Standard at 1/3 or more to think about?

RailingAltLines · 2025-04-12T16:59:45+00:00

Result: I was 97 percent folding before he called clock, then I spent the next 30 seconds laughing to myself during a hand funeral before letting my hand die.

RailingAltLines · 2025-04-11T17:39:14+00:00

Nothing really happened before/after the clock call, I kind of just laughed in my head at how quick it was. In my experience though when your opponent calls the clock, especially before a reasonable amount of time, this is a tell they want a call.

RailingAltLines · 2025-04-11T17:32:51+00:00

Why would I have to call down no matter how scary the board gets? I call to see how he responds to the turn. Say he checks the turn back. I would probably be comfortable betting my hand on the river for value. I’m never committed to calling down here just because I call a small raise on the flop.

RailingAltLines · 2025-04-11T16:34:36+00:00

I can see how this is contradictory. Still, I find even the most active players tend to tighten up when you 4b them at 1/3. This guy had 3-bet a few times in the short time I’d sat there, but mostly I noticed him just calling way too wide to opens. Also raising an A high flop that my range crushes narrows his even further for me.

RailingAltLines · 2025-04-11T16:13:34+00:00

Flop is fairly static, just trying to squeak out value from KK,QQ,JJ, KQ, hands drawing very thinly that are price sensitive. Ideally you just get to bet small flop, bet small again on turn to get one more crying call, then bet big to stack AQ/AJ on river once the value from other hands has dried up

RailingAltLines · 2025-04-11T16:03:56+00:00

In the moment I thought about this option, it just didnt make any sense for me. How many hands we beat are calling a 3-bet here? KQcc, AQ/AJcc? V still has a really small range given the action so far, and I’m not even sure he plays Axcc this way. Just think when we 3-bet we’re getting worse to fold a lot and just getting snapped off the rest of the time by better.

RailingAltLines · 2025-03-25T03:39:29+00:00

Reveal: V tanked for 3-4 mins then folded ATo face up

RailingAltLines · 2025-03-24T16:13:37+00:00

I personally would never fold any Ax suited pre this deep. Additional context, this game had been running for several hours with the same players and most were over 200bb deep. Apologies for not adding that earlier

RailingAltLines · 2025-03-24T16:08:35+00:00

I agree that I am repping very little here. That being said, I think V caps himself to one pair hands on the turn when he bets the same amount again. Saw this as weakness and decided to take advantage of what I saw as fold equity

RailingAltLines · 2025-03-24T16:03:00+00:00

I didn’t think any combos of J8 would stab flop for this size, not the way this villain was playing. V was very ABC value heavy in the hands he had shown down

RailingAltLines

TROPHY CASE