How could I have played this hand better?

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Hi, this is my first time posting so be gentle lol

I played the following hand in a .1c/.2c cash game. Could you please tell me how could I have played this hand better?

Let me give you my thought process. The villain was very loose and liked to raise with anything, but he played very straightforward postflop. Betting when he had good hands and calling or folding when he was behind.

I got a pair of 8s and decided to call his .7 pfr. The flop came 2c4c2h, he checked so I decided to continuation bet half the pot for value since I believed he didn't hit the flop since he would've bet if he did and he never slow played on his other hands, he called.

The turn came 7s which I believed missed him as well. He checked and I bet half the pot for value again, he called.

The river came 7c which completed his Ace high flush. He checked and I checked because the value of my hand went down. I lost a little over .30c in this pot, which ended up being being a huge leak for me.

Should I have continued to check without building the pot even though I had two pair?
 
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I like the way you played the hand.
I would have bet more om the flop/turn though, if he's that readable of a player.
As played, nice hand.
 
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Bet 2/3 on the flop instead of half.
Turn is good.
River is good.

Nh!

He was on a draw and you were ahead, so you bet two streets for value, denying him a free card.
He called two streets without the proper odds to do so (and without any implied odds because he didn't get anything when he hit). HE is the one leaking. You played it well.

All your money went in while ahead, and you didn't pay a single cent when behind. This is not a leak, this is your win rate. You won the hand.
Play this turn exactly the same way for 100 times, and you're winning over 80 of them. Poker is a long-term game. In the short term, you lost the hand because he hit his flush draw. In the long term, YOU WON!!!!

Well played.
 
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I agree! You played it well.

I don't know if there was the possibility for him to fold. He hit the flush draw and maybe "believed" in it. The C-Bet was in this case obviously too low. If you might have betted higher he might have fold, maybe, on the flop.

The bet on the Turn is also ok. You still have Top Pair! Always have in mind that a passive check-raising player might have a chance on something. I wonder that he still called the Turn with bet size half pot again. It was pure speculation...

Again, play this hand everytime you played it this time and you will win! That was pure luck...
 
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Sorry if this hijacks the thread a bit, but wouldn't it be better to bet more on the turn (even leaning to a pot-sized bet) to further worsen his odds, pad the pot and maybe end the hand while we're ahead (it's a very straightforward player, the check shows that we should still be ahead and we can guess he goes for the flush draw).
I feel we may lose a bit here in the long term.
 
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Sorry if this hijacks the thread a bit, but wouldn't it be better to bet more on the turn (even leaning to a pot-sized bet) to further worsen his odds, pad the pot and maybe end the hand while we're ahead (it's a very straightforward player, the check shows that we should still be ahead and we can guess he goes for the flush draw).
I feel we may lose a bit here in the long term.
We want him to call getting incorrect odds. His mistake is our win. By overbetting and completely demolishing his odds, he's going to fold most draws. Unless he's a complete fish that'll chase everything, but that requires a read.

I don't know if there was the possibility for him to fold. He hit the flush draw and maybe "believed" in it. The C-Bet was in this case obviously too low. If you might have betted higher he might have fold, maybe, on the flop.
Flush draws aren't folding on the flop for 2/3 or even close to pot either. Two streets of implied odds if they hit.
Besides, when we're ahead, and they're drawing, we WANT them to call incorrectly.
 
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Thanks

Thanks for the feedback! I second guessed myself too much, but now that you've walked me through it, it's clear that I played well. I'll make sure to get more value out of fish like this from now on.
 
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I got a pair of 8s and decided to call his .7 pfr. The flop came 2c4c2h, he checked so I decided to continuation bet half the pot for value.
My two cents.

First it doesn't sound like your bet is a continuation bet. In order for it to be called a continuation bet, you have to be the preflop raiser. It sounds like you called pre and villain was the aggressor. Therefore your bet was not a Cbet.

That being said, I think your bet is okay, especially given your read on villain and the fact that you seem to be in position based on your description of the hand, but I would have preferred to see a bet for 2/3 the size of the pot rather than half pot. By betting half pot, youre giving him good implied odds. To complete a draw. Plus by making your standard raise size just always 2/3s it makes your play less exploitable.

Also bet 2/3s on the turn if you don't think he has it. His odds haven't changed since the flop
 
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