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Marginal
Junior Member
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So a bit of background on this hand.
I know this reg fairly well, this is however the first time we are playing holdem together. We have played PLO on a few separate occasions, the first couple of times I was able to just completely run over him and win pots at will so I just didn't have much appreciation for his game. We played some PLO 2 weeks ago and he completely changed and was playing back a fair bit more. I probably didn't adjust too well to him and tried to run over like before and got picked off in 1 or 2 more spots than usual.
So fast forward to Saturday night. we are playing a £5/10/25 holdem game. I am sat with £25k and he is sat with roughly £9k. I have only been at the table for an hour or so but its a soft game and his holdem game is a lot more impressive than PLO. He seems to be the type that wouldn't be fundamentally correct by online standards but seems to be good with fish and a lot more of a battler at holdem. Based on our past history at PLO and his adjustment, I imagine he isn't terrible and probably has success at fishy holdem games however I wouldn't consider him an end boss type reg. I do however expect him to play back at me.
I am in Mid position and he is in CO. I open to 75£ with 77 and he 3 bets to £225. Folds around to me and I flat. Flop comes 843 monotone with diamonds. I do not have diamonds. He cbets roughly £300 after I check and I peel one off. turn is the 9 of diamonds making it a 4 flush board and we both check.
River is the 7 of diamonds making it a 5 flush board. Bear in mind there is now £1,100 in the pot. I go for a cheeky overbet as in the past when I have bluffed him its usually been for small 1/2 pot bets due to his general passiveness. I figure it disguises my hand pretty well and most people who overbet here don't usually have bluffs. Hence I make it £1,200.
He tanks for a while and raises to £2,550 which is also against what he has done in the past. He is not the type to try to squeeze out value with a Qd or a Kd after checking the turn and is more than likely going to flat those hands. It leaves a spot where hes either got an Ad or a straight flush JTdd both of which form reasonable parts of his range. My thought process is that JTdd will check the turn but would find a larger raise size on the river since my bet has more Ad in it, while an Ad will try to eek out a little more value from a lesser diamond. It is also very hard for me to be nutted and thus it make sense for him to throw out a bluff, bet sizing wouldn't matter too much in this instance if he is rebluffing me and he would have a preference to making it smaller.
River decision?
I know this reg fairly well, this is however the first time we are playing holdem together. We have played PLO on a few separate occasions, the first couple of times I was able to just completely run over him and win pots at will so I just didn't have much appreciation for his game. We played some PLO 2 weeks ago and he completely changed and was playing back a fair bit more. I probably didn't adjust too well to him and tried to run over like before and got picked off in 1 or 2 more spots than usual.
So fast forward to Saturday night. we are playing a £5/10/25 holdem game. I am sat with £25k and he is sat with roughly £9k. I have only been at the table for an hour or so but its a soft game and his holdem game is a lot more impressive than PLO. He seems to be the type that wouldn't be fundamentally correct by online standards but seems to be good with fish and a lot more of a battler at holdem. Based on our past history at PLO and his adjustment, I imagine he isn't terrible and probably has success at fishy holdem games however I wouldn't consider him an end boss type reg. I do however expect him to play back at me.
I am in Mid position and he is in CO. I open to 75£ with 77 and he 3 bets to £225. Folds around to me and I flat. Flop comes 843 monotone with diamonds. I do not have diamonds. He cbets roughly £300 after I check and I peel one off. turn is the 9 of diamonds making it a 4 flush board and we both check.
River is the 7 of diamonds making it a 5 flush board. Bear in mind there is now £1,100 in the pot. I go for a cheeky overbet as in the past when I have bluffed him its usually been for small 1/2 pot bets due to his general passiveness. I figure it disguises my hand pretty well and most people who overbet here don't usually have bluffs. Hence I make it £1,200.
He tanks for a while and raises to £2,550 which is also against what he has done in the past. He is not the type to try to squeeze out value with a Qd or a Kd after checking the turn and is more than likely going to flat those hands. It leaves a spot where hes either got an Ad or a straight flush JTdd both of which form reasonable parts of his range. My thought process is that JTdd will check the turn but would find a larger raise size on the river since my bet has more Ad in it, while an Ad will try to eek out a little more value from a lesser diamond. It is also very hard for me to be nutted and thus it make sense for him to throw out a bluff, bet sizing wouldn't matter too much in this instance if he is rebluffing me and he would have a preference to making it smaller.
River decision?
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