$50 NL HE 6-max: Failed bluff of flop. Unnecessary steal line?

[gustav197poker]

Game

Hold'em

Game Format

No Limit

Stakes

$.25/$.50

Table Format

6-max (6 seats)

Currency

$

pokerstars, Hold'em No Limit - $0.25/$0.50 - 6 players
Replay this hand on CardsChat - https://www.cardschat.com/replayer/125dJ9m12

UTG: $51.00 (102 bb)
MP: $91.28 (183 bb)
CO: $50.00 (100 bb)
BU (Hero): $59.85 (120 bb)
SB: $50.00 (100 bb)
BB: $50.00 (100 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BTN with Q♥ K♥
2 players fold, CO raises to $1.15, Hero 3-bets to $3.70, 2 players fold, CO 4-bets to $9.75, Hero calls $6.05

Flop: ($20.25) 5♣ A♦ 6♣ (2 players)
CO bets $4.81, Hero raises to $13, CO raises to $40.25 (all-in), BU (Hero) folds

Total pot: $46.25 (Rake: $2)
CO wins $44.25

 

[Aballinamion]

PokerStars, Hold'em No Limit - $0.25/$0.50 - 6 players
Replay this hand on CardsChat - https://www.cardschat.com/replayer/125dJ9m12

UTG: $51.00 (102 bb)
MP: $91.28 (183 bb)
CO: $50.00 (100 bb)
BU (Hero): $59.85 (120 bb)
SB: $50.00 (100 bb)
BB: $50.00 (100 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BTN with Q♥ K♥
2 players fold, CO raises to $1.15, Hero 3-bets to $3.70, 2 players fold, CO 4-bets to $9.75, Hero calls $6.05

Flop: ($20.25) 5♣ A♦ 6♣ (2 players)
CO bets $4.81, Hero raises to $13, CO raises to $40.25 (all-in), BU (Hero) folds

Total pot: $46.25 (Rake: $2)
CO wins $44.25

First of all, the devil loves details: we 3-bet to 3.2x when we could simply have it done using 3x for we are in position. And now the devil sees another thing: villain 4-bets to 2.6x, when it could’ve used 2x, 2.1x, 2.2x. Let’s keep that in mind and pay serious attention to bet sizing. Having that in mind let’s proceed to the hand’s breakdown:
Okay, we are calling preflop , tough we would like a smaller price, and we call it being aware that villain has QQ+, AJ+ at least. It’s good that we remove some AQ and AK, QQ and KK of villain’s range but it still holds more combos of these mentioned hands than us.
On the flop we cannot be raising villain, unless we had KcQc even if we had a wide cold calling range versus 4-bet IP, we would be raising this flop having whiffy 55, 66??? Or 65s? Or A5s, A6s??? Villain has all the combos of AA (villain has 5 combos of AA) and here if we own 1 combo of AA it’s too much: the whole point is that villain has (almost) all combos of AA and we have none, villain has 2/3 of combos of AQ and AK and we have just 1/4 or these combos, so villain has a respectable range advantage upon us.
Our plan here sucks, we should’ve called OTF to try to float OTT or OTR, but considering this is a 4-bet pot, villain would hardly fold anything to a turn/river jam.
Even if we had KcQc we should be calling it, for we don’t own many bluffs that could raise this very same flop (GTO perspective of a balanced approach).
And yes, I think it was an unnecessary attempt to steal.

Best regards;

 

[Station_Master]

KQs quite likes calling pre rather than 3betting, but its certainly strong enough to do so and then you have to call v 4bet, so OK preflop.

On the flop you have to fold. You probably have the worst possible bluffing combo! Blocking KK, QQ and other things might fold plus no back door flush draw.

 

[gustav197poker]

Thanks for the answers. I expected V to have a wider range. But I guess he 4-bet with A5s or AA, because I wanted to represent AK and AQ with the bluff.

 

[Aballinamion]

Thanks for the answers. I expected V to have a wider range. But I guess he 4-bet with A5s or AA, because I wanted to represent AK and AQ with the bluff.

I know that you wanted to represent AQ and AK. The problem is that villain has more combos of those than us. But you tried for a small price and could be able to fold, so nice try! I believe that villain would be folding at least 30% of times to our bluff to make it automatically profitable.

Cheers!