JJ's in the CO (1 Viewer)

[Xbrm2290X]

Hey guys! I just played this hand and not feeling too good about it. Steaming accually.

Live 1/2 NLHE. Buyin for $185

Hero is tight aggressive and is trying to play smart and not get cute and is playing small hand small pot big hand big pot.

Villian- young chinese kid. Plays a lot of pots. Seen him play for 2 orbits.

Hero is in the CO with JJ's.
3 limps. Hero raises to $10. Villian calls in the SB. Folds around.
Flop come 7d 8d 10h
Villian checks
Hero bets $20
Villian calls.
The Turn: Qh
Villian leads out for $25
Hero calls
The River: Kh
Villian checks
Hero bets $25
Villian shoves and has Hero covered.
Hero calls.
Villian flips over Ah3h

Did i make a mistake here? I feel like i played it horrible and just want to puke.

 

[Jimulacrum]

Preflop's fine. I'm sure there's room for argument about raise sizing, but $10 is okay in my book.

Flop is okay too. You still have an overpair. Probably a good time to go into pot-control mode after you get called.

On the turn, Villain bets out when an overcard hits. This bet is not a great sign for JJ, especially on a coordinated board like this. Villains who play lots of hands will often have the right cards to catch a straight or two pair in this spot. I don't hate calling, but especially considering how light JJ is redrawing, a fold wouldn't be terrible either.

You should've checked behind on the river. There's no value in betting JJ there, and it's not an especially good bluffing spot. You'll probably get everyone you beat to fold, and everyone who beats you will call or raise.

Calling the check-raise shove was the worst mistake of the whole hand. What did you think Villain had that you beat?

 

[Esection]

Betting the river is a mistake.

Basically everything gets there on the river. You have to ask what is calling you that you beat.

You can't expect a one pair hand that you beat is calling that river bet.

Calling the raise on the river is a mistake.

And when he jams, your hand is as good as Ace high. That is, he's polarizing his range and you only beat pure bluffs. If he was going to bluff I think it's much more likely he continues barreling on the river, rather than c/r all in.


Other streets played great.

 

[Chippy McChiperson]

Betting the river is a mistake.

Basically everything gets there on the river. You have to ask what is calling you that you beat.

You can't expect a one pair hand that you beat is calling that river bet.

Calling the raise on the river is a mistake.

And when he jams, your hand is as good as Ace high. That is, he's polarizing his range and you only beat pure bluffs. If he was going to bluff I think it's much more likely he continues barreling on the river, rather than c/r all in.


Other streets played great.

Other streets were played fine, but let's not sugarcoat it. The river was as bad as you can get, both betting and calling off. I'm not saying this to be mean, and you probably already feel awful about it, but hopefully you can at least use it as a learning experience.

 

[Esection]

Other streets were played fine, but let's not sugarcoat it. The river was as bad as you can get, both betting and calling off. I'm not saying this to be mean, and you probably already feel awful about it, but hopefully you can at least use it as a learning experience.

That's pretty much what I said exactly, just a bit nicer.

 

[Chippy McChiperson]

Not trying to be mean for meanness' sake, but he wanted the truth. Sometimes its better to be blunt to get your point across.

 

[BGinGA]

Agree with most; played fine pre-flop and flop, horribly on river ( both the bet and call were horrid).

The play I'd make differently is on the turn. Villain's small bet reeks of a blocker bet to me, and flat-calling does absolutely nothing for Hero - no gained info, and lets Villain see a river card for cheap (lots of drawing hands).

I raise to $80 or $90 on the turn. Villain isn't getting right odds to just call with straight or flush draws, and it's easy to get away from if he shoves (made straight or set). If he just calls, probably goes check/check or bet/call on the river, unless a heart (fold) or 9 (raise) hits.

By raising the turn, I think you take it down right here a fair amount of time, and lose less in the long run.

 

[onerand]

Don't bet or call the river, as stated. Raising the weak turn lead is good. This guy would have probable called, but raising is correct.

 

[T2daP]

I guess it really depends on the card room/table but I think a bigger raise pre-flop is a good idea. Most 1/2 NL games I play a raise to $10 in the cutoff with 3 limpers gets at least 2 calls. 1/2 NL is filled with players just waiting for action and for a chance to play big pots with exactly what the villain held.

 

[ryanb]

Don't be river, ever.

 

[Chip Hunter]

I think you can get away on the river, unless you know the villain is a maniac. You are beating almost nothing.