$2 NLHE 6-max: Do we call here?

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PokerStars - $0.02 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 210.5 BB (VPIP: -, PFR: -, 3Bet Preflop: -, hands: 1)
SB: 69.5 BB (VPIP: 12.50, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 18)
Hero (BB): 106.5 BB
UTG: 139 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 9)
MP: 98.5 BB (VPIP: 12.50, PFR: 12.50, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 8)
CO: 100 BB (VPIP: 18.75, PFR: 9.38, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 34)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A:spade: J:club:

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 3 BB, fold, Hero raises to 11 BB, BTN calls 8 BB

Flop: (22.5 BB, 2 players) J:spade: 6:heart: 2:heart:
Hero bets 15 BB, BTN raises to 66 BB, fold

BTN wins 50.5 BB


Felt like I was beat, but statistically it's improbable...
How often does he have a set? Not often.
Over pocket pairs beat us but I think he'd reraise preflop.

Any thoughts?
 
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Ye i don't really think we should be folding tptk in a 3bet pot.Villain can have worse pairs and draws as'well as some pure air bluffs a'long with the better hands so i think we have enough equity to justify calling.
 
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Fold or call, I'd say you don't have enough information on the villain so you have to fold. However, I feel like you over bet on the flop with top pair with a two-thirds pot bet unless you are trying to take the pot down right their due to being OOP(which would be inline with your 3bet pre). The stacks behind are right for him to play 22, 66, or QQ+ that way pre and post flop however he also has bluffs obviously AK, AQ, KQ, or a lower Jx(This is .01/.02 after all) but with the information you have(none), I'd fold or shove(If I shoved, it would be more for information than actually trying to take down the pot).
 
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@justsopro: this is zoom so we never have info. We cant exploit the opponent like in cash games.

@mettagame: I was thinking the same as you, but at low stakes people genrally don't bluff because others call too much. So when they bet this high they generally got something good. Which would be a set or AJ as well. Dont think they ever have qq+
If it were 5nl or 10nl id be shoving i think
 
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A general rule of thumb is that if you can't stack off with TPTK in a 3-bet pot, you shouldn't have 3-bet (or called a 3-bet) with that hand.

I personally wouldn't 3-bet AJ against someone with only 1 hand played so far. You're likely getting them to fold all the KJ, AT, T9 hands you make money against with AJ.

As you played it, cram the money in. But I think your preflop error dooms the hand.
 
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I don't think 3betting AJo is a mistake. The rake is pretty high and we keep some dominated Jx (like JTs) in the pot. If he folds thats btw highest ev for our hand, so don't mind that either.
On flop I would go smaller, forcing him to defend some Backdoorflushdraws like KQs etc and allowing us to bluff cheaper with some parts of our range. We're pushing a lot of equity, so a 40% bet suffices. Also your hand does not need a lot of protection.
As played, standard broke.
 
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No read I would fold given the board is somewhat dry and less bluff in villain range. But against opponents that play draws aggressively , I would shove.
 
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@mettagame: I was thinking the same as you, but at low stakes people genrally don't bluff because others call too much. So when they bet this high they generally got something good. Which would be a set or AJ as well. Dont think they ever have qq+
If it were 5nl or 10nl id be shoving i think



Honestly QQ+ wouldn't surprise me to much,neither would a hand like 77-TT plus some random air,even AK and they should have a good chunk of draws.The point being we just don't know without info on villain.Our hands just to strong in a 3bet pot to fold imo.Fair enough were not loving life here but we need to go with it.Were not scared of any 2 pair it's basically 22 and 66 and btns calling range should be pretty wide.
 
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