Hello Guys,
Was playing zoom on Stars amd got quite an interesting spot as I think. I´d like to hear your opinions about it.
NL Holdem $0.10(BB)
BTN ($10.21)
SB ($10.42)
BB ($5.10)
UTG ($5.61
HJ (HERO) ($10.14)
CO ($4.17)
no relevant stats
Dealt to Hero: Q♥ Q♠
UTG Folds, HERO Raises To $0.25, CO Raises to $1.00, BTN Folds, SB Calls $1.00, BB Calls $1.00, HERO Raises (All-in) to $10.14
Thoughts?
Hi there Luepso, how you doing buddy? Good to see your post here again! Thank you for sharing this hand and lol!
I don't get scared when I hear Nathan 'blackrain79' Williams says that the micros are a "circus". Because of some situations nonsense like this wonderful example you gave us for study.
So, hero raises 2.5x, and CO 3bets to 4x. LOL! Well, given that we are almost certain that the CO player is a recreative, it is a little bit strange a 4x 3bet in position, and even more strange because Villain is broken stack.
Horror stories at the micros are very fun: SB decided to cold call and the player in the BB felt it has
odds for calling as well (another broken stack), and the action comes to you.
I don't know what to do here, really. Very complicated situation, but I dare to say that I don't love 4betting/5betting/Shoving/Squeezing QQ preflop at the micros. Reasons?
A) The recreative player in the CO polarized its 3bet. It is not necessary to 3bet 4x in position! The normal sizing is 3x in position and 4x out of position. Given that the player is broken stack is a little bit awkward.
B) SB and BB also have polarized/capped ranges when they cold call to play out of position, maybe versus two players.
C) When we go all in here it is certain that at least one of the players are going to call. There are already USD 3.25 dead in the pot plus USD 10 of your stack when you go all in.
The broken stack players will call with a lot of
hands such as AK, AJ, AT, JJ, TT, 99, and sometimes, unfortunately, we are going to find some slower with AA and KK preflop that it decided to flat do induce bluffs.
I hope it helps you! If you have anything else to say, please do not hesitate!
Regards;
Carlos 'Aballinamion' Barbosa