Another limped pot OOP. Can I play this hand in a different way ??? He was very agressive and I tried to keep the pot small. I really dont know what to think about:
- Can I check raise this flop against a decent loose agressive player
- How can I play this turn
No Limit Holdem Tournament • 2 Players
$22+$1
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| SB | mensur62 | 1695 | |
| BB | Hero | 1305 | |
Effective Stacks: 44bb
Blinds 15/30
- Pre-Flop (45, 2 players) Hero is BB
mensur62 calls 15, Hero checks
- Flop (60, 2 players)
Hero checks, mensur62 bets 60, Hero calls 60
- Turn (180, 2 players)
Hero checks, mensur62 bets 150, Hero folds
- Final Pot: 330
Once you pick up a pair on the turn, if he's barreling with bluffs quite often, just flat call.
Don't be intimidated based on his raise size, think about his hand range. If I'm betting pot every street with every hand, you should have no problem calling me down with bottom pair. That's an extreme example, but it highlights the need to focus more on what kinds of hands your opponent is betting with rather than the size of his bet. Let his bet sizing help you in terms of narrowing his hand range down. If he won't fire the turn this heavy without a good TP or a straight, and he's bluffing quite often, then he has a polarized hand range and it is heavily leaned towards bluffs and hands you beat. So flat call and encourage yet another bet.
As far as the flop goes, I would prefer to keep the pot small on early streets. The reason is, you have very little fold equity against lag players on early streets, they like to call with weak hands to see the turn or river, or even weaker air just to steal the pot on later streets. As such, your adjustment should be to push them off their hands on later streets, when they often have a weak hand and are much less likely to stay in the pot. You should also not overplay your showdown value hands, such as this T8. If you had missed the turn and he led and you felt his range was still 'very strong, very weak" then you could make a turn raise anyways.
Figure out what he's doing and come up with a good counter strategy to it that exploits his extreme tendencies. If he bets a lot, then he's often betting weak, so counter that. If he calls a lot on early streets, he's going to have a weak hand on the turn and river, so exploit that by turning up your aggression on later streets and forcing him to fold more.
Thank for this very interesting point of view . You highlight a lot of aspects that help me to not only have a black or withe answer but a way to think in relation to villain style of play. I will take time to think about that an I will certainely come back with a question. I' m working a lot on thoses hand with a middle pair . Its hard to play thoses hands for me because, often I miss a lot of value an more often I bleed chips.
It'll take some actual playing experience to really feel good in those situations, but as long as you're always thinking about your decisions and the options that you have in relation to your opponent's tendencies, I think you'll get comfortable and confident in these spots very quickly.