Jacki Burkhart
long winded rambler...
Silver Level
This is a wsop circuit $365 monsterstack event. We are still in the re-entry period.
Blinds just went up to 75/250/500. I have 29,000 (58bb).
Table is pretty passive and easy with just 1 guy who seems good and aggressive and he has about 35k. I’ve built from 20k to 29k without showdown or difficulty.
So I raise to 1,200 in EP wit h
The good player is in CO and 3bets me to 4,000. Now he’s been 3betting quite a bit sometimes vs me usually vs other players. I’ve folded and flatted but I’ve yet to 4bet. Still….I feel this hand is too good vs his 3bet range to 4bet with cuz I’m essentially turning it into a bluff. So I flat. Everyone else folds
Pot 9,675 Flop
All in all this seems like a pretty favorable flop for me vs an active player’s 3betting range. I’m pretty sure he would have just flatted me in position with all his low/middling pairs besides JJ so unless he’s got AJ/KJ or an overpair I’m in pretty good shape. Still, I see no choice besides checking.
He Cbets 5,100. I decide that’s too much of my stack to be able to comfortably just bluff catch/call down. There’s a ton of scary runouts where he can improve or bluff me. Ideally, I’d like to make a Jack fold and I’m pretty sure he’ll fold any Jack to my shove. I also feel reasonably sure he’ll fold heart draws (except big combo draws) and it’s possible he’ll even fold ANY 1 pair hands because I have a pot sized shove and he’s a good player who likely wants to look for easier spots. And my image is pretty tight. 77-JJ definitely make sense for me to have here. So I pull the trigger and jam for a total of 25,000 which is 19,900 more into a pot of 19,875.
He tanks forever and finally calls with and I brick out.
So…in a vacuum I’m ok with this move. I think vs his range I’m doing fine and have so much fold equity (obviously since he almost folded KK).
I rarely make huge bluffs and when I do they work a really high % of the time.
My question is really about my strategy for this table/tournament. Since the table is easy and I’m having no problem making chips, should I really go to war with the only other good player in a spot like this?
If the answer is “no” then how should I proceed? Folding to his 3bet preflop seems crazy nitty. 4bet folding and 4bet calling both seem like Game Theory Disasters. So if I flat, do I just check/fold on a flop with 1 over? Or do I check/call and pray? Because I could easily end up pot committed and calling off my whole stack anyways. If that’s the case I think I’d rather shove with decent fold equity.
Blinds just went up to 75/250/500. I have 29,000 (58bb).
Table is pretty passive and easy with just 1 guy who seems good and aggressive and he has about 35k. I’ve built from 20k to 29k without showdown or difficulty.
So I raise to 1,200 in EP wit h
The good player is in CO and 3bets me to 4,000. Now he’s been 3betting quite a bit sometimes vs me usually vs other players. I’ve folded and flatted but I’ve yet to 4bet. Still….I feel this hand is too good vs his 3bet range to 4bet with cuz I’m essentially turning it into a bluff. So I flat. Everyone else folds
Pot 9,675 Flop
All in all this seems like a pretty favorable flop for me vs an active player’s 3betting range. I’m pretty sure he would have just flatted me in position with all his low/middling pairs besides JJ so unless he’s got AJ/KJ or an overpair I’m in pretty good shape. Still, I see no choice besides checking.
He Cbets 5,100. I decide that’s too much of my stack to be able to comfortably just bluff catch/call down. There’s a ton of scary runouts where he can improve or bluff me. Ideally, I’d like to make a Jack fold and I’m pretty sure he’ll fold any Jack to my shove. I also feel reasonably sure he’ll fold heart draws (except big combo draws) and it’s possible he’ll even fold ANY 1 pair hands because I have a pot sized shove and he’s a good player who likely wants to look for easier spots. And my image is pretty tight. 77-JJ definitely make sense for me to have here. So I pull the trigger and jam for a total of 25,000 which is 19,900 more into a pot of 19,875.
He tanks forever and finally calls with and I brick out.
So…in a vacuum I’m ok with this move. I think vs his range I’m doing fine and have so much fold equity (obviously since he almost folded KK).
I rarely make huge bluffs and when I do they work a really high % of the time.
My question is really about my strategy for this table/tournament. Since the table is easy and I’m having no problem making chips, should I really go to war with the only other good player in a spot like this?
If the answer is “no” then how should I proceed? Folding to his 3bet preflop seems crazy nitty. 4bet folding and 4bet calling both seem like Game Theory Disasters. So if I flat, do I just check/fold on a flop with 1 over? Or do I check/call and pray? Because I could easily end up pot committed and calling off my whole stack anyways. If that’s the case I think I’d rather shove with decent fold equity.
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