1sunchin
Legend
Silver Level
The answer is yes.
First, the call pre-flop is okay but you could probably put in a raise. Calling with a weak suited ace is not a good strategy.
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Turn - pot sized bet suggests one of the other players hit something substantial here. You still have the nuts but now two pairs and sets become worrying. I am okay with a call here, but you still have the stronger hand and so you could raise here and likely get it all in when re-raised.
You got to the river cheaply and it is a bad one for you. Any sets have upgraded to a full house. Most two pairs are now full house. I think this is a call or fold scenario. I would be leaning towards a fold being exploitative for this kind of river. There aren't enough draws that are behind you at this point to justify raising.
Preflop
A5s is a nice hand to 3-bet as a bluff, and if you are playing on a higher level, you need to ask yourself, what are your bluffing hands if not this one? And the answer is probably none, which is an issue against good players. But probably not in a freerool, so I am ok with this just call.
Flop
You flopped the nuts, nice. It is not an easy spot to get stacks inside though, because you block the nut flushdraw, and unless someone specifically flopped a set or a worse flush, they are probably not going to stack off for 150BB on a monotone board. With all that being said checking the flop is fine, as long as the intention is to check-raise.
Turn
It got checked though, which is a bit of a bummer. I would lead out now, since few hands will be strong enough to bet and then call a check-raise. Its pretty much only 66 and slowplayed flopped sets, which you could target with a check-raise. Someone did bet though, and as played this is a now mandatory check-raise.
River
Board paired with top card, which mean, that your hand got relatively worse, yet now you went on the offensive with a donk bet. This is pretty bad to be honest with you. The offensive should have come on the turn, when you still had the nuts. Now your hand is just a check-call. But you did make the donk bet, and now he raise, which is pretty gross. He is representing a full house, but I dont blame you for calling with the nut flush. At least you did not 3-bet, which would have been really bad.
I agree with Fundiver about the turn.
As a general rule of thumb, you should be betting the turn when you have a strong hand and the flop is checked. Then when your opponent bets full pot, this looks strong because of the sizing. Check-raising will often get action plus he might think you're weak because that line won't rep all that much.
Besides the turn though, you play the hand well and nice work losing the minimum at the river!
Again, not trying to be over critical but I believe you wouldn't even be posting this hand asking questions had you won it...
That being said - I like the flat preflop. Great to go to a flop multi way with a hand that can make the nuts and what do ya know...we flop it!!
I like the flop check setting up for a check/raise. Checks through and that's unfortunate. I do NOT like the check on the turn, we need to start building a pot and getting value for our flush - we dont want to check to try and be trappy and let it check through again.
As played, I would raise the turn. I understand flatting to keep the other opponent in the hand as well, but they have shown 0 interest in this pot so I'm not worried about if they fold - I want to get value from Qx with a heart, Tx who feels safe to bet, and all other pair and 1 heart combos they could have.
When the river comes a 2nd Q I am never folding, if our opponent has a full house good for for them, but we are good here alot. I like that you didnt rejam your flush on the river - saved chips there knowing you are only getting called by better.
Anyhow, in summary - preflop is good, flop is good, unfortunately it checks through - start betting turn for value, we dont want turns to check through - river is a cooler, cant fold. Is what it is.
The answer is yes.
First, the call pre-flop is okay but you could probably put in a raise. Calling with a weak suited ace is not a good strategy.
Once you did call, you are in a three-handed pot and flopped a flush. Great! Check on the flop is standard if you are concealing your holdings. Usually this will get you value on the next two streets instead of folding scared hands. But the risk is that it blows up in your face once in a while.
Turn - pot sized bet suggests one of the other players hit something substantial here. You still have the nuts but now two pairs and sets become worrying. I am okay with a call here, but you still have the stronger hand and so you could raise here and likely get it all in when re-raised.
You got to the river cheaply and it is a bad one for you. Any sets have upgraded to a full house. Most two pairs are now full house. I think this is a call or fold scenario. I would be leaning towards a fold being exploitative for this kind of river. There aren't enough draws that are behind you at this point to justify raising.
What is your squeezing range from the bb here? If youre not bluff squeezing A5s pre flop you dont exactly have a bluff squeezing range as A5s is the best hand to do so with, meaning you are very exploitable in this spot and your range is very value heavy when you bluff squeeze from bb.
You need to implement a bluff squeezing range to polarize yourself when you do squeeze and hands like A5s should be raised here as a squeeze)
You did a nice slowplay, but after river you could bet all in and not call the 100 chips.
Sorry my bad english. The last bet... he calls... i think he could bet all inWhat means "after river"?
It is very beginning of tournament and very small blinds, so call on button with Q6 nonsuited by Villain#6 is not mistake on my mind.
Just because stacks are deep, does not mean, it is profitable to play trash hands like Q6 offsuit in any other situation than heads up. A lot of people try this in cash games, and they all end up losing.
Of cause they need very big luck to win with trash hands, but if they hit in nuts on board its very profitable. Doyle Brunson best hand was T2
I will slow play too, but on the Turn I will Go All In! is the only way to be on the safe side. :deal:
What is your squeezing range from the bb here? If youre not bluff squeezing A5s pre flop you dont exactly have a bluff squeezing range as A5s is the best hand to do so with, meaning you are very exploitable in this spot and your range is very value heavy when you bluff squeeze from bb.
You need to implement a bluff squeezing range to polarize yourself when you do squeeze and hands like A5s should be raised here as a squeeze)