$150 NL HE MTT: GGMasters Day 1

[mariussica88]

Game

Hold'em

Game Format

No Limit

Table Format

MTT

Buy-in

150

Currency

$

This is the Day 1 of the GGMasters Overlay edition, in this day 1 we are playing 22 levels and every level has 15 min, the remaining players advance into day 2 and into the money.

BB stats after 14 hands: VPIP 21 PFR 0 Limp 0 and 3-bet 0

What would you guys do here? Since I don't have much info on him and his VPIP is not that big, I think that he selects his playing hands, also his range from BB is relative wide like A3s+, A8o+,K9o+, QTo+,K7s+,Q8s+,J9s+, JTo+ and any 66+pair. I don't think he has hands like JJ+, AQs, AKs, AKo. because those hand I think he would 3-bet pre and also is the 2nd level of the tournament.

GGPoker, Hold'em No Limit - 30/60 (8 ante) - 8 players


UTG: 9,885 (165 bb)
UTG+1: 9,188 (153 bb)
MP: 11,339 (189 bb)
MP+1 (Hero): 9,687 (161 bb)
CO: 11,327 (189 bb)
BU: 10,016 (167 bb)
SB: 10,853 (181 bb)
BB: 9,040 (151 bb)

Pre-Flop: (154) Hero is MP+1 with 2♥ 2♦
3 players fold, Hero raises to 150, 2 players fold, SB calls 120, 1 fold

Flop: (424) T♦ T♠ 4♦ (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets 217, SB raises to 554, Hero calls 337

Turn: (1,532) T♥ (2 players)
SB bets 1,449, MP+1 (Hero) ?

 

[eetenor]

This is the Day 1 of the GGMasters Overlay edition, in this day 1 we are playing 22 levels and every level has 15 min, the remaining players advance into day 2 and into the money.

BB stats after 14 hands: VPIP 21 PFR 0 Limp 0 and 3-bet 0

What would you guys do here? Since I don't have much info on him and his VPIP is not that big, I think that he selects his playing hands, also his range from BB is relative wide like A3s+, A8o+,K9o+, QTo+,K7s+,Q8s+,J9s+, JTo+ and any 66+pair. I don't think he has hands like JJ+, AQs, AKs, AKo. because those hand I think he would 3-bet pre and also is the 2nd level of the tournament.

GGPoker, Hold'em No Limit - 30/60 (8 ante) - 8 players


UTG: 9,885 (165 bb)
UTG+1: 9,188 (153 bb)
MP: 11,339 (189 bb)
MP+1 (Hero): 9,687 (161 bb)
CO: 11,327 (189 bb)
BU: 10,016 (167 bb)
SB: 10,853 (181 bb)
BB: 9,040 (151 bb)

Pre-Flop: (154) Hero is MP+1 with 2♥ 2♦
3 players fold, Hero raises to 150, 2 players fold, SB calls 120, 1 fold

Flop: (424) T♦ T♠ 4♦ (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets 217, SB raises to 554, Hero calls 337

Turn: (1,532) T♥ (2 players)
SB bets 1,449, MP+1 (Hero) ?

GTO has 22 as a fold preflop at this stack depth MP1 due to this very issue how -do we get to showdown with this hand post flop
It would not be poor play to fold up to 55 based on stack depth and post flop playing skills
As played bet fold flop- but use 33% sizing- we lose to the 4

 

[300HPGOD]

Pre flop: I get the point made by Eetoner above but I am opening this on this deep a stack in Hijack unless there are a lot of 3 bettors behind me. I want to see a flop with this hand for the set value. There are some pretty strong reverse implied odds when it is set over set which can happen with 22 but I still think its an open. I am also not playing the hand to get to showdown either but more like gambling super deep to hit a set and if I dont then being done with it.

Flop: Its villain dependent to bet here or not imo. If you know they fold to c bets a lot then go ahead and see if you can take it but read less or with a knowledge of villain isnt a folder I am checking back here and taking a free shot at another set card. I also think if we are going to bluff this hand it might be ore effective to do a delayed c bet bluff than to bluff the flop where more players will float compared to the turn. As played we bet and get a mini raise which not playing $150 buy ins ever not sure what that means in rarified air f buy ins but I would think this is a raise they want you to call and are making it easy with pot odds. In facing this bet I would already feel screwed and would think I need a 2 to win and the odds arent there for that so I think best move is to fold here, make the note and see if villain does this again to us or others. Calling given the price isnt bad but I think you are drawing thin.

Turn: Pretty big bet by villain which would normally make me think why would they want me to fold here with such a big sizing but I think what is happening is now villain hopes we have a pair and cant fold it. I still think you are beat here and now its definitely a fold. If you call this then you will face river card over a 2 (unless you bink one) and then you have to think either that card helped villain or that if not then you thought you were good on turn (since you called) that you are good on river too and will most likely have to call another big bet. Just a lot better to jump ship now on this.

Hand plays a lot differently if you check flop as you can call turn (especially with another 10 coming) and then see what river brings and you would be in position.

 

[puzzlefish]

Villain plays this way if he hit trips on the flop and improves to four of a kind, hoping you have a strong pair and can't fold. Less likely to be a flush draw trying to turn it into a bluff, which is suicide on this board.

 

[Poker Orifice]

What turn are we going to possibly feel good about if we call this flop raise? (and besides... apparently he's got quads... HUH? lol)

 

[fundiver199]

Preflop
I would also open here mainly with the intention to setmine.

Flop
You missed your set, and the problem with C-betting here is, that some players like to do a lot of check-raising on paired boards, because they know, its difficult to have trips, and its also difficult to play a massive pot without trips, when they can easily have it. If I know, this is someone, who fold a lot to C-bets and dont play back at me, then a small bet for value and protection can be ok. But without information I check this back and see another card for free. You do bet though and get raised, and if you fold, you are probably overfolding, which is exploitable. But unless you spike a 2 on the turn, how are you ever going to win this hand? I would rather get bluffed out of a small pot now than a big pot later, so as played I fold.

Turn
The pot is getting way to big for your hand. The idea preflop was to try to flop a set, not to muck around with a pair of ducks. So just cut your losses and fold. Maybe he bluffed you, but you opened the door for him to do this by over C-betting the flop, so this is the way, you fix the problem.

 

[mariussica88]

Thank you for your input on this hand. My thought pre-flop was that I raise pre with the intention to fold if Villan bets the flop and I don't hit a set. When he checked I c-bet but the best option would have been to check back (that's a mistake that I need to learn on what boards I should c-bet ), on the turn I did not feel that calling what ok.


GGPoker, Hold'em No Limit - 30/60 (8 ante) - 8 players
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UTG: 9,885 (165 bb)
UTG+1: 9,188 (153 bb)
MP: 11,339 (189 bb)
MP+1 (Hero): 9,687 (161 bb)
CO: 11,327 (189 bb)
BU: 10,016 (167 bb)
SB: 10,853 (181 bb)
BB: 9,040 (151 bb)

Pre-Flop: (154) Hero is MP+1 with 2♥ 2♦
3 players fold, Hero raises to 150, 2 players fold, SB calls 120, 1 fold

Flop: (424) T♦ T♠ 4♦ (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets 217, SB raises to 554, Hero calls 337

Turn: (1,532) T♥ (2 players)
SB bets 1,449, MP+1 (Hero) folds

Total pot: 1,532
SB wins 1,532