$5 NLHE 6-max: How do you people feel about this bluff?

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


SB: 229 BB (VPIP: 24.57, PFR: 16.00, 3Bet Preflop: 3.23, hands: 182)
Hero (BB): 100 BB
UTG: 147.8 BB (VPIP: 23.87, PFR: 17.12, 3Bet Preflop: 8.43, Hands: 237)
MP: 100 BB (VPIP: 17.44, PFR: 14.44, 3Bet Preflop: 8.90, Hands: 372)
CO: 102.4 BB (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 9)
BTN: 100 BB (VPIP: 18.85, PFR: 14.81, 3Bet Preflop: 4.12, Hands: 252)


SB posts SB 0.4 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB


Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has Q:club: Q:heart:


fold, fold, CO calls 1 BB, fold, SB raises to 4 BB, Hero raises to 10 BB, fold, SB calls 6 BB


Flop: (21 BB, 2 players) T:diamond: K:spade: J:spade:
SB checks, Hero bets 9 BB, SB calls 9 BB


Turn: (39 BB, 2 players) 6:heart:
SB checks, Hero bets 24.4 BB, SB calls 24.4 BB


River: (87.8 BB, 2 players) 8:diamond:
SB checks, Hero bets 56.6 BB and is all-in
 
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The only hands that fold are hands you already beat.



And what do you mean, "you people".
 
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I agree. What hands are you hoping to fold with your bluff? Villain's line is either strong, and calls, or is a missed draw, and you win anyway. Maybe AK and KsQs fold, but even those hands will often call a 2/3 pot bet. Don't risk your stack here, check back and see if queens hold up.
 
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Plan was to rep AQ which is a considerable part of my range and force him to fold all but the very top of his range.

Looking back I don't like it so much as he could have KT KJ JT that just won't fold at $0.02/$0.05. Probably would need him to fold a few of these for this to be +ev.
 
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The only hands that fold are hands you already beat.



And what do you mean, "you people".
Yea, aren't you one of us people?

And I don't like the bluff either.
 
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Raise bigger preflop, bet bigger on the flop/turn, mostly always bet bigger and the most important thing, don't bluff at micros You will just lose money on the long run.. people don't fold for $5.
 
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Pre flop 3 bet should be 3.5x-4x
Flop bet of 1/2ish pot is fine
Turn I would probably check and evaluate the river. You only lose to Kx, JT, sets and a straight, which you block. If you are behind you will want to recognize your equity. There is a flush draw on board, but checking here gives the opponent the chance to bluff the river
 
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I hate almost all of how you played this hand lol.


The flop bet was a mistake, and that mistake compounded itself thru the entire hand. In this spot you should be checking behind. As played you have no idea where you are at in the hand and just turn queens into a bluff for seemingly no reason.
 
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, don't bluff at micros You will just lose money on the long run..
It’s quite ok to use strong range vs weak range to bluff, what is not ok to try to bluff vs strong range (in absolute scale, not relative) or represent narrow range. In micros, almost no-one can read combos good (I know no-one, me included), so bluff should be constructed so that is as easy as possible to read.

As a general rule, 'don't bluff at micros' is good though.
 
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