Amateur Poker Association & Tour
Poker Forum => Strategy => Topic started by: AAroddersAA on September 13, 2012, 13:57:26 PM
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PokerStars - $0.25 NL (6 max) ZOOM - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3: http://www.pokertracker.com
Hero (BTN): $25.45
SB: $35.79 (Hands: 24 | VP$IP: 25% | PRF: 12.5% | 3-Bet: 10%)
BB: $11.36
UTG: $129.54
MP: $27.62
CO: $55.46
SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25
Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero has Qc Ac
fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.75, SB raises to $2.50, fold, Hero raises to $6.00, SB raises to $35.79 and is all-in
OK, so I don"t have the largest sample on my opponent here and no notes to help me either unfortunately. It folds to me OTB here. I make my standard raise to 75c. The small blind comes back with a pretty standard 3-bet. He has played 24 hands and 3-bet once before. I think I am ahead of his 3-bet range in this spot. I therefore 4-bet thinking I am probably ahead and have a pretty good chance of taking the pot there and then. He 5bet shoves on me.
What are the thoughts on my 4-bet and what is his range for the 5 bet shove here do you think?
EDIT: It is unlikely he has any kind of good read on me but if he does he would know my button raising range is wide (about 40%). He may also know that I don"t need to have AK or QQ+ to 4-bet in this spot (although I don"t think so).
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As played, and without much history to go on, I fold.
I probably don"t 4bet here against an unknown with such a strong hand - I really want to be playing flops in position, and don"t want to have to fold such a good hand to a 5bet shove.... so I probably just flat call the initial 3bet, which also adds some disguise to the strength of your hand.
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You need to have a bit of history to get into 4bet/5bet wars here. I"d flat the 3bet pre but usually when i"d4bet here it"s with the intention of calling because we have history