I'm talking 2nl/5nl here.

When to jam all in on flop or turn, and when to check/raise on flop/turn, are two spots I often find myself unsure of. In both spots you are not always going to be successful, and that variance I suppose leads me to doubt decisions at times.

Specifically I'm thinking of semi bluff spots. Made hands looking for value pretty much play themselves.

When is the right time to jam those combo draws with 15 outs?

Is it ever right to be jamming 8+ or 12+ outs at the micros? Or is this unnecessary variance?

And is it correct to semi bluff ever with hands that have a little equity against villains with very high c bet percentages? Eg big overs, gunshots with overs or a pair etc

Any other thoughts or advice appreciated on the subject too.

Originally Posted by GreenDaddy1

I'm talking 2nl/5nl here.

When to jam all in on flop or turn, and when to check/raise on flop/turn, are two spots I often find myself unsure of. In both spots you are not always going to be successful, and that variance I suppose leads me to doubt decisions at times.

Specifically I'm thinking of semi bluff spots. Made hands looking for value pretty much play themselves.

When is the right time to jam those combo draws with 15 outs?

Is it ever right to be jamming 8+ or 12+ outs at the micros? Or is this unnecessary variance?

And is it correct to semi bluff ever with hands that have a little equity against villains with very high c bet percentages? Eg big overs, gunshots with overs or a pair etc

Any other thoughts or advice appreciated on the subject too.

Thank U 4 Posting

You state "Made hands looking for value pretty much play themselves" this implies very little folding. When there is very little folding we should not be bluffing very much at all if we need the fold equity to justify the play.

We can semi bluff raise for pot manipulation if our raise gets our V to let us see free cards. A min raise in POS on flop may get this done effectively.

Jamming all in on flop often requires 4 bet pots pre- so are you balancing your 4 bet range? Again the idea of value hands getting paid easily would suggest we should not be balancing our ranges very much at all as our V are not folding turns and rivers with big pairs.

If our V are willing to put all their chips in we need only make 2 pair plus hands post flop and use bet sizing on each street to get stacks in on the river. If the V are not folding however we can always bet 2x pot river and get called so we need not be using larger bets earlier to say make the SPR 1-1 on the river

You could begin experimenting with bet sizing to max the value of your hands so if you are not currently using pot plus size betting for value you may wish to do so and it may open up some opportunities for semi bluff spots as your V begin to fold more often if they do adjust.

If you have the data you may wish to look at the V turn fold % it may be indicating that you can semi bluff more and should trap turns more often for value.

Hope this helps

If you have 15 outs with an open-ended straight-draw + flush draw post-flop, then you can go all-in with no bad conscience. With 15 outs, you have an equity of over 50%. So it's definitely worth it for you. With 8 to 12 outs you can only go all in profitably if there is a chance that your opponent will fold. Your positive expected value comes from the fact that sometimes you get your hand and win and sometimes you win when your opponent folds. If your opponent only has a small stack, he will quickly feel tied to the pot and will not fold. Then you can no longer play 8 to 12 outer profitably if you put all in. In this case, you should play your draw passively.

At the micro limits, the collected draw hands are well paid, due to the weak level of the opponents and the desire to reach the showdown. You can play mathematically correctly against a weak opponent, but I think it is better to realize your level in more favorable situations and you should not have approximately equal chances with a weak opponent when you go all in, it is better to wait for a more favorable moment to take all his chips. Don't play the draw too aggressively, fold equity is low, and check raises don't work very well on micro-limits.