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Luckbox96
Rising Star
Bronze Level
This hand was played on ignition Zone Poker $.02/$.05, so I have no HUD stats to aid in my decision making.
I open UTG to $0.15 with QhJh ($13.93 starting stack)
Villain calls in the CO ($6.63 starting stack)
Everyone else folds.
Pot: $0.37
Flop: Ac9s8d
I Cbet $0.15
Villain calls
Pot: $0.67
I'm cbetting because I can have a lot of strong Aces here with an UTG opening range, and I can improve to the nuts on the turn on a Ten. My thought process with a less than half pot sizing is that I'm not getting straight draws or pairs to fold even if I bet closer to 2/3 pot or 3/4 pot, but if I'm up against air, he'll fold to anything that's not a minraise.
Maybe this is flawed thinking because villain actually can have a decent amount of weak Ax, middling pairs, and straight draws, and I'm not getting folds enough to warrant cbetting; perhaps checking to realize my equity is better here?
When he calls, I'm putting him on a pair or a straight draw, thinking he'll call a half pot bet with those hands and raise with stronger to deny straight draws their equity. It's possible he could be trapping with a flopped set, but I've found this doesn't happen very often at my level of play.
My plan from here is to check the turn on a brick, and only call with my gutshot if I'm getting a good price.
Turn: Ac9s8d Tc
I bet $0.35
Villain raises to $1.15
I 3bet to $2.80
Villain calls
Pot: $6.07
I hit my straight on the turn and I'm obviously betting for value here. When villain raises me, I figure he's likely doing this with a fairly strong range: two pair, sets (mainly just TT), straights (67 or QJ), with the weakest end of his range being strong flush draws or combo draws (pair + flush draw, Flush draw + straight draw, nut flush draw). I 3bet for value thinking he'll continue with most if not all of his range.
After the turn, villain has a little over a half pot bet left in his stack at $3.53. Maybe a shove on the turn is better here seeing as villain is pretty much pot committed and is representing a range not likely to fold.
River: Ac9s8d Tc 2c
I shove for $3.53
Villain calls
Villain shows Qc9c for a flush
This is where I'm wondering if I made a mistake by shoving. I shove for the remainder of villain's stack thinking he's committed to calling with his straights and sets. Obviously the only combo I'm worried about is the flush, since I beat everything else. I thought that would be a relatively small part of his range in this spot, and I figure if I check and he shoves, I'm probably calling down anyway.
Is shoving the river a mistake? Should I be check-calling here or even check-folding? Basically, is there any way for me to get away from this on the river or should I just chalk it up to a bad beat and move on? I'm also interested to hear if there are any mistakes I made along the way with sizing that let him show up on the river with Qc9c. I'm thinking even if I shove on the turn, villain is probably calling with a pair + flush draw + gutshot, but I'm not sure. Another line of thinking is that I want him to show up with hands like this and have to pay the max to hit his draw. Again, I'm not sure.
I open UTG to $0.15 with QhJh ($13.93 starting stack)
Villain calls in the CO ($6.63 starting stack)
Everyone else folds.
Pot: $0.37
Flop: Ac9s8d
I Cbet $0.15
Villain calls
Pot: $0.67
I'm cbetting because I can have a lot of strong Aces here with an UTG opening range, and I can improve to the nuts on the turn on a Ten. My thought process with a less than half pot sizing is that I'm not getting straight draws or pairs to fold even if I bet closer to 2/3 pot or 3/4 pot, but if I'm up against air, he'll fold to anything that's not a minraise.
Maybe this is flawed thinking because villain actually can have a decent amount of weak Ax, middling pairs, and straight draws, and I'm not getting folds enough to warrant cbetting; perhaps checking to realize my equity is better here?
When he calls, I'm putting him on a pair or a straight draw, thinking he'll call a half pot bet with those hands and raise with stronger to deny straight draws their equity. It's possible he could be trapping with a flopped set, but I've found this doesn't happen very often at my level of play.
My plan from here is to check the turn on a brick, and only call with my gutshot if I'm getting a good price.
Turn: Ac9s8d Tc
I bet $0.35
Villain raises to $1.15
I 3bet to $2.80
Villain calls
Pot: $6.07
I hit my straight on the turn and I'm obviously betting for value here. When villain raises me, I figure he's likely doing this with a fairly strong range: two pair, sets (mainly just TT), straights (67 or QJ), with the weakest end of his range being strong flush draws or combo draws (pair + flush draw, Flush draw + straight draw, nut flush draw). I 3bet for value thinking he'll continue with most if not all of his range.
After the turn, villain has a little over a half pot bet left in his stack at $3.53. Maybe a shove on the turn is better here seeing as villain is pretty much pot committed and is representing a range not likely to fold.
River: Ac9s8d Tc 2c
I shove for $3.53
Villain calls
Villain shows Qc9c for a flush
This is where I'm wondering if I made a mistake by shoving. I shove for the remainder of villain's stack thinking he's committed to calling with his straights and sets. Obviously the only combo I'm worried about is the flush, since I beat everything else. I thought that would be a relatively small part of his range in this spot, and I figure if I check and he shoves, I'm probably calling down anyway.
Is shoving the river a mistake? Should I be check-calling here or even check-folding? Basically, is there any way for me to get away from this on the river or should I just chalk it up to a bad beat and move on? I'm also interested to hear if there are any mistakes I made along the way with sizing that let him show up on the river with Qc9c. I'm thinking even if I shove on the turn, villain is probably calling with a pair + flush draw + gutshot, but I'm not sure. Another line of thinking is that I want him to show up with hands like this and have to pay the max to hit his draw. Again, I'm not sure.