Classes 1+2 Flashcards
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I 3-bet SB vs CO, CO calls.
Flop comes 87hh,2d.
What do I do with AJo no hearts?
Talk about other hands which take a different action
This is the nut low to start bluffing, as this will never fold a better hand. Villian’s range connects well with this flop, he has all the pocket pairs, flush draws, T9,JT, and will not fold AQ/AK on the flop (and if A will be the turn I’m going to get stacked).
Better bluffs will be AJo with one, KQo with one heart, gutshots (J9s, JTs, T9s etc), or backdoors like QJdd,
I 3-bet SB vs CO, CO calls.
Flop comes 87hh,2d.
X/X (CO quickly checks back-about 2 seconds)
Turn 10c
What is villian’s range now, and what do I do on the turn?
Answer: Now i have a gutshot and two overs. Villian quickly checked back so his range is pocket pairs, AK, AQ, i can discard many strong hands and draws, because those will at least think about betting the flop, and also we don’t expect villian’s check back range to be balanced.
Villian’s most likely range:
66,55,AQo,AKo,KQ,QJ,
I’m going to bet the turn, because of my equity and because I expect to get a lot of folds from better hands (AQ/AK/66/55) or hands that are live vs AJo (KQ).
I 3-bet SB vs CO, CO calls.
Flop comes 87hh,2d.
X/X (CO quickly checks back-about 2 seconds)
Turn 10c, I bet 70% pot and I get snap-called.
Pot is 50BB and effective is 89BB.
River 3s
What is villian’s range? What’s the action that i want to take?
Villian snap-called the turn, not thinking for a second to raise (or fold), so his range will be very condensed:
Tx like AT,KT,QT - are less likely because those hands might take a second to think about how they want to proceed,
66,55, AK, maybe some Q9/K9,
I think I can make all this range, except maybe KT/AT, fold. All in.
I have 99 and I 3-bet as BB vs CO, get called,21.5 in the pot, 95BB effective.
Flop comes 837r, do I bet or do I check this flop?
I bet for thin value (worse pocket pairs, 8x) and for protection (a random KQs) at a high frequency -
Notice that I beat only 3 pocket pair hands. Bet small and force him to call with two overcards, with a specific plan for the turn
I have 99 and I 3-bet as BB vs CO, get called,21.5 in the pot, 95BB effective.
Flop comes 837r, i bet small he calls,
pot is 38BB effective behind is 88BB.
Turn is a 3. What do I do?
Check at a high frequency, since his range coming from the flop is wide, it’s very easy for him to overbluff the turn, so we let him. That was the plan on the flop.
I have 99 and I 3-bet as BB vs CO, get called,21.5 in the pot, 95BB effective.
Flop comes 837r, i bet small he calls,
pot is 38BB effective behind is 88BB.
Turn is a 3. I check, he bets 18BB, what do I do?
I jam, since 99 is still vulnerable and needs protection. Better traps would be AA/KK.
I open 64s from CO, SB rec calls. Flop comes KQ9r, c-bet 33% called.
Turn K. What should I do and why?
Bet extremely small (25% pot) so villain will raise a K every single time, then bet big on the river vs a capped range.
I open KTss from HJ, sb calls, rec on BB min clicks to 5BB, call, call, pot is 15BB.
Flop J87 dcd, he bets 3BB, call,call, pot is 24 BB.
Turn 3c he bets 5BB into 24.
What’s his range? What should I do about it?
BB capped himself on the turn so hard that he never has a Jx or better.
We don’t have direct odds to call for a gutshot but we do have “bluff outs”.
Call with “bluffing outs”. Outs are 9,K (for actual value), but also J, diamonds and T. Always think my perceived range is, and what I can represent when I face a check.
I open KTss from HJ, sb calls, rec on BB min clicks to 5BB, call, call, pot is 15BB.
Flop J87 dcd, he bets 3BB, call,call, pot is 24 BB.
Turn 3c he bets 5BB into 24, call ,call, put is 39BB.
River Ac they both instantly check.
What’s their range? What should i do about it?
They are both very capped. Maybe one of them has Ad, but even with Ad someone might think for a second there. That’s the top of their range. They have mostly stuff like 99/TT.
I can bet 20BB and target their underpairs.
I open A7hh from HJ, sb rec makes it 6BB, BB whale (40 vpip) calls, I call.
Flop comes 433r one heart, they both insta-check. What do I do?
Overpairs never insta-check, so they have either air like suited broadways, AK/AQ, or (more rarely) nutted hands like A3/44. Bet small so he can continue with a wide range (like AK/AQ) and then barrel him off any non-pair hand on later streets.
I call as BB K5dd vs a 2.5BB BU open by a rec who has 38% vpip. Pot is 5.5BB.
Flop comes 2s3d4s, I check, and he instantly bets 4BB.
What do I do?
There are conflicting signals:
on the one hand, he has a huge vpip, and he opened from BU.
On the other hand, he bet big and instantly.
I can either call or raise. I lean towards being a more passive player so my natural tendency is to call.
PSM’s analysis: Recs telegraph the strength of their hand with bets sizing. When he bets this board, he has a strong range like - overpairs, a pair plus a flush draw etc a lot of the time. While our hand usually makes a nice X/R on this board, this isn’t the right time to do that vs his range.
The way to exploit this spot is to pure X/R when i have value (like 2-pair plus), and if the same villain bets smaller on a board like this in the future, X/R with a higher frequency.
Villian had TT.
I’m HJ open TT as HJ, BU rec (60BB stack) 3-bets to 6BB, I call. Flop comes Th4cJh,
He bets half pot (7 into 13.5), what do I do?
