$Freeroll NLHE MTT: AKo in SB

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Should I check/fold the turn? The UTG+1 likes to call pre-flop a lot and play passive after


pokerstars - 125/250 Ante 25 NL - Holdem - 8 players


MP+1: 13,043 (52.2 bb)
CO: 26,342 (105.4 bb)
BTN: 8,300 (33.2 bb)
Hero (SB): 34,382 (137.5 bb)
BB: 19,283 (77.1 bb)
UTG: 9,935 (39.7 bb)
UTG+1: 16,940 (67.8 bb)
MP: 46,975 (187.9 bb)

8 players post ante of 25, Hero posts SB 125, BB posts 250

Pre Flop: (pot: 575) Hero has :kc4: :ad4:
fold, UTG+1 calls 250, 4 folds, Hero raises to 1,200, fold, UTG+1 calls 950

Flop: (2,850, 2 players) :3h4: :5s4: :5d4:
Hero bets 1,539, UTG+1 calls 1,539

Turn: (5,928, 2 players) :jh4:
Hero bets 4,090, UTG+1 calls 4,090

River: (14,108, 2 players) :10d4:
Hero checks, UTG+1 bets 10,086 and is all-in, Hero folds

Results: 14,108 pot (0 rake)
Final Board: :3h4: :5s4: :5d4: :jh4: :10d4:

UTG+1 wins 14,108
 
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depends, maybe yes, UTG+1 is not willing to fold.

deep stack, against one player, I think is not necessary bluff for a small amount of chips.
 
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I think your bet sizings are too large in this hand. Pre flop is fine but it is larger than it needs to be. It can be a simple 4x there even out of position. That will also help control pot size a bit should you have to later in the hand.

On the flop its definitely a bet after our pre flop action as we want to rep a pair here. Maybe a case can be made for checking and then calling and reevaluating on the the turn but that tends to lead us into bluff catching which I like... but I dont like doing it over multiple streets. Your sizing though should be smaller as this is such a board that does not hit your villain too much (even though they are wide and only limped they still called our raise). I like betting something like 1200 here as villain should react the same to a bet here whether it is 35% ish or 75% given we raised pre flop.

Turn is a spot where I can see it either way. Villain should have a little something if they called the raise pre and called flop on this board (yes I know freeroll but we have to at least attempt to range them). That something could be pairs 66-99 which a lot of players will limp call with. The Jack then is bad for that range and you can apply pressure. With all that said though I think check giving up is fine or betting but going smaller than you did and making it look like a value bet.
 
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Preflop
Standard raise, like your sizing.

Flop and turn
AK high has showdown value, and for that reason I dont like these very large bets. When you play the hand like this, you are turning it into a bluff, and rule number 1 in poker is dont try to bluff a fish! You can bet like 1.000 of the flop and then check the turn.

River
As played I like your decision to check-fold for the reasons already stated, that we generally dont want to try to make a recreational opponent fold a pair. With that being said the T is a decent bluffing card, where maybe - just maybe - you could actually get him off his A3 or 66 or whatever, he is still hanging on with. But given that he moved all-in when checked to, chances are, he had something, he was not going to fold, so you likely saved 10.086 chips.
 
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