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Title: check raise or check jam?
Post by: mal666 on May 04, 2009, 21:17:57 PM
Ave=90k 12left/ 6max no cash increase till final. $3.6k ftw.
PokerStars Game #27817082142: Tournament #160529150, $40+$4 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIV (800/1600) - 2009/05/04 19:55:27 WET [2009/05/04 14:55:27 ET]
Table "160529150 56" 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: luukk1 (126361 in chips)
Seat 2: budges75 (35063 in chips)
Seat 3: mal666 (107204 in chips)
Seat 4: ToM_P73 (224387 in chips)
Seat 5: mouchas (219794 in chips)
Seat 6: swagger man (52999 in chips)
luukk1: posts the ante 150
budges75: posts the ante 150
mal666: posts the ante 150
ToM_P73: posts the ante 150
mouchas: posts the ante 150
swagger man: posts the ante 150
budges75: posts small blind 800
mal666: posts big blind 1600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mal666 :3h: :3s:
ToM_P73: folds
mouchas: folds
swagger man: raises 3200 to 4800
luukk1: calls 4800
budges75: folds
mal666: calls 3200
*** FLOP *** [ :3c: 5c kh]
mal666: checks
swagger man: checks
luukk1: bets 6400
mal666: ?




Title: Re: check raise or check jam?
Post by: deanp27 on May 04, 2009, 21:46:21 PM
check raise to about 18k to give him chance to spaz over the top of you with his stack size
Title: Re: check raise or check jam?
Post by: AMRN on May 04, 2009, 21:48:22 PM
you only ask about raising or jamming - what about flat calling, then leading the turn?
Title: Re: check raise or check jam?
Post by: mal666 on May 04, 2009, 21:54:14 PM

you only ask about raising or jamming - what about flat calling, then leading the turn?

c/c c/r maybe(but we give him chance to peel river for free), never c/c lead here imo.
Title: Re: check raise or check jam?
Post by: noble1 on May 04, 2009, 21:57:23 PM
lol i luv these mal  :)  there is a similar one on blonde but its a 1 suit flop 4 way hero in sb middle set..All i"ll say is some see this as ""std get your chips in"" and tbh if i had no reads here then i"d be looking to get as many chips in as possible.
But if i have been at the table for a while and had a chance to get a feel for my opponents/or have notes to go by on how they play draw and monsters then i"m prepared to play differently and adapt to what i think my opponents ranges are.

i can see why you posted it as getting 67bb ish in or as much as you can by the river is no means a easy feat here assuming the opponents left by this stage are 1/2 decent..and seeming there only 12 left i"m gonna assume that they are not total idiots...

any reads or general feel for how your opponents have played up to now?
Title: Re: check raise or check jam?
Post by: Chipaccrual on May 04, 2009, 22:08:42 PM
I"m def calling this and seeing a turn.  Gives you more options as the feel is for a drawing hand.

And I"d be in no rush to get my chips in.  I think I"m ahead at the moment, but would be wary.
Title: Re: check raise or check jam?
Post by: Swinebag on May 04, 2009, 23:07:06 PM

check raise to about 18k to give him chance to spaz over the top of you with his stack size


without a read I"d probably do this.

depending on reads, flat calling or shoving can also be good here.
Title: Re: check raise or check jam?
Post by: mal666 on May 04, 2009, 23:12:57 PM
any reads or general feel for how your opponents have played up to now?

We just broke from 3 tables down to 2, unfortunately i never had the pleasure to play against luuk1 at any previous point. All we have to go on is a quick opr that reveals he`s a losing player @ over -40%roi. On the other hand swagger man is

+60%
so really its a dream spot imo, swagger man can only call with kk or 55 (both unlikely obv) and our only task is to extract the max from the clown luukk1

