$5 NLHE 6-max: Do you play different this hand?

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MrGreen13

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partypoker - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP: 75 BB
Hero (CO): 73.2 BB
BTN: 111.2 BB
SB: 137 BB
BB: 143 BB
UTG: 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has J:club: 9:club:

fold, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, SB calls 2.6 BB, BB calls 2 BB

Flop: (9 BB, 3 players) 9:diamond: 3:heart: T:club:
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets 6.4 BB, SB calls 6.4 BB, fold

Turn: (21.8 BB, 2 players) 9:heart:
SB checks, Hero bets 15.6 BB, SB raises to 31.2 BB, Hero raises to 63.8 BB and is all-in, SB calls 32.6 BB

River: (149.4 BB, 2 players) Q:heart:

...:D
 
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Fold preflop.
Also, play full-stacked.
As played it's not really possible to fold but given the action I think he shows up with A9 here quite a lot.
 
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With no reads given on the blinds, this is a pretty marginal stealing spot at the micros imo.
 
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Fold preflop.
It's a 5NL 6-max in MP.
So the open there is pretty standard with this kind of hand.
Anyway, your play seems good, I would have done the same thing.
If you were against bigger 9 or a boat then that was just unlucky.
The only problem is that you don't play full stack.
 
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Given the table is enough passive, I agree in raise this hand pre-flop attepting to steal. Now, since you got 2 callers I would rather prefer to check back on the flop -- make 2players fold in a dry board is not an easy job, many players are gonna call in this spot with mid pairs and overcards. In the other hand you can't be sure that villain has actually missed, so he could have you already beaten.

Even with the improvement on the turn, I would still prefer slow play this hand protecting my hand against a raise from something like 2 pairs (an slowplayed JJ+, which would be believing to have the best hand) and avoiding to pay more than necessary to a better hand as T9 or A9 or even 33.

The problem with this hand is that it's hard to know where you actually stand in. Sb may have called with and carried to the the turn I wide range and thanks to the dryness of the board was free to pick the line of his preference to play hands that may either be away ahead or away behind (but assuming to be ahead) -- without account that he could be bluffing, putting you on the T. In this spots its advisable to keep the pot small by slowplaying the hand.
 
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$5 NLHE 6-max: Do you play different this hand?

No I don't.

And it's fine not to auto top up, especially when you have a limited bankroll or are still learning the basics and have a skill disadvantage. As long as you know how to change your play based on your stack size you don't have to keep a 100BB stack.
 
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