ish in the pot, 300ish for me to call


Hero????????? Can I ever fold this?
I almost had the clock called on me for the first time in this hand, after around something like 5 minutes I called. Only reason I called is because I have seen too much weird shit at these games, but I was confident small blind had aces.


small blind has AA, big blind has QQ <-- wtf?... example of weird shit..
 
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I almost had the clock called on me for the first time in this hand, after around something like 5 minutes I called. Only reason I called is because I have seen too much weird shit at these games, but I was confident small blind had aces.


small blind has AA, big blind has QQ <-- wtf?... example of weird shit..

If you've been confident SB had AA, why call?
If you've seen shit going on in that game but at the same time been confident SB has AA, .. well,.. in that case is stupid to call with the second best hand. You need to learn that in poker the value of hands are all relative, not absolute like the video poker.

Full House is a big hand but the same FH as the second best is worse then trash. With trash you are not losing much but second best is death to your stack.
 
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yea at least it was not $10,000 buy-in

 
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If you've been confident SB had AA, why call?
If you've seen shit going on in that game but at the same time been confident SB has AA, .. well,.. in that case is stupid to call with the second best hand. You need to learn that in poker the value of hands are all relative, not absolute like the video poker.

Full House is a big hand but the same FH as the second best is worse then trash. With trash you are not losing much but second best is death to your stack.

He isn't psychic, with card removal he's putting him on having 1 combo of AA, he has the second nuts and its a 1/2 game. The fact that the other villain shoved with QQ on that board is proof enough of the weird things people do at these stakes.


He should call as villain could have easily snapped him off with a hand he is more likely to have than AA and stack off with like Jxs or AK especially in the blinds. And if he had posted a HH where that happened and he folded the best of it you would be berating him for folding a FULL HOUSE!! when it was CLEARLY a call


Op as far as the hand is concerned the fact that you even considered the fold is incredible but to answer your question no you just cannot find a fold here. A supercomputer solver probably wouldn't even lay this hand down. You got coolered man it sucks but it happens
 
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2 combos of AJ and one combo of AA, it' a sigh-call

Not to mention all the KJ combos
 
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No way your folding there. Sorry nearly impossible.

What I'm wondering is why do you think "You block Aces" lol? Do you think nobody
has Aces in the SB when they 3-bet you to 50? The fact that the others called can easily represent AK or AQ.

Bad beat is what I call this hand plain and simple. Also I don't think I'm ever raising AJ to 25 and if I do get 3-bet to 50 I may very well fold since this basically represents KK, AA, QQ, AK all day. AJ is one of those hands that can get you in big trouble in this scenario in which case it did :(
 
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No fold in there i think. You not miss cash on distanсe with this call. You will stay good for many hands in range of your opponent.
 
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What I'm wondering is why do you think "You block Aces" lol? Do you think nobody
has Aces in
He has an ace blocker in his hand. That's why he block aces.
Out of 4 aces in the deck he has one so only 3 aces combos could be there. When another ace comes on the flop out of all the hand combos, only one combo beats him. This is an easy call post flop no matter how you put it
 
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Fold pre. Next hand. A-Js is not a good hand to call 3b with. It's behind everything that would 3b you, and has reverse implied odds (yeah, you know this, look what happened).





One poor decision leads to more trouble. Fold pre here, never think about the hand again. Live players 3b ranges are extremely narrow, and they crush your hand.
 
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Fold pre. Next hand. A-Js is not a good hand to call 3b with. It's behind everything that would 3b you, and has reverse implied odds (yeah, you know this, look what happened).





One poor decision leads to more trouble. Fold pre here, never think about the hand again. Live players 3b ranges are extremely narrow, and they crush your hand.

Folding pre for 25 more getting 5 to 1? Never happening.
 
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I am with Bean on this one. The typical 3B range in 1/2 is AA, KK, QQ, AK. These hands all crush AJs. The raise with AJs is fine, but need to fold the hand to typical 1/2 3B.

As noted the error on the hand was calling the 3B. The way the betting came down on flop the only hand the SB would likely have is AA.
 
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