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greywolve's picture
$11 flush draw in small pot

This guy was a loose aggressive. He raised a lot in and out of position. I was playing pretty passive so far in the match (preflop). One of the first hands of the match he checked behind KJ on J85 rainbow instead of cbet, called my turn bet and checked behind on the river when the board 4 straighted. He also checked behind on a J99 board instead of cbet and folded to my turn lead. Hence, I'm not really sure what he's cbetting or not. Is my play completely ridiculous here? (using stoxev it seems like my play is +EV if he cbets 100% on this board and calls my allin with any midpair or better and K hi flush draws). I think there must be a better way to play this hand surely. Perhaps check/call and check raise allin on the turn if he bets again? Any thoughts appreciated. No Limit Holdem Tournament • 2 Players Hand converted by the official HUSNG.com hand converter BBHero1080 BTNGingedot1920  Effective Stacks: 27bb Blinds 20/40 Pre-Flop (60, 2 players) Hero is BB Gingedot raises to 80, Hero calls 40 Flop (160, 2 players) Hero checks, Gingedot bets 80, Hero goes all-in 1000, Gingedot folds Final Pot: 1240

soulouri's picture
Generally fold pre given the

Generally fold pre given the stack sizes but its ok to mix up your range, especially vs a perceptive opponent.If he's checking behind when he connects well with flops then this is pretty much a no brainer, although i'd prefer raising smaller rather than shoving for 2 reasons;1. A small raise looks stronger than a jam in this scenario2. Given the strength you have shown if he flats your c/r you can jam pretty much any turn and even if called still (likely) have 9 outs to the nuts, and I don't see him calling a jam turn unless he makes 2 pair or slow played an ace.I think you'll take down a lot more chips on average by raising this flop to somewhere around 360 because it's going to leave you a pot of 880 and 640 remaining, where as with your shove on this board you're going to be at best a coinflip when called.

greywolve's picture
Are there any articles or

Are there any articles or links to information about preflop calling ranges depending on stack size. I've been watching Cog dissonance's videos mainly and he seems to call with a very wide range against a minraise. I have been doing this but am often at a loss as to how to carry on postflop out of position. It feels like I'm folding a lot more than I should be on the flop in these spots.

soulouri's picture
Calling min bets is fine but

Calling min bets is fine but you need to think of it in terms of big blinds.For example, calling 75 offsuit isn't a terrible play early in a game at 10/20 with 1500 stacks because you're only putting in 1BB when you're 75BB deep.  When you're calling a min raise at 20/40 with a 1080 effective stack size you're putting in 1BB when you only have 26 or so.  The less big blinds you have, the less you should be willing to call with marginal hands.Generally if your opponent is cbetting a lot you should be reluctant to call out of position with hands that do not flop well.  Sometimes it's important to think about player on later streets than the strength of your hand - for example if you have A2offsuit in the big blind and call a min raise against someone cbetting 100% of the time you're going to be ina really awkward spot unless you flop an ace on a non-drawy board, so while you're a long way ahead of his min raising range, you should consider folding.On the other hand if he's folding to your donk bets and generally passive post flop then you should be more inclined to call these min raises and outplay him.I'm not sure where you can find something to read about on this subject, but if you're finding yourself in a lot of difficult spots you should narrow your calling range - bear in mind cog d has a lot more experience playing post flop and is probably better equipped to deal with these tough spots you find yourself in.

LJH2100's picture
Skates has a video that is

Skates has a video that is about board texture (post flop play obv) that is available to all subscribers.  I think it's called Board Texture of something of that nature.  If you find any others in your journey that are about post flop play, private msg me I'd appreciate it. 

greywolve's picture
Sure, I'll give you a shout

Sure, I'll give you a shout if find anything. Thanks for the really useful info. My brain is getting overloaded with information, but it's very good!