tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410122.post2033655058908722976..comments2024-03-27T20:48:06.452-07:00Comments on Ramblings of a Mad Man (The Divorced Years): Good FailSirFWALGManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01310209706844541719noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410122.post-5267560573778632422016-04-15T04:29:30.355-07:002016-04-15T04:29:30.355-07:00If there were limpers before the raiser and people...If there were limpers before the raiser and people still left to act after you I think it makes it even more important to 3bet here to isolate the raiser here. Probably close to a pot-sized bet. If it folds everyone including the initial raiser out so be it. If the raiser flats and you have position on him he is likely to check the flop. If he comes over the top of your 3bet you have to decide if he is the type of player who will make that play with AK. In my experience, most players at $1/2 (I assume that's the stakes we're talking here.) won't come over the top of a 3 bet with less than AA-JJ or AK, and maybe AQ unless they are extremely LAG or tricky. If I'm 4bet here against a regular ABC player I'm probably cutting my losses and mucking the jacks. <br />If this is a good, creative LAG or a maniac who has been hammering everyone at the table post flop with continuation bets, you are heads up with him, and he's leading into you on an uncoordinated board that you believe you are ahead of his range on then I think the passive play is right (just calling the $25 flop bet.). If you raise a good LAG here you give him enough information to get away from his hand. Let him fire if you think you're ahead but you have to be willing to gamble on your read when he commits his stack. I think a 3bet pre-flop avoids all of this though, gives you the lead, and allows you to take it down with a flop bet.<br />If he's anything other than a good LAG or maniac and you didn't raise preflop I agree with the others that you have to raise the flop. Most times you are going to take it down right there if you are ahead and if you get called and you have position most players are going to check the turn to you. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410122.post-43232729660155236662016-04-15T03:56:53.667-07:002016-04-15T03:56:53.667-07:00What is your position in the hand? Were there limp...What is your position in the hand? Were there limpers before the raiser? Is there anyone to act after you? Has the raiser been playing a lot of hands? What is your current table image? What is the raisers playing style after the flop? Aggressive/Passive? Is the table the type that sees a lot of raised multiway pots? How big are your stacks?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410122.post-54691950544209040402016-04-12T11:21:15.376-07:002016-04-12T11:21:15.376-07:00In the JJ hand, I also agree that a re-raise prefl...In the JJ hand, I also agree that a re-raise preflop would've given you enough information to feel confident as the hand continued. That said, my real concern is that you refer to JJ as a marginal hand. The reality is (and I know you know this) that JJ is a top 5 hand. AA, KK, QQ, AK, and JJ. If JJ is marginal, then everything less than AK or QQ is marginal. So, get that out of your head. JJ is a strong hand. It's somewhat vulnerable, but so is KK. So, re-raise the flop. Jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12831176156389777158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410122.post-50132640422046122722016-04-10T14:05:31.341-07:002016-04-10T14:05:31.341-07:00Some thoughts ...
1) I have to drive about 85 mil...Some thoughts ...<br /><br />1) I have to drive about 85 miles to my nearest poker room. I have often stayed too long because I didn't want to make the drive back home. Hard to leave sometimes.<br /><br />2) Unless the guy you were playing against was a supernit, you got just the kind of flop you would like in the Jacks hand -- outside of hitting a set, of course. You should have repopped his $25 bet.<br /><br />3) I play the closest casino because it is less of a drive. I need to get my mind right and go further to get to a better room that I like much better. Either that or make plans to stay overnight, which often is more hassle than it is worth for me.<br /><br />If you just want easy money, invite Josie to a cash game. : o )lightning36https://www.blogger.com/profile/05641629003610446976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410122.post-66656566929478388962016-04-09T10:56:32.847-07:002016-04-09T10:56:32.847-07:00I might have called the push from an aggro with th...I might have called the push from an aggro with the JJ overpair. I would have thought about it for a long time. The push looked like a bluff/draw. Makarschukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03846480318988233215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410122.post-70802154906517153272016-04-09T08:31:19.016-07:002016-04-09T08:31:19.016-07:00If you play JJ like that you might as well fold pr...If you play JJ like that you might as well fold preflop. Three bet the clown all day. If he shoves you have a decision, if he calls you bury him on the flop when he checks to you. <br /><br />Buying in for $100 limits your options but with JJ I three bet that hand 100% of the time. <br /><br />I'm a fan of no HH games. They usually take $2 more rake from every pot and the odds of winning the HH are so low. Also it keeps so many donks from playing HH possible cards preflop and getting lucky with flops. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410122.post-90406495940533650502016-04-08T09:19:53.080-07:002016-04-08T09:19:53.080-07:00Stacks are not huge... I kind of agree the best th...Stacks are not huge... I kind of agree the best thing would have been 3-bet pre-, then if he calls I can rule out AA/KK probably... So then if he hits a 5 on the flop I get stacked but it's probably the right move if not deep.<br /><br />I was thinking of shoving the turn Duggles, but I chickened out and just decided to let it go.. If he calls my all in on the turn then I am ahead and whatever happens is good...<br /><br />Top Pair / Overpairs are so hard.. I think overthinking is probably killing me.. Just be willing to be stacked if I am at 1 buyin or less ($100) and accept it.. and if I am deeper ($200+) then figure out what makes sense..<br />SirFWALGManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01310209706844541719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410122.post-20131102784675268292016-04-08T07:21:17.284-07:002016-04-08T07:21:17.284-07:00He probably doesn't go all in if you raise aft...He probably doesn't go all in if you raise after the $25 bet, but I'm not sure of the stacks so there might be pot commitment issues if he calls.DuggleBogeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02919663542675107189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410122.post-44205893355861982942016-04-08T06:49:01.565-07:002016-04-08T06:49:01.565-07:00I suck at aggression too. With the jj I either 3 b...I suck at aggression too. With the jj I either 3 bet or fold. If I don't have position on the dude and I know he is going to cbet or shove no matter what I do pre I will either fold pre or consider my call a. Set mine and let it go if I don't hit. If I think a 3bet will let me take control on the flop I will do that. With a true aggro whose preflop raise cbet triple barrel range is huge not sure what else you can do unless you get some kind of read.AgSweephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802088558358326973noreply@blogger.com