$5 NLHE 6-max: Squeeze from OOP with AQo; CB faces raise

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Q1: Should hero CB?
Q2: Comments about AI decision?


Typical villain who has this action pattern has somewhat wide ranges, but no info about this one. I get pot odds 31%, my odds might be around that ballpark.
UTG is RFI fish who folds against 3bet, MP is nit with little will to play ‘standard style’ ABC.

On the flop pot is 1.95, Hero CB size is 1.02

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

(BTN): 145.4 BB
hero (SB): 125 BB
(BB): 120.2 BB
(UTG): 122.4 BB
(MP): 208.4 BB
(CO): 100 BB

hero posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) HERO has Q A

UTG raises to 3 BB, MP calls 3 BB, CO calls 3 BB, fold, hero raises to 16 BB, fold, fold, fold, CO calls 13 BB

Flop: (39 BB, 2 players) K K 8
hero bets 20.4 BB, co raises to 84 BB and is all-in
 
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The majority of your opponents range here are suited AJ+(MAYBE ATs+), suited KJ+, pocket pairs, and MAYBE AJo+.
I would say this is a VERY dangerous board to c-bet on because you will get many more callers/raisers than you will get folders, people tend to play a lot less scared against paired boards than if it was AK8 on the board, and also the board hits the majority of your opponents range(and what it doesn't hit is pocket pairs so you'd have to have a K to be ahead)
 
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I agree with this being a bad board to cbet. Even the most elementary villains will doubt you have a king, and you'll get floated/bluff-raised/called light.

Check/folding seems weak though, so idk. It's not a fun spot, depends on reads and we have little info.

I can't see how bluff-catching here is profitable. Your opponent's range is what? 88-JJ, KQ, KJ, plus a few club draws? If you do cbet, it probably has to be a b/f.
 
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If you are OOP and that board comes up a C bet is not a great idea. If anything I'd like to see a check/raise all in if you had some sort of draw but this board is dead and you should probably just give it up. You are turning your hand with showdown value into a bluff and to be honest it looks stronger to check like you are luring HIM into a c-bet.
 
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Thx, so no CB that is. Felt too weak not to CB and maybe checking looks strong enough that we get a free turn sometimes.

Folded to raise.
 
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$5 NLHE 6-max: Squeeze from OOP with AQo; CB faces raise

Without any info we can easily fold here. If V is this aggro and spewy you’ll soon gain the info needed to exploit them.

We have the nut no hand but it’s certainly not worth stacking off long term.

I’d CB most paired boards here, especially with A or K on. So I think this is a good range bet spot. We have massive range advantage, probably at the bottom of it with AQo.
 
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Just curious, but why info on players who aren't in the pot, and no info on CO?

OOP I check most of my range on paired board in 3-bet pots. This way I can profitably call a ton of hands here and sometimes AQ (w/ clubs I would probably call here). So not a fan of the C-bet, never CRAI in here either.
 
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I would have checked the flop I think. but not sure if that's a good play or not.
 
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Just curious, but why info on players who aren't in the pot, and no info on CO?
Zoom hand. New player on the pool, suggesting he just moved up from 2NL giving him relatively strong range, or he is testing the waters giving him wide range.

This way I can profitably call a ton of hands here and sometimes AQ (w/ clubs I would probably call here). So not a fan of the C-bet, never CRAI in here either.
If we have wide calling range here, wouldn’t Ac we have allow us to call here too?


I’d CB most paired boards here, especially with A or K on. So I think this is a good range bet spot. We have massive range advantage, probably at the bottom of it with AQo.
Yeah, I don’t think CB is a clear mistake, but given we are almost pot committed (imo) especially because this is typical fish line from CO and also because generally speaking squeeze multiway starts to get expensive, this spot might need defined strategy from my side. If not for EV then for making the game flow easier to handle :D
 
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