X/R to a sizing that AK/AQ will call, so raise to 17BB or sth like that, use milky sizing and be okay with him hitting his gutshot here- the times when he hits his gutshot will be worth all the other times when i get him to call. same on the turn (milky sizing of about 16BB)
BVB, I have A6o and call as BB vs SB aggressive rec,
flop comes AQ2 two clubs, he bets 3BB into 6, I call, turn 5, he bets 6BB into 12BB (Now I think I’m good here most of the time, as stronger hands would most likely bet bigger) and I call,
river 9 he checks, what do I do?
I’m ahead of him most of the time, Avery went for inducing - he bet 1/6 pot on the river :D
Why?
A. Aggressive rec
B. Identified during the hand that they have taken out their value part of their range (sizing tells)
HJ 40% VPIP opens, i’m in sb with 55, BB is a 41% VPIP. What should I do?
Call every time, I want to play a pot with the fish with an implied odds hand for sure
HJ 40% VPIP opens, I’m in sb with 55, , BB is a 41% VPIP.. I call BB calls.
Flop comes 775hdd I check, BB donks third pot (2.5BB into 7.5), CO calls, it’s on me. What should I do?
Raise.
- We are OOP, it will be a disaster if we call and the turn gets checked through
- Their range: one of them most likely has either a flush draw or a straight draw, or an overpair,or a 7. X/R small to make sure they call when I have a nutted hand.
HJ 40% VPIP opens, I’m in sb with 55, , BB is a 41% VPIP.. I call BB calls.
Flop comes 775hdd I check, BB donks third pot (2.5BB into 7.5), CO calls, I x/r to 7.5BB, both snap call.
Pot is 30BB, turn is Td completing the flush,100BB effective behind.
What should I do?
It’s likely that at least one villain has a flush or 7x.
Bet 20BB so I can shove river.
HJ 40% VPIP opens, I’m in sb with 55, , BB is a 41% VPIP.. I call BB calls.
Flop comes 775hdd I check, BB donks third pot (2.5BB into 7.5), CO calls, I x/r to 7.5BB, both snap call.
Pot is 30BB, turn is Td completing the flush,I bet 20BB, they both snapcall.
River Ks, effective is 80BB, pot is 90BB, what should I do?
One or both have a flush or a 7x, with those hands if i check they are unlikely to bet themselves, but they will call a big bet.
All in.
What happens when players tilt a little?
They 3-bet a little wider than they usually do, chasing draws more than they usually do.
I open QQ on LJ (2BB), BU (a reg,200BB deep with him) calls, SB calls, BB, aggressive reg (effective 130 with him) squeezes to 14BB, I call, BU snap call, SB folds.
Pot 44BB, flop is 789hss, I had red queens, BB snap checks.
What do I do?
Once BB snap-checks, I can discount his nutted range like JTs, combo draws like ATss,99 etc. He is going to have a lot of AK type of hands here.
BU has called both an open and a 3-bet. His range will be rich in hands that smashes the board like 66-JJ,and suited broadway like JTs, KTs,ATs,AJs,KJs,JTs. All of those hands are either flipping against me or have extremely good equity vs QQ.
Bet very small for denial and value vs both players.
I open QQ on LJ (2BB), BU (a reg,200BB deep with him) calls, SB calls, BB, aggressive reg (effective 130 with him) squeezes to 14BB, I call, BU snap call, SB folds.
Pot 44BB, flop is 789hss, I had red queens, BB snap checks. I bet 9BB,
BU snap calls, BB folds, pot is 61.6BB.
Turn is 6c
What do I do?
Check the turn, now his TT/55/66/KTs type of hands got there.
I open QQ on LJ (2BB), BU (a reg,200BB deep with him) calls, SB calls, BB, aggressive reg (effective 130 with him) squeezes to 14BB, I call, BU snap call, SB folds.
Pot 44BB, flop is 789hss, I had red queens, BB snap checks. I bet 9BB,
BU snap calls, BB folds, pot is 61BB.
Turn is 6c, I check, he snap-check.
River 9,
What do I do?
Tx or a set at least considers betting. This looks like JJ or A9s all the time.
A9-2 combos to which we lose, JJ-6 combos that we beat. Bet small (6BB into 60BB lol).
How do I balance my timings?
Even if I know what my hand wants to do (it’s a pure raise/call for example), take a few seconds (5-10 seconds) and think about my overall strategy in this spot, what does my range do, what’s my opponent’s likely range, and not just what my hand is likely to do.
as CO vs BB, SRP,
flop comes AhKcTc,
do I bet or check? Why?
Both options are fine:
Betting gets value from JT,T9,T8,KJ,K9
Checking with this much SDV is also fine.
GTO mostly bets (range bets a lot on this flop in general).
Avery notes that we can successfully bluff a one pair (Ax) hand on many runouts on this board, so even if he calls flop with Ax it’s fine. Yes, it is plus EV to check the hand on the turn and take it to showdown(vs a worse Kx and missed fds), but it’s even more EV to turn my hand into a bluff (Solver always checks down on a blank turn and river btw)
I call BB vs CO open with QJhc.
Flop comes Qs5sTc, I check,
Villian snap-bets 4BB into 5.5BB.
My action?
His range is strong based on his action (snap bet big), vast majority of players taking this size on this flop will be way stronger than the solver would be here.
On this board we don’t fold top pair, but it’s ok to already fold a T, even though the solver wouldn’t (a solver is indifferent with a T here vs a weaker range).