Title: Re: check raise or check jam?
Post by: noble1 on May 05, 2009, 02:55:10 AM
after luukk1 weak bet i"m finding it difficult to put him on a strong top pair hand and i favour him to have a flush draw if he has 55 then i"m gonna spew,or he has 88 99 TT JJ maybe QQ etc KQcc KJcc are contenders as are off suit
swagger man checking the king is interesting so if we call and he smooths the pot still wont be inflated enough for me.
Our juicy target has led and i"d want to isolate him and try to get 2 streets of value out of him,so i"d check raise to 20,000 and offer him around 3to1 to chase the draw or bad calls with top pair etc... i cannot see any value here slow playing with a decent stack size but if swagger man wakes up with a 3bet check raise then i"d lay bottom set down..if a blank on the turn i"ll lead around 30,000
and hope for a bad call , blank river i"d expect him to fold if we lead, so now maybe check and hope to induce a bluff from him maybe the best approach or he had a king all along  :)
if luukk1 re-raises our 2bet on the flop then its time to ship em in and pray to the poker gods its a draw or something we are beating  ;D
if a club comes turn i"m not going to slow down,i"ll still lead 30,000 he calls but check the river and fold if he bets,obviously non pairing board [but check below for revised line] if he goes all in on the turn to a club, i"m calling at just about the correct odds to bink a pairing card on the river....
if club river hope for check check ;D though are any in favour of 3 barrels if a club comes on river? i"m swayed towards unbridled aggression sometimes...DIFFERENT LINE TURN - my logic on the turn being if villain has a  acXc hand he will jam flop or turn if club comes pretty much no? so if he only calls turn club i"m in favour of 3rd barrel river..

Title: Re: check raise or check jam?
Post by: deanp27 on May 05, 2009, 12:51:41 PM
check raising is better than leading, which is much better than check calling IMO.

Check/Calling with these hands has merit when you have position, but check/calling and then leading is such a weird line and makes no sense. If he has a draw he gets there for free, if he has Kx and the club comes down it kills your action and you play this hand OOP against 1 or 2 opponents. you may as well lead the pot and try and induce action from Kx or a semi bluff from some sort of draw, or maybe a call from a mid-pair.

If the opponent is bad i like raising smallish to induce him to either call or shove with his KQ/KJ type hands.

FWIW there is no way i ever fold a set on this board whatever the action (rightly or wrongly).
Title: Re: check raise or check jam?
Post by: mal666 on May 05, 2009, 13:05:09 PM
fwiw here is the hand,took the push route for max value vs clown, he gets there obv put thats not the point. Happy with the action.
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/flash/replayer.swf?pokerhandid=473510
Title: Re: check raise or check jam?
Post by: deanp27 on May 05, 2009, 13:31:02 PM
fair enough

i think the outcome would have been the same whether you make it 20k or shove. He either reshoves or calls off on the turn.

nh and ul

i think a decent player 3bets his AQs here as well.
Title: Re: check raise or check jam?
Post by: AMRN on May 05, 2009, 14:15:15 PM

check raising is better than leading, which is much better than check calling IMO.

Check/Calling with these hands has merit when you have position, but check/calling and then leading is such a weird line and makes no sense. If he has a draw he gets there for free, if he has Kx and the club comes down it kills your action and you play this hand OOP against 1 or 2 opponents. you may as well lead the pot and try and induce action from Kx or a semi bluff from some sort of draw, or maybe a call from a mid-pair.

If the opponent is bad i like raising smallish to induce him to either call or shove with his KQ/KJ type hands.

FWIW there is no way i ever fold a set on this board whatever the action (rightly or wrongly).


Do you no think that by playing only the standard prescribed way, you are predictable and therefore exploitable? you say check calling and then leading is such a weird line and makes no sense..... surely in some circumstances that"s a good thing?  In this scenario, to a player capable of reading between the lines, our check call may look like a flush draw, then a small turn lead could look like a weak attempt to buy a cheap river, and might induce bigger action.
Title: Re: check raise or check jam?
Post by: Swinebag on May 05, 2009, 15:02:59 PM
I love the check/call then lead the turn. Not because its "correct", but because its a great way to mix up your play and would confuse the hell out of your opponent
Title: Re: check raise or check jam?
Post by: mal666 on May 05, 2009, 15:06:33 PM

I love the check/call then lead the turn. Not because its "correct", but because its a great way to mix up your play and would confuse the hell out of your opponent

but he just flats the lead obv, then we stack off bad on the river when he gets there.
Title: Re: check raise or check jam?
Post by: deanp27 on May 05, 2009, 15:14:23 PM
C/c + lead is a weird line but also allows him to play his hand correctly, whilst potentially putting you in a difficult spot. I mean do you lead all turn cards or does it depend? What is your plan?

