$5 NLHE Full Ring: Line and betsize check, AK in SB facing 4 limps.

This is on Bovada, not PS.

Can I get a line check please? And I'd like to ask people's opinions on what I should have done if my hand was KK, which I think I would have played the exact same way.


I originally planned to make it $.035/40 preflop, but I figured nobody would call. When the table called, I said 'well, I guess i'll have to flop the nuts.' It was close to me between bet pot and check raise all in. After I bet pot and the table calls I was planning to check/give up if a club fell (someone has to have a flush draw with this many people was my thinking) and I was just going to have to pay off the board pairing on the turn, given the SPR. What say you?

PokerStars - $0.05 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: $1.50 (VPIP: 37.70, PFR: 13.45, 3Bet Preflop: 5.41, hands: 132)
UTG: $3.94 (VPIP: 37.80, PFR: 18.90, 3Bet Preflop: 5.00, Hands: 127)
UTG+1: $1.63 (VPIP: 37.61, PFR: 12.82, 3Bet Preflop: 3.13, Hands: 117)
UTG+2: $3.62 (VPIP: 44.71, PFR: 19.05, 3Bet Preflop: 6.90, Hands: 85)
MP: $7.27 (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 11.11, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 9)
MP+1: $1.28 (VPIP: 16.67, PFR: 16.67, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 6)
CO: $2.14 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 2)
BTN: $1.37 (VPIP: 42.97, PFR: 22.05, 3Bet Preflop: 5.88, Hands: 128)
Hero (SB): $4.73

Hero posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has A:diamond: K:spade:

UTG calls $0.05, UTG+1 calls $0.05, UTG+2 calls $0.05, fold, fold, CO calls $0.05, fold, Hero raises to $0.30, fold, UTG calls $0.25, UTG+1 calls $0.25, UTG+2 calls $0.25, CO calls $0.25

Flop: ($1.55, 5 players) Q:club: J:heart: T:club:
Hero bets $1.50, UTG calls $1.50, UTG+1 calls $1.33 and is all-in, fold, CO calls $1.50

Turn: ($7.38, 4 players) 5:diamond:
Hero bets $2.93 and is all-in, UTG calls $2.14 and is all-in, CO calls $0.34 and is all-in

River: ($12.00, 4 players) 6:spade:

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UTG shows 2:club: 4:club: (High Card, Queen)
Main Pot [$6.87]: (Pre 19%, Flop 0%, Turn 0%)
Side Pot#1 [$1.53]: (Pre 27%, Flop 0%, Turn 0%)
Side Pot#2 [$3.60]: (Pre 39%, Flop 37%, Turn 20%)

UTG+1 shows Q:heart: T:diamond: (Two Pair, Queens and Tens)
Main Pot [$6.87]: (Pre 32%, Flop 19%, Turn 10%)

CO shows 6:club: A:club: (One Pair, Sixes)
Main Pot [$6.87]: (Pre 17%, Flop 31%, Turn 20%)
Side Pot#1 [$1.53]: (Pre 24%, Flop 34%, Turn 19%)

Hero shows A:diamond: K:spade: (Straight, Ace High)
Main Pot [$6.87]: (Pre 32%, Flop 49%, Turn 70%)
Side Pot#1 [$1.53]: (Pre 48%, Flop 66%, Turn 81%)
Side Pot#2 [$3.60]: (Pre 61%, Flop 63%, Turn 80%)

Hero wins $11.40
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I dont have a lot of hands on Bovada right now, but I'm running 24/16/8 over 400 hands, which is fairly close to what I run on ACR (25/21/8.5 over 15k hands).

it's usually 3BBs +1 for every limper so that'd be 0.35 i believe.

I this situation i would atleast make a minimum 6x raise and evaluate according to action of the limpers and if we get 3 bet we are obviously 4 betting. The way you played the hand was good since we flopped the joint, it was pretty simple after that to keep betting. Bet sizing is also good since there are 4 players in the pot we have to bet strong which you did so well played.

$0.50 pre, at least. They'll call, especially at these stakes. It's pretty amazing how much value you can extract from loose-passive droolers by raising huge amounts preflop with your premiums. Also, enable auto-rebuy so you're always at $5.

The rest looks pretty standard.

c9h13no3 said:

$0.50 pre, at least. They'll call, especially at these stakes. It's pretty amazing how much value you can extract from loose-passive droolers by raising huge amounts preflop with your premiums. Also, enable auto-rebuy so you're always at $5.

The rest looks pretty standard.

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Yeah, just looking over opponents stats i think it's fine to go with a bigger raise, they look like chip spewers.

thatgreekdude said:

it's usually 3BBs +1 for every limper so that'd be 0.35 i believe.

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A fairly common variation on this guideline is to add a bb when OOP.

It's also general, so you should consider if your table is one where you can bet less or need to bet more to get the same effect. At 5nl, the latter isn't uncommon.