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nameless1537
Rock Star
Silver Level
Villian Stats (VPIP/PFR/AF): 29.76/18.75/4
I played this hand last night. Just a little background. I was pretty much card dead for most of the session and there were a couple of hands that I just played (were barely playable), just to show that I had a pulse but really didn't take it further if I was called down. My table stats for the session was VPIP/PFR/AF of 9/7/4 (while villain had stats of 30/17/4). I played mostly for value, so if I didn't hit the flop in the hands that I was involved with, I generally folded. I think I threw out an occasional cbet, but didn't pursue further if called down.
So in other words... I think I was playing like a nit. Not by choice, but the cards were honestly bad for most of the session. This was seriously the first time I had an A + face card in playable position in the whole game (I may have had AT in the button and folded when there was one raise and multiple callers before it got to me).
My impression of the villain was that he was playing LAG, but not maniacal. Managed his stack pretty well, and noted that he hovered at around his level once he got there. I think he had shown some capacity to fold in sticky situations, but I can't be certain... it was just an impression that I got in the 60 some odd hands that I had on him.
Anyway, that's the background. And this is what transpired.
pokerstars - $0.02 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com
UTG+1: 100 BB (VPIP: 9.76, PFR: 4.88, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 41)
Hero (MP): 97 BB
MP+1: 111.5 BB (VPIP: 23.98, PFR: 6.10, 3Bet Preflop: 1.02, Hands: 251)
MP+2: 72 BB (VPIP: 21.43, PFR: 4.41, 3Bet Preflop: 10.00, Hands: 70)
CO: 299.5 BB (VPIP: 12.68, PFR: 8.45, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 142)
BTN: 282.5 BB (VPIP: 29.69, PFR: 18.75, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 64)
SB: 87.5 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 48)
BB: 100 BB
UTG: 100 BB (VPIP: 21.21, PFR: 18.75, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 33)
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Jd Ah
fold, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, MP+2 calls 3 BB, fold, BTN calls 3 BB, fold, fold
Flop : (10.5 BB, 3 players) 4c Kh Qd
Hero checks, MP+2 checks, BTN bets 4 BB, Hero raises to 10 BB, fold, BTN calls 6 BB
Turn : (30.5 BB, 2 players) 6h
Hero checks, BTN checks
River : (30.5 BB, 2 players) Jh
Hero checks, BTN bets 26 BB, Hero raises to 84 BB and is all-in, fold
Hero wins 79.5 BB
The plays that I pulled here were kinda me just experimenting. I check-raised on the flop (just to throw a bit of a wrench into the works for the player on the button because up until this point, I was playing a very straight-forward brand of poker) with the hope that I could see the turn and river on the cheap, and was hoping to get checked on the turn if I checked. I also figured I kinda had 8 outs, so it was worth trying, while also exercising a bit of fold equity on the raises. It could have also indicated strength in the form of a set or 2 pair.
Either way, my check-raise shove on the river managed to get the button to fold. My question is... what is the likelihood of me pulling something like this off in higher levels. If you were in the villain's shoes... what range of cards would you have put me on based on the action and my table image? Was I just lucky that the button folded or was this well-played (ignoring the results)?
I played this hand last night. Just a little background. I was pretty much card dead for most of the session and there were a couple of hands that I just played (were barely playable), just to show that I had a pulse but really didn't take it further if I was called down. My table stats for the session was VPIP/PFR/AF of 9/7/4 (while villain had stats of 30/17/4). I played mostly for value, so if I didn't hit the flop in the hands that I was involved with, I generally folded. I think I threw out an occasional cbet, but didn't pursue further if called down.
So in other words... I think I was playing like a nit. Not by choice, but the cards were honestly bad for most of the session. This was seriously the first time I had an A + face card in playable position in the whole game (I may have had AT in the button and folded when there was one raise and multiple callers before it got to me).
My impression of the villain was that he was playing LAG, but not maniacal. Managed his stack pretty well, and noted that he hovered at around his level once he got there. I think he had shown some capacity to fold in sticky situations, but I can't be certain... it was just an impression that I got in the 60 some odd hands that I had on him.
Anyway, that's the background. And this is what transpired.
pokerstars - $0.02 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com
UTG+1: 100 BB (VPIP: 9.76, PFR: 4.88, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 41)
Hero (MP): 97 BB
MP+1: 111.5 BB (VPIP: 23.98, PFR: 6.10, 3Bet Preflop: 1.02, Hands: 251)
MP+2: 72 BB (VPIP: 21.43, PFR: 4.41, 3Bet Preflop: 10.00, Hands: 70)
CO: 299.5 BB (VPIP: 12.68, PFR: 8.45, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 142)
BTN: 282.5 BB (VPIP: 29.69, PFR: 18.75, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 64)
SB: 87.5 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 48)
BB: 100 BB
UTG: 100 BB (VPIP: 21.21, PFR: 18.75, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 33)
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Jd Ah
fold, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, MP+2 calls 3 BB, fold, BTN calls 3 BB, fold, fold
Flop : (10.5 BB, 3 players) 4c Kh Qd
Hero checks, MP+2 checks, BTN bets 4 BB, Hero raises to 10 BB, fold, BTN calls 6 BB
Turn : (30.5 BB, 2 players) 6h
Hero checks, BTN checks
River : (30.5 BB, 2 players) Jh
Hero checks, BTN bets 26 BB, Hero raises to 84 BB and is all-in, fold
Hero wins 79.5 BB
The plays that I pulled here were kinda me just experimenting. I check-raised on the flop (just to throw a bit of a wrench into the works for the player on the button because up until this point, I was playing a very straight-forward brand of poker) with the hope that I could see the turn and river on the cheap, and was hoping to get checked on the turn if I checked. I also figured I kinda had 8 outs, so it was worth trying, while also exercising a bit of fold equity on the raises. It could have also indicated strength in the form of a set or 2 pair.
Either way, my check-raise shove on the river managed to get the button to fold. My question is... what is the likelihood of me pulling something like this off in higher levels. If you were in the villain's shoes... what range of cards would you have put me on based on the action and my table image? Was I just lucky that the button folded or was this well-played (ignoring the results)?