$10 NLHE 6-max: Could this have been played any better?

TinkCzru

TinkCzru

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BTN: 127 BB
SB: 93.4 BB
BB: 143.3 BB
Hero (UTG): 153.3 BB
MP: 119.2 BB
CO: 139.3 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 9♦ T♦

Hero raises to 2.5 BB, MP raises to 9 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls 6.5 BB

Flop: (19.5 BB, 2 players) 5♠ 2♠ T♣
Hero checks, MP checks

Turn: (19.5 BB, 2 players) 3♣
Hero bets 11.7 BB, MP calls 11.7 BB

River: (42.9 BB, 2 players) K♦
Hero checks, MP bets 18 BB, Hero calls 18 BB

Hero shows 9♦ T♦ (One Pair, Tens)
(Pre 39%, Flop 75%, Turn 77%)
MP shows A♥ K♥ (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 61%, Flop 25%, Turn 23%)
MP wins 75 BB
 
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Personally, I would fold the hand preflop out of position against this 3b.

Regardless, I have a thought about the opponent's river play. His bet size looks very much like a thin value bet. Especially when you consider his preflop 3b size against your 2.5 bb open. I think with his bluff-range he would bet a little bigger. However, since you are getting good pot odds and you have some missed draws in your river range, a call against a thinking opponent is not a big mistake.
 
loafaBREAD

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Hey there,

Firstly, this is a standard defend, even against a large 3-bet like that.

I like your turn bet, and you maybe even can go to 2/3 here. The reason is that V has shown some weakness and that you also have many bluffs in this spot.

We can note that V can float with a few Ax that not picked up a gutshot here.

When the K rolls off I think this is a great spot to check and let V bluff. Sure, he has some AK, but he can also fire with AQ and AJs here. Your T9 unblocks all of those combos. From that perspective this is a better check call than JJ or QQ.

When he turns over his hand, you should note that he isn't likely to fold AK in many spots with a bad draw. I would expect decent opponents to at least have a spade/club in their AK combos if they floated the turn.

So take a note and move on! Nice hand.
 
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P: loose open. Probably is solver approved but too loose for nl10.

As played (open), easy fold vs big MP 3bet. Again, probably is solver approved as a mix strategy, but too loose for nl10.

F: as played, fine.

T: as played, bet bigger to 75-100% pot.

R: bad river, only an Ace or Four are worse. Villain's bet sizing IP is also weird. Looks unbalanced towards value.

Easy fold.

Please don't post results.
 
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