Jacki Burkhart
long winded rambler...
Silver Level
This was a fun one from last night and I ended up in the hand with my best friend. The table was super deep too cuz 2 guys just kept going to the ATM and getting money out for me
Players and Stacks:
Hero: SB I've been doing well but just playing super tight and geting paid and I have $1,080
MP: My friend has ~$350 and she's taken some beats. She's better than me or at least as good as me.
HJ: has $1,200 (won a huge pot off me) Playing a ton of pots. loves to make huge bets/jams with draws and he keeps getting there.
BTN: solid, has ~$380. He button straddled this hand for $5
So I'm first to act in SB due to button straddle. I've been at this table 3+ hours and just mostly folding 90% of the time to these button straddles cuz the 2 guys doing it in my blinds are very competent and they will just punish me with position. I've just been playing nutted hands. But THIS hand I look down at and decide to get frisky.
I come in for a raise of $15 (table standard) cuz I can't limp into the straddler.
My friend in MP insta calls in such a way that I'm pretty sure she has a hand that she recognizes as a "must play" but isn't strong enough to 3b for value with or weak enough to 3b bluff with. She generally isn't trying to play pots with me so she isn't splashing around with junk. I put her on a set mining hand or 2 broadways. No big aces for sure (she would 3b me for value with AQ+ and sometimes AJ)
CO calls the $15
BTN: calls the extra $10
4 to a flop pot contains $62
FLOP:
I check (cuz I don't wanna get raised off my draw and my Cbet will never get through these 4 players anyways).
My friend in MP bets $40. CO calls. BTN folds. I do a mini tank basically considering whether or not I want to raise but I know she has something and she won't be fooled by my trickery and he doesn't like to fold so I decide I've got good enough pot odds and implied odds to peel.
TURN: Pot contains $182
I check she bets $75 and he instantly raises her to $180.
Now....I've seen him do this quite often. He raises flop somewhat often but LOVES to raise turn bets. And he's shown up with a draw every time I've seen him showdown. (doesn't mean he has one now.....but I'm thinking he would have raised flop with a set or 2 pair because at the time he was facing her flop bet there were still 4 players in the pot and a flush draw on board.). And I don't think he could have ever turned a set of 3s. So I feel his range is really draw heavy and occasionally he has JT or a set. I'm pretty sure he's not raising 1 pair here.
So....Pot now contans $437 and I have $1,025 back.
Call, Jam or fold?
Players and Stacks:
Hero: SB I've been doing well but just playing super tight and geting paid and I have $1,080
MP: My friend has ~$350 and she's taken some beats. She's better than me or at least as good as me.
HJ: has $1,200 (won a huge pot off me) Playing a ton of pots. loves to make huge bets/jams with draws and he keeps getting there.
BTN: solid, has ~$380. He button straddled this hand for $5
So I'm first to act in SB due to button straddle. I've been at this table 3+ hours and just mostly folding 90% of the time to these button straddles cuz the 2 guys doing it in my blinds are very competent and they will just punish me with position. I've just been playing nutted hands. But THIS hand I look down at and decide to get frisky.
I come in for a raise of $15 (table standard) cuz I can't limp into the straddler.
My friend in MP insta calls in such a way that I'm pretty sure she has a hand that she recognizes as a "must play" but isn't strong enough to 3b for value with or weak enough to 3b bluff with. She generally isn't trying to play pots with me so she isn't splashing around with junk. I put her on a set mining hand or 2 broadways. No big aces for sure (she would 3b me for value with AQ+ and sometimes AJ)
CO calls the $15
BTN: calls the extra $10
4 to a flop pot contains $62
FLOP:
I check (cuz I don't wanna get raised off my draw and my Cbet will never get through these 4 players anyways).
My friend in MP bets $40. CO calls. BTN folds. I do a mini tank basically considering whether or not I want to raise but I know she has something and she won't be fooled by my trickery and he doesn't like to fold so I decide I've got good enough pot odds and implied odds to peel.
TURN: Pot contains $182
I check she bets $75 and he instantly raises her to $180.
Now....I've seen him do this quite often. He raises flop somewhat often but LOVES to raise turn bets. And he's shown up with a draw every time I've seen him showdown. (doesn't mean he has one now.....but I'm thinking he would have raised flop with a set or 2 pair because at the time he was facing her flop bet there were still 4 players in the pot and a flush draw on board.). And I don't think he could have ever turned a set of 3s. So I feel his range is really draw heavy and occasionally he has JT or a set. I'm pretty sure he's not raising 1 pair here.
So....Pot now contans $437 and I have $1,025 back.
Call, Jam or fold?
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