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Jabreck:
Hi everyone,
I"m new member of APAT and i"m going to try to post a first hand on a poker forum ;D
I speak French so i hope you could easily understand my poor english (Don"t hesitate and give me also english advices !!!)
So here the hand comes :D
It"s on the final table of a 1$ tournament with 64 players (8 places paid)
UTG is TAG, CO/BTN/BB are Loose Passive

NL Texas Hold'em Tournament
5 players

Stacks:
UTG (20364)
CO (44995) - VPIP: 34, PFR: 4, 3B: 0, AF: 6.3, Hands: 117
BTN (39160)
SB - Hero (25130)
BB (30351)

Blinds: 600/1200/120

Preflop: (2400, 5 players) Hero is SB with  Jc Ah
1 fold, CO calls 1200, 1 fold, Hero raises 4800, 1 fold, CO calls 4200

CO often limps (with hand like Q9o, 98o, J6s but also AKo or 88). When I raise him, he usually folds. I already steal his limps several times without any problems. When he sees the flop, he often checks to the river if he doesn"t hit the flop (i never see him slowplaying a big hand) and I suppose he bets if he hits it (I just see the showdown two times when he bet (with double pair and overpair 99)). I saw him semibluffing one time on the flop with 23 (he was BB) on flop 455 (he won and showed his hand). Unfortunately, I didn"t see him playing a hand when he would have called a raise...
His Limp/Call is unusual.

Flop:  8d 2d Qh, (12600, 2 players)
Hero bets 6600, CO calls 6600

I thought that was a nice flop for a C-Bet. But was it a good idea with my stack?
His call on the flop is a unusual line from CO... I thought he would raise or fold and it"s would be easy decision for me. I don"t know what is his range on this spot. My idea with his limp/call preflop was he had a pocket pair 22-1010 or AK-10, KQ-J, QJ, J10 probably suited. With his call on the flop I think he was unlikely to have a Q (because he would probably raise) so I thought he had a middle pair ,slowplayed a set or maybe a flush draw. I decide to give this hand up.

Turn:  Qs (25800, 2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks

River:  6h (25800, 2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets 25800, Hero folds

Again his bet on the river is unusual. Why would he bet with a middle pair? Does he have a full house or a missed flush draw? Should I call? i fold because he is unlikely to bluff because of his passivity during the whole game.

Total Pot : 51600

CO wins 25800 from pot
CO wins 25800 from main pot

So, my questions :
            - What about my raise preflop? I had already stolen his limp with the same amount (in and out of position) but was it big enough (around the pot)? or another amount would be better?
            - What about my C-Bet? Was it a correct play regarding stacks? Would it be better to check again this passive opponent and hope to see the showdown freely?
            - What about his shove on the river? Did I have to pay?
            - Any other comment about the hand?

Don"t hesitate if you need some extra informations about the hand :)

deanp27:
I"d probably jam pre with 20bbs and antes in play

AMRN:
Your stack size is too small to be 3betting from the SB, then c-bet/folding the flop....

What are you trying to achieve with your preflop raise?  Having limped, with stack sizes the way they are, and with him having position post flop, it"s always likely that a limper will see value and call in this spot, meaning you are then playing a bloated pot out of position with a dangerous stack size.

Shove or fold pre, but I would say your stack size is perfect for the shove, and AJ is huge 5 handed against a serial limper.

deanp27:
Being picky but it"s not a 3bet.
The reason I jam is that he hardly ever has a strong hand and you pick up enough to make avoiding a tough spot with a shallow stack worthwhile.

AMRN:

--- Quote from: deanp27 on May 17, 2012, 10:10:57 AM ---
Being picky but it"s not a 3bet.

--- End quote ---


Picky bugger!!  ;D

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