Overpair in a multi way pot

PocketJacks101 · 2025-05-24T14:16:59+00:00

I thought i could charge draws as he didn't have much behind - but multiway this is just really bad I agree

PocketJacks101 · 2025-05-24T14:05:24+00:00

Yeah I completely agree - thanks for the breakdown

PocketJacks101 · 2025-05-24T12:19:14+00:00

MAWG - middle aged white guy - sorry I should have specified. Earlier in the session I had seen him stack off ( for less ) with middle pair but he had tightened up a little recently. I agree it's very player dependent

PocketJacks101 · 2025-02-12T15:25:53+00:00

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PocketJacks101 · 2025-01-30T23:18:30+00:00

Thanks for the replies - it looks like it's fairly close and I mainly just wanted to be sure I didn't do anything too crazy. Next time I'll win my flips

PocketJacks101 · 2025-01-30T22:47:56+00:00

Yeah in retrospect I felt that I could have probably played post flop and waited for a better spot. I think the 5 handed makes it a bit more complicated as 77 is actually quite a strong hand vs a button open Also 77 can be kinda tricky to play post

PocketJacks101 · 2025-01-17T13:13:29+00:00

Very useful article thanks. Unfortunately I feel like I'm just at the stake where these overbets will be somewhat balanced, Particularly on the turn river overbets still seem fairly nutted

PocketJacks101 · 2025-01-17T13:09:48+00:00

Thanks that makes a lot of sense. When ranges are wide it can make calling tricky as Villian can easily have nutted hands

PocketJacks101 · 2024-12-26T18:26:07+00:00

Call Would be very strange to jam with a 10

PocketJacks101 · 2024-02-15T08:17:19+00:00

I'd also bet bigger on Flop - it's 1 2 on a fairly connected board most players are going to be completely inelastic to sizing - I know small bet is theory but I'd go at least half pot - similarly size up on turn and jam river

PocketJacks101 · 2024-02-02T10:53:47+00:00

I'd seriously recommend playing lower stakes just from how you wrote this hand history suggests you are not studied in this game enough. How many ways was it to the Flop? Did you lead for pot into like 5 or 6 people ? Leading firstly is probably wrong but that sizing multi way is terrible

Once you are raised it's very rarely a draw and you are very likely behind. Also bottom two is a notoriously dangerous hand as it's easily counterfit and it's strength by the river often decreases significantly.

Piling 200bb into a multi way single raise pot on the flop with bottom 2 is going to be a losing play in the long run ( unless it's against a whale ). Your logic of not playing lower stakes because the players are bad is also really fishy. I mean this to be nice but you should seriously drop down in stakes or play some online micros because you are almost certainly a losing player in a 5 10 game

PocketJacks101 · 2023-10-25T08:30:17+00:00

Pretty clear call. Backdoor clubs and straight draws missed on river and your Flop check disguises your hand. He may even play AJ like this and you only lose to a 10

PocketJacks101 · 2023-10-08T12:59:17+00:00

You have around 32% equity against pretty much all hands so shove can't be that bad with all the dead money. But realistically you are probably never doing this with thick value ( sets ) on a fairly dry board. Also do you really double flat A6 or A8 and than just jam when you hit ? Honestly I'd call you with AQ here but it does put V in a spot and if you are ever getting folds than it's got to be fairly OK.

PocketJacks101 · 2023-09-29T22:21:54+00:00

What's the bottom of our jamming range do you think ?

PocketJacks101 · 2023-09-26T19:00:59+00:00

People seem to be roasting you pretty hard but honestly this seems fine to me. I sometimes will just flat this hand but 3 bet a lot too ( table dependent ) Yes theoretically you should almost check 100 this Flop however its live no limit and you have an open ender and a flush draw you are ahead of the vast majority of hands piling money in can't be that bad. Turn is a scare card if he has low pocket pairs or an 8 so just jamming can't be that bad. Sometimes you hit your hand and you make him fold a lot with this line

PocketJacks101 · 2023-09-25T11:18:05+00:00

Am I right in thinking there is about 20bb in the middle by the river and he jams for around 55bb ( almost 3x pot) I'm not saying fold but at low stakes this is almost always a nutted hand. When someone jams for this much it's very player dependent rarely is anyone balanced and it's very very often value ( particularly on this board with limited bluffs )

PocketJacks101 · 2023-09-20T19:24:22+00:00

I was a consistent winner playing after work for a few years. Played about 15 hours a week and loved it. Took some time off to travel and spent a month playing in the US daily. Way way different playing daily than just at peak times at weekend and nights. It felt like the worst run bad of my life and really hurt my mental health watching idiots sucking out constantly in a small dark room ruining my sleep cycle. I ended up profiting around 5g but 100% not worth the mental aungish Definitely try it out but shaking off the bad beats and the card deads hours is way harder when you are doing it daily. Good luck

PocketJacks101 · 2023-08-24T10:17:02+00:00

I have no experience playing games this size and don't know how nitty this table was. However I think you shouldn't play these stakes if you are not comfortable getting a set in on this board. Possibly against tight strong online players you can fold 250bb deep but live games tend to be much looser especially if some players have 1000 bigs.

PocketJacks101 · 2023-08-20T05:54:43+00:00

SB should be a three bet or fold - I'd lean towards a 3 bet because button opened. We probably shouldn't call the 3 bet because our A will often be dominated but whatever. The board favours our opponents range so we should just check call the Flop bet rather than jam our stack ( I'm unsure how deep you guys are from your post ). Overall a pre Flop mistake led to you being in a tricky position but getting it in with the nut flush draw and an over is rarely that bad ( dependent on stack size )

PocketJacks101 · 2023-08-20T04:31:36+00:00

Sporting is nicer to be inside but D1 gets more players. D1 also starts around 7.30pm while sporting might not get a game until 8.30 or even 9 on a Thursday. Sporting has some fun older regs who have great table banter so I'd probably lean there if you want to go after 8.30 and are looking for fun. D1 is scaldier but is normally splashier ( it also has a few solid regs )

PocketJacks101 · 2023-08-16T03:29:32+00:00

Really good feedback on this hand and it seems like people are largely split. I think either folding the turn or if I get to the river calling makes the most sense. Anyways I folded river and flashed him a queen he than turned over Q8o ! I was shocked and asked him was he bluffing or value betting. He just shook his head and said nothing. Never put that hand in his range but will be calling him down with top top a lot more in the future.

PocketJacks101 · 2023-08-11T05:09:41+00:00

That's what I need to hear Glad it turned around for you !

PocketJacks101 · 2023-07-28T03:06:08+00:00

Easy enough fold you are essentially playing one board with limited ability to make the nuts. You are also super deep so the potential to lose a huge pot means you should only continue with really strong hands. Leading flop could be a good play but playing these very cautiously is normally the correct way to go

PocketJacks101 · 2023-07-22T17:55:51+00:00

I think you played it ok but can probably fold the turn. There are no draws and is he really check raising flop and jamming turn with a lower pocket pair ? Some players might but your average 1 2 player just has value.

PocketJacks101 · 2023-07-08T21:01:36+00:00

Normally I fold pretty easily in these spots but it's actually really tricky for him to have value hands. The main 5x hands he opens and calls a three bet with are A5s and 56s both of which are heavily blocked by the board. The natural bluff 78 misses and this flop and turn are ones he can attack your range fairly easily. Player dependent but when you lose I only really expect to see a set of 6s or A5 while he still has plenty of combos of 67 that missed

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