PokerStars - $0.05 NL - Holdem - 6 players
CO: 112.6 BB
BTN: 220.2 BB
SB: 70 BB
BB: 98 BB
Hero (UTG): 99.2 BB
MP: 57.8 BB
SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has J♥ Q♥
Hero raises to 4 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, BB calls 3 BB
Flop: (8.4 BB, 2 players) 4♥ T♥ K♦
BB checks, Hero bets 4.8 BB, BB calls 4.8 BB
Turn: (18 BB, 2 players) 7♥
BB checks, Hero bets 13 BB, BB calls 13 BB
River: (44 BB, 2 players) 9♥
BB bets 42 BB, Hero calls 42 BB
Sorry it is new player, therefore I have not data for player. Give me advice, what I need to do in this situations, thanks)
Hello there
Mcclares, thank you very much for posting your hand.
Observation: I see you are not playing 100 BB strategy. Try to play always with 100 BB ES minimum so when it comes stacking situation we are getting
odds for a pot of 200 BB minimum.
The Preflop Action
Given the table have only 6 players it is okay to be opening QJs from UTG. For the same reason I would not go for a 4x raise, because there are less players to act after us. Raise to 3x it is okay here. BB calls and we go to a heads-up flop:
The postflop
The Flop
A very good flop for our range that opens from UTG, we completely smash here and if BB pays too much we can go for 1/2 pot, 2/3 pot, if V is so fishy even 3/4 pot ready to go on many turns and rivers. BB calls your 1/2 pot.
The Turn
Very sweet because now we have the 3rd and 4th nut flush, but this could be a scary card for both UTG and BB. UTG because the Top Pairs and Two Pairs will reduce their c-betting frequency on the turn, the sets also will do the same, we don't want to make the pot grows when we don't have a flush(or a decent blocker), or simply a straight draw.
And when we have a flush and c-bet turn there is a great chance of Villain oop to fold all of its bluffs and draws and maybe continue with some Two Pair. Sets I guess are not folding very easy here at the micros.
If we go checking/betting versus regulars on a turn like this, even when we have a flush we are almost never wrong. If we do it against a fish it will call you with good
hands mostly, perhaps straight draws, if it has, flush draws if it has, two pair and sets.
The River
Yeah, you now could be losing for Ace of Hearts and King of Hearts, which Villain/BB is trying to represent with a donk of 100% pot. Raising here is kindda way out of line (if we are not SPR commited), but given that maybe this player is a recreational it could be Hero Calling shove river with spaz two pair and sets, if it has some.
On the other side when we shove river it would be impossible for a recreational to be folding any flush with whatever a decent kicker. Only the pure air bluffs are folding on a river like this.
The fold here seems impossible. The only question that rests as if we should put all of the rest of our stack here because neither Villain nor Hero have much more than 1/3 stack after this bet river. If it has a better flush good for him, put a note on how did it play postflop and move on.
If you had checked the turn, the pot would not be so big, then an easy call. Now we are almost forced to go all-in, knowing that many players are not even
bluffing straights when it completes a 4th hearts on the river.
One thing we know: BB doesn't have many mid flushes because there are 7h, 9h and Th on the flop. You are holding the Jh and Qh. Which flush complete here and it is donking? 8h, 5h or 6h? Even worst 3h and 2h are donking here? Which
AhX and
KhX BB is defending versus UTG?
Regards;
Carlos 'Aballinamion' Barbosa