SeaRun
Visionary
Silver Level
This hand happened this morning. I wasn't at the table long, maybe 30 hands, so I had a decent read on the villain who was playing a lot of hands and was particularly aggressive post flop. I didn't see a lot of his pockets because opponents normally folded to his post play, but when I did see them, he had the goods.
My thoughts pre- when he raised me were not to re-raise, just a call to see the flop, and lucky I did. I checked the flop, not wanting to Donk Bet and knowing he'd stab at it, which he did. A couple of times before, I had seen him shove to a raise of ~ 3 X the pot, which is what I wanted him to do here. Also, I wanted my bet to look like a bluff.
What should I have done? Smaller raise, call and wait for Turn or River to go big?
PokerStars - $0.02 NL - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
MP+1: 130 BB (VPIP: 42.31, PFR: 15.38, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 27)
CO: 84 BB (VPIP: 26.67, PFR: 13.33, 3Bet Preflop: 12.50, Hands: 15)
BTN: 254.5 BB (VPIP: 20.93, PFR: 18.60, 3Bet Preflop: 5.56, Hands: 43)
SB: 149 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 1)
BB: 71.5 BB (VPIP: 37.93, PFR: 20.69, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 58)
Hero (UTG): 247 BB
UTG+1: 141 BB (VPIP: 13.33, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 15)
MP: 108 BB (VPIP: 12.69, PFR: 5.22, 3Bet Preflop: 4.08, Hands: 134)
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has J:heart: J:club:
Hero raises to 3.5 BB, fold, fold, MP+1 calls 3.5 BB, fold, BTN raises to 9 BB, fold, fold, Hero calls 5.5 BB, MP+1 calls 5.5 BB
Flop: (28.5 BB, 3 players) J:spade: 4:spade: 8:heart:
Hero checks, MP+1 checks, BTN bets 16 BB, Hero raises to 75 BB, fold, fold
Hero wins 58.5 BB
My thoughts pre- when he raised me were not to re-raise, just a call to see the flop, and lucky I did. I checked the flop, not wanting to Donk Bet and knowing he'd stab at it, which he did. A couple of times before, I had seen him shove to a raise of ~ 3 X the pot, which is what I wanted him to do here. Also, I wanted my bet to look like a bluff.
What should I have done? Smaller raise, call and wait for Turn or River to go big?
PokerStars - $0.02 NL - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
MP+1: 130 BB (VPIP: 42.31, PFR: 15.38, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 27)
CO: 84 BB (VPIP: 26.67, PFR: 13.33, 3Bet Preflop: 12.50, Hands: 15)
BTN: 254.5 BB (VPIP: 20.93, PFR: 18.60, 3Bet Preflop: 5.56, Hands: 43)
SB: 149 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 1)
BB: 71.5 BB (VPIP: 37.93, PFR: 20.69, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 58)
Hero (UTG): 247 BB
UTG+1: 141 BB (VPIP: 13.33, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 15)
MP: 108 BB (VPIP: 12.69, PFR: 5.22, 3Bet Preflop: 4.08, Hands: 134)
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has J:heart: J:club:
Hero raises to 3.5 BB, fold, fold, MP+1 calls 3.5 BB, fold, BTN raises to 9 BB, fold, fold, Hero calls 5.5 BB, MP+1 calls 5.5 BB
Flop: (28.5 BB, 3 players) J:spade: 4:spade: 8:heart:
Hero checks, MP+1 checks, BTN bets 16 BB, Hero raises to 75 BB, fold, fold
Hero wins 58.5 BB