By all means mix up your play, but in this situation it is the worst option of the three imo, especially with a player behind.
Title: Re: check raise or check jam?
Post by: deanp27 on May 05, 2009, 15:15:55 PM

I love the check/call then lead the turn. Not because its "correct", but because its a great way to mix up your play and would confuse the hell out of your opponent


trouble is that you are crediting him for thinking, not just ZOMG i have the nut flush draw
Title: Re: check raise or check jam?
Post by: Swinebag on May 05, 2009, 15:17:59 PM


I love the check/call then lead the turn. Not because its "correct", but because its a great way to mix up your play and would confuse the hell out of your opponent


trouble is that you are crediting him for thinking, not just ZOMG i have the nut flush draw


I actually agree with you in this situation, Dean. When i said I liked the CCLT, I didn"t mean in this particular hand
Title: Re: check raise or check jam?
Post by: AMRN on May 05, 2009, 15:40:02 PM
lol i never said i favoured it in this spot - my original response was "you only ask about raising or jamming - what about flat calling, then leading the turn?"    My point was the OP limited the question to two options, whilst there are surely more.
Title: Re: check raise or check jam?
Post by: kinboshi on May 05, 2009, 16:07:03 PM
I quite like the line of leading on the flop.
Title: Re: check raise or check jam?
Post by: Marty719 on May 07, 2009, 11:12:25 AM
I 100% lead the flop in this spot and try and mix up sum dry leads in as well.  I think c/c is a bad play in this spot as there are too many action killers on the turn.  What if the turn comes the Qc, then he is shutting down most hands.  I either lead 6k or c/r to 18k and try and get it in against k-x.
Title: Re: check raise or check jam?
Post by: mal666 on May 07, 2009, 14:04:08 PM

lol i never said i favoured it in this spot - my original response was "you only ask about raising or jamming - what about flat calling, then leading the turn?"    My point was the OP limited the question to two options, whilst there are surely more.

Yeah sure there`s more, but if you like money id limit it to these two.
Title: Re: check raise or check jam?
Post by: Marty719 on May 07, 2009, 14:43:39 PM
Surely check-jamming is just an awful play then if ur trying to maximise $$ as, tho u will get max value wen u do get called and have the best hand, the % of time u get called lowers by a massive amount!!  U r really relying on villain having AK and viewing ur overbet as v weak!!  I think if ur aiming to maximise EV in the hand then u have to lead out and hope ur opponent tries to protect his K-x rather than c/r him, put him in defensive mode where he settles for c/c"n down and not stacking off.
Title: Re: check raise or check jam?
Post by: deanp27 on May 07, 2009, 14:55:16 PM
in a way c/jam looks weaker (ie you have the draw) so you get called lighter. I prefer giving villain room and illusion of fold equity so that he makes a mistake personally but i think the difference is mostly villain dependant.

leading is ok in this spot and has become very much a standard play with a set OOP, donking and trying to encourage action - but it can be quite transparent to good players. Again the course of action will depend on the dynamics/history of the table and the villain.
Title: Re: check raise or check jam?
Post by: Marty719 on May 07, 2009, 15:12:42 PM
I think in general u r getting called lighter w/ a lead than a check shove.  It also totally eliminates air from your opponents hand.  The lead/flat/check against an agg opponent is gng to get more value than the c/shove in the long term imo.  I guess the c/shove is likely to look like a big combo draw - but then again - ur opponent mite decide not to flip against it.  Even if they c/c after you lead, you can still get 3 healthy bets paid if the board comes blank blank.  What do you think the opponents calling range is to the c/jam?
Title: Re: check raise or check jam?
Post by: mal666 on May 07, 2009, 18:40:54 PM
What do you think the opponents calling range is to the c/jam?
Obv depends how bad they are, could be anything from A5 + any K + Any draw and some weird 66 above calls too.
And the 2 that crush us obv.
Title: Re: check raise or check jam?
Post by: Marty719 on May 07, 2009, 19:08:31 PM

What do you think the opponents calling range is to the c/jam?
Obv depends how bad they are, could be anything from A5 + any K + Any draw and some weird 66 above calls too.
And the 2 that crush us obv.


But they will call u down w/ that wide range of light hands a highrt % of the time if u fire 3 bullets, or c/r flop, bet turn/river.  I def dnt think any draw is calling either. - maybe nfd or maybe a combo draw.  Ur really hoping for a AK or loose KQ call if u shove.  Big K"s r a major part of their range, but u r giving them a chance to get away from these hands also.  I think unless u have knowledge that the player loves to pay off huge over-bets without big hands, I think it is the worst way to get max value from ur hand.
Title: Re: check raise or check jam?
Post by: mal666 on May 07, 2009, 20:05:09 PM
We are going off the simple assumption that the guy is a douche + the fact its 6max wich seems to magnify simple mistakes ime.
Title: Re: check raise or check jam?
Post by: George2Loose on May 08, 2009, 00:39:30 AM
lead flop.

As played- think u played it well by jamming