Q8o - You are right, that his turn starting range is on the weak side. Therefore I see more value in betting, as recreants do not bet turn(s) often, when they check back on the flop.
K8o - Definitely lead the turn. This is similar to previous hand. Just remember that their check back ranges are usually very weak, so you have to fire a bet yourself to get max value. He has some weak 8x, 9x, Kx (this is very rare tho), Ax, GS, OESD, occasionally some PP's as well. And when he checks back with this kind of range, he is not going to fire a delayed cbet on the turn. With this particular hand, I'd go for two streets of value. It is a perfect hand for doing so. In fact, this is TOP of our range (only K9 is higher in terms of equity). As played, I'd bet a lil smaller, as we cannot call a shove there and he can definitely has trips in his range.
76o - I'd just fold on the flop, as we have no backdoor equtiy, and it is hard to say whether we can count 7 and 6 as our outs, as villain's card distribution is stronger. I am going to ask my coach what he thinks about this hand. This is just my guess. Maybe you played it well, and I am just a big NIT, hehe.
A9o - As you said, just bet bigger otf and ott. Very well played, on the turn. This is usually nutted range.
T8s - This is a tricky spot, I think that his range is rather weak here. Therefore I would check the turn. If villain decides to fire a bet on the turn, I expect a small sizing from him again. And we have a ton of equity vs his range. With some sort of reads, I can imagine a donk shove on the turn (but without reads, I think this play has a lot of variance in itself.)
Q2s - Fold pre vs a 3b. I advise you to get a FlopZilla, to get better idea of how certain hands hits various flops. It is a very powerful software and kind of cheap. And I hope I am not going to get a ban for this, lol.
K8o - Check back pre. As played - c/f otf seems good.
KTs - Half pot on the flop is enough. And fold to a shove is good, wp.
Q3s - I do not mind 3b as a bluff, but I guess we can find hands with worse equity for that matter. On the flop, I opt for a check, because we cannot really call a raise. And if we get called, I simply would not feel comfortable jamming this particular hands on blank turns. I prefer betting the turn and then reevaluate otr. I might be wrong here and I am up for a discussion. As played - just check that river. Recreants rarely bluff such runouts, and in fact, he has very little bluff combos in his river starting range.
On the T8s you say (i can imagine a donk shove on the turn with some sort of reads). Do you mean that you think i should be donk shoving the turn 195 into 180?!
On the final hand i do think i need to polarise my range more and could 3b with worse equity than Q3s and checking back the flop seems the right play. The pot is big pre so it is going to be a two street game anyway so pot controlling on the flop sounds good. That flop hits there calling 3bet range hard aswell.
I don't even know what I was thinking when I said I can imagine a donk shove there. Because when I think about it... it does not make any sense to shove there. We have a great equity vs his continuing range. And we can call even when he jams it right in. We have ~40% equity vs a TP.
Villain just minbets, so it is very likely, that if he decides to bet, he is going to use same sizing again.
Hey Lindridgeben,
here are my humble thoughts:
Q8o - You are right, that his turn starting range is on the weak side. Therefore I see more value in betting, as recreants do not bet turn(s) often, when they check back on the flop.
K8o - Definitely lead the turn. This is similar to previous hand. Just remember that their check back ranges are usually very weak, so you have to fire a bet yourself to get max value. He has some weak 8x, 9x, Kx (this is very rare tho), Ax, GS, OESD, occasionally some PP's as well. And when he checks back with this kind of range, he is not going to fire a delayed cbet on the turn. With this particular hand, I'd go for two streets of value. It is a perfect hand for doing so. In fact, this is TOP of our range (only K9 is higher in terms of equity). As played, I'd bet a lil smaller, as we cannot call a shove there and he can definitely has trips in his range.
76o - I'd just fold on the flop, as we have no backdoor equtiy, and it is hard to say whether we can count 7 and 6 as our outs, as villain's card distribution is stronger. I am going to ask my coach what he thinks about this hand. This is just my guess. Maybe you played it well, and I am just a big NIT, hehe.
A9o - As you said, just bet bigger otf and ott. Very well played, on the turn. This is usually nutted range.
T8s - This is a tricky spot, I think that his range is rather weak here. Therefore I would check the turn. If villain decides to fire a bet on the turn, I expect a small sizing from him again. And we have a ton of equity vs his range. With some sort of reads, I can imagine a donk shove on the turn (but without reads, I think this play has a lot of variance in itself.)
Q2s - Fold pre vs a 3b. I advise you to get a FlopZilla, to get better idea of how certain hands hits various flops. It is a very powerful software and kind of cheap. And I hope I am not going to get a ban for this, lol.
K8o - Check back pre. As played - c/f otf seems good.
KTs - Half pot on the flop is enough. And fold to a shove is good, wp.
Q3s - I do not mind 3b as a bluff, but I guess we can find hands with worse equity for that matter. On the flop, I opt for a check, because we cannot really call a raise. And if we get called, I simply would not feel comfortable jamming this particular hands on blank turns. I prefer betting the turn and then reevaluate otr. I might be wrong here and I am up for a discussion. As played - just check that river. Recreants rarely bluff such runouts, and in fact, he has very little bluff combos in his river starting range.
Hey Axif, thanks for the comments/.
On the T8s you say (i can imagine a donk shove on the turn with some sort of reads). Do you mean that you think i should be donk shoving the turn 195 into 180?!
On the final hand i do think i need to polarise my range more and could 3b with worse equity than Q3s and checking back the flop seems the right play. The pot is big pre so it is going to be a two street game anyway so pot controlling on the flop sounds good. That flop hits there calling 3bet range hard aswell.
I don't even know what I was thinking when I said I can imagine a donk shove there. Because when I think about it... it does not make any sense to shove there. We have a great equity vs his continuing range. And we can call even when he jams it right in. We have ~40% equity vs a TP.
Villain just minbets, so it is very likely, that if he decides to bet, he is going to use same sizing again.
I'm sorry for that. It was just a random thought.