$5 NLHE Full Ring: Did I play this correctly?

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pokerstars - $0.05 NL - Holdem - 7 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com

Hero (UTG): 115.6 BB
UTG+1: 203.6 BB (VPIP: 20.29, PFR: 13.04, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, hands: 70)
MP: 100 BB (VPIP: 11.76, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 35)
CO: 164.6 BB (VPIP: 14.96, PFR: 12.82, 3Bet Preflop: 3.75, Hands: 238)
BTN: 147.2 BB (VPIP: 24.32, PFR: 8.11, 3Bet Preflop: 7.69, Hands: 38)
SB: 100.4 BB (VPIP: 8.70, PFR: 8.70, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 24)
BB: 159.6 BB (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 15.63, 3Bet Preflop: 14.29, Hands: 32)

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has Ah As
Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, BB calls 2 BB

Flop : (6.4 BB, 2 players) Jc 2d 5s
BB checks, Hero bets 5 BB, BB calls 5 BB

Turn : (16.4 BB, 2 players) Ac
BB checks, Hero bets 10 BB, BB calls 10 BB

River : (36.4 BB, 2 players) 3s
BB checks, Hero bets 30 BB, BB raises to 124.8 BB, Hero calls 67.6 BB and is all-in

BB shows Ad 4c (Straight, Five High)
(Pre 8%, Flop 17%, Turn 9%)

Hero shows Ah As (Three of a Kind, Aces)
(Pre 92%, Flop 83%, Turn 91%)

BB wins 222 BB
 
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Yeah, I think you played it correctly. He called with his top pair bad kicker and gutshot straight and sucked out. 9/10 times he wouldn't have. Nothing you can do about it. The only thing I would've done differently is to raise it a bit more since you're UTG.
 
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Your Bet sizing is a bit strange.

River is a fold. Stacking off with just a pair is always gonna be beat in these spots at these limits
 
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Your Bet sizing is a bit strange.

River is a fold. Stacking off with just a pair is always gonna be beat in these spots at these limits

Just a pair? He has the nut set. Most of the time that is good here. Just because villain happened to have a straight in this case doesn't mean that he will always have it. Had that 3 not hit, villain would've still probably stacked off with his weak ace thinking it's good.
 
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Just a pair? He has the nut set. Most of the time that is good here. Just because villain happened to have a straight in this case doesn't mean that he will always have it. Had that 3 not hit, villain would've still probably stacked off with his weak ace thinking it's good.

I think at these stakes it's a borderline fold or call. From the way it was played, villain's range at the river was 46,45 or a suited A4. Some players may have the middle or bottom set but I think you would have heard about it on the turn. When there's no aggression at the turn, it seems like he had caught a pair on the flop or a draw. River shove was was just an ugh spot for you. Folding sets is a really tough action and frustrating to make. Villain calls >3/4 pot size barrels chasing a gutshot and OOP. I have a hard time folding sets too and when I do, it just kills me inside. But in order to develop as a player I think it's just as important to learn make a big fold as it is to make a big call if not more.

I don't think he would've stacked off with his weak ace if the 3 had not hit unless hero shoves. He would have most likely just called because he seems more like a calling station from the way he played. Calling stations don't normally show aggression and when they do it's almost always a close to nuts.
 
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I think at these stakes it's a borderline fold or call. From the way it was played, villain's range at the river was 46,45 or a suited A4. Some players may have the middle or bottom set but I think you would have heard about it on the turn. When there's no aggression at the turn, it seems like he had caught a pair on the flop or a draw. River shove was was just an ugh spot for you. Folding sets is a really tough action and frustrating to make. Villain calls >3/4 pot size barrels chasing a gutshot and OOP. I have a hard time folding sets too and when I do, it just kills me inside. But in order to develop as a player I think it's just as important to learn make a big fold as it is to make a big call if not more.

I don't think he would've stacked off with his weak ace if the 3 had not hit unless hero shoves. He would have most likely just called because he seems more like a calling station from the way he played. Calling stations don't normally show aggression and when they do it's almost always a close to nuts.
Yeah you've got the nut set but villain is repping a str8 and you're getting better than 3:1 on the call but unless you think he called 3 streets with 33 and spazzed on the river your set is no better than a pair. It's a fold for me.

Bet bigger Pf. 3.5-5x or more if the table is calling any bet with any pair or AQ+
 
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Just a pair? He has the nut set. Most of the time that is good here. Just because villain happened to have a straight in this case doesn't mean that he will always have it. Had that 3 not hit, villain would've still probably stacked off with his weak ace thinking it's good.

Oh shit yea.

Turn bet is too small, I'm probs sigh calling the river
 
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I always stick by never calling river raises or sudden aggression by fish though. It's always nutted hands. Top set is grim here though
 
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Yeah you've got the nut set but villain is repping a str8 and you're getting better than 3:1 on the call but unless you think he called 3 streets with 33 and spazzed on the river your set is no better than a pair. It's a fold for me.

Bet bigger Pf. 3.5-5x or more if the table is calling any bet with any pair or AQ+

Yeah, I would've folded too. I wouldn't like it but I would've done it anyway. Like I said villain seems like a calling station so when that shove came, top set probably ain't going to cut it.
 
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If you ever feel your villain has caught you at all... simply checking behind on the river is fine to avoid these spots.
 
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