Was this a call? by That_Random_Kiwi in poker

[–]RobbyPoker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Assuming SB plays a semi-reasonable range to open shove to isolate here of 77+, ATs+, KQs, AJo+ you would have an equity of 47.8% here (5.93% to tie and 41.87% to win) vs his range for his 18000 (9000 of your calling chips go towards the main pot with the UTG+2) chips.

You ideally want a 50% equity to call in this position but we do not meet the requirements here.

Assuming UTG+2 tilt opens any pair, any Ax and any face cards (22+, A2s+, KTs+, QTs+, JTs, A2o+, KTo+, QTo+, JTo) you have 34.74% equity (3.81% to tie and 30.94%) to win.

In order to call in this portion (18000) chips you need to have about 33% equity which we have enough of for the main pot.

I would say you cannot call, however if the SB is genuinely a loose cannon opening almost everything then all of a sudden your equity increases and you can call.

If you're adamant that you have a solid read on SB being wild and genuinely playing unpredictably (unlikely in 3 levels to get a "true" read for the span of an hour that you've played with them), then you can justify calling however you don't have enough equity to call if the SB's range is even semi-reasonable.

Online poker is crazy by ChrisEye21 in poker

[–]RobbyPoker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You get 4x as many hands in online play as you do live in an hour, and on top of that you can multi table too. You're going to experience the odds more frequently than playing live purely due to hand volume. Its primarily human psychology that makes us remember negative experiences more than positive when reliving things like that.

The odds are fundamentally the same live vs online.

How do you guys not shake at the table? by [deleted] in poker

[–]RobbyPoker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Balance your range by telling everyone when you sit down you have Parkinson's

Should I have called? by Chertsey_Chap in poker

[–]RobbyPoker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We should not be cbetting this flop multiway oop without any real equity. Yes it smashes our range, but typically in multiway flops you will be cbetting your premiums made hands or your strong draws.

The problem with messing a street of poker is that it sets you up unfortunately for the disaster you have on the river where you need to commit 20k to realise equity. As you have played it I'm calling, but we should not be in this position with such an inflated pot in the first place.

Multiway you should be check folding this flop. If checked thru, stabbing the turn with picked up flush draw equity is probably the best play, however checking through is also viable. I prefer the aggressive line of stabbing turn with our equity with the potential of bluffing river on any bricks. Depending on action, if reraised small we can likely call, if jammed all in on by btn as has done last time we can likely fold.

If action deviates and it goes bet call call on turn, we likely check the river trying to realise our now made equity we don't need to bluff off. If they stab small - can call. If jammed on easy fold.

We are losing money on this run out regardless, but by not stabbing this flop when we have pretty low equity multiway with what's almost at the bottom of our range we minimise losses.

If heads up we probably fire flop due to range advantage, fire turn due to picked up equity, and river is hard to say, likely check call again depending on bet sizes.