$2 NLHE 6-max: Overpair on wet, draw heavy bord facing a shove

Alright guys,

New here so go easy. Just wanted to get a few opinions on a certain hand I played during my grind.

To put some perspective into it, was about 2 hours into a 3 hour grind (set time), playing 4 tables, 2 zoom at 2NL (6-max) and 2 reg 6-max 2NL tables. Was crushing it and actually ended up having what was a brilliant session. Won 7 BIs at at a rate of 38bb/100.

Played much higher stakes in the past, however always just deposited and played 50nl/100nl etc, and always been more of a tournament player, but like the idea of taking a very small bankroll and building it slowly. Aim to turn $50 into $5000! Inspired by the likes of Jason Somerville with his #runitup series and also Felix Schneider's 'Grinding it up' series on youtube (if you haven't seen, encourage to check it out!)


So the hand in question:



***** Hand History for Game 1111111111 ***** (poker stars)
$2.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, May 29, 04:23:03 ET 2014
Table Halley 3 (real money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: Player1 ( $2.60 USD ) - VPIP: 26, PFR: 11, 3B: 0, AF: 3.0, hands: 35
Seat 2: Hero ( $2.18 USD ) - VPIP: 29, PFR: 19, 3B: 4, AF: 2.1, Hands: 9696
Seat 3: Player3 ( $2.24 USD ) - VPIP: 5, PFR: 5, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 22
Seat 4: Player4 ( $1.63 USD ) - VPIP: 0, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 14
Seat 5: Player5 ( $2.11 USD ) - VPIP: 11, PFR: 11, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 9
Seat 6: Player6 ( $0.89 USD ) - VPIP: 100, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 1
Hero posts small blind [$0.01 USD].
Player3 posts big blind [$0.02 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ Ad As ]
Player4 folds
Player5 folds
Player6 calls [$0.02 USD]
Player1 calls [$0.02 USD]
Hero raises [$0.07 USD]
Player3 folds
Player6 calls [$0.06 USD]
Player1 calls [$0.06 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7s, 4h, 9s ]
Hero bets [$0.17 USD]
Player6 folds
Player1 calls [$0.17 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Th ]
Hero bets [$0.39 USD]
Player1 raises [$2.35 USD]
Hero folds
Player1 wins $1.96 USD
Player1 wins $1.33 USD from main pot



Again, go easy, very possibly this is a very easy fold? However wanted clarification. This is 2NL poker, and I am admittedly still adjusting, yet still can't see any justifiable reason to shove it in with a huge hand, set etc. It sort of seems to me that he had a huge combo draw, or possibly som 2 pairs, yes it was a 3bet pot, wasn't a big 3 bet and the calls are extremely loose 2NL.

Also there is a chance he was shoving JJ,QQ,KK which seems unlikely considering pf. AT is a possibility?

My decision was that there were too many hands in what always is a wide range at 2NL that had me crushed, some stupid 2 pairs etc. There is always of course the chance that this being 2NL, the guy is drunk and just doesn't care about his hard earned $2!!

However the thought crosses my mind I made a nitty fold trying to protect my upswing!

Thoughts?




PS: as a sidenote, gonna put another hand in from the session to display the joys of 2NL, for any high stakes regs that may either have forgotten or never played these stakes..


***** Hand History for Game 1111111111 ***** (Poker Stars)
$2.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, May 29, 04:30:12 ET 2014
Table Halley 6 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: Player1 ( $6.69 USD ) - VPIP: 42, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 3.0, Hands: 12
Seat 2: Player2 ( $6.92 USD ) - VPIP: 40, PFR: 40, 3B: 33, AF: 0.0, Hands: 5
Seat 3: Hero ( $2.26 USD ) - VPIP: 29, PFR: 19, 3B: 4, AF: 2.1, Hands: 9696
Seat 4: Player4 ( $2.00 USD ) - VPIP: 14, PFR: 14, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 7
Seat 5: Player5 ( $1.54 USD ) - VPIP: 67, PFR: 33, 3B: 0, AF: 1.0, Hands: 3
Seat 6: Player6 ( $2.11 USD ) - VPIP: 8, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 13
Player2 posts small blind [$0.01 USD].
Hero posts big blind [$0.02 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ Qd Qc ]
Player4 folds
Player5 raises [$0.04 USD]
Player6 calls [$0.04 USD]
Player1 folds
Player2 folds
Hero raises [$0.10 USD]
Player5 calls [$0.08 USD]
Player6 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6c, 3c, 8s ]
Hero bets [$0.19 USD]
Player5 raises [$0.38 USD]
Hero raises [$1.23 USD]
Player5 calls [$1.04 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Jh ]
** Dealing River ** [ Ad ]
Hero shows [Qd, Qc ]
Player5 shows [8h, 3d ]
Player5 wins $3.02 USD from main pot

Raise way more preflop dude. Your opponents aren't thinking.

That pocket Q hand I would of raised to atleast .12 more around .16-.20 pre-flop. I mean he might of still called but still.

+1 to raising more. Typically at 2nl I raise 5bb+1 per limper.

For the first hand, I probably fold to the turn raise too. Nh

It's an interesting one, the preflop sizing, experimented with it quite a lot. I've found if my pfr is 2.5x, I get about the same volume of calls as 3.5x. I believe the mentality of 5c or 7c is very much the same, especially for the fish/ recreational players I am targeting. The result of raising just 2.5x rather than 3.5x is of course with 1/2 callers I have a smaller pot and my cbet/double barrels are smaller. Hence I feel I am risking less to win at a higher rate - obviously a 3.5x raise means I win more, however a cbet only works so much.

Will definitely look more at pfr size.

Thanks for responses.

Yup, for sure raise more pre. He wouldnt jam a straight there but he would jam a flush draw on that scare card. Folding here is not bad but neither is calling imo.

2 limpers already in the pot, 3bbs +1 for every limper, if there loose and fishy go ahead and juice it up as much you can.