2/2 hu 4bet pot » Small Stakes Plo Discussion

  • wl4dymir wl4dymir Poker Newbie
    26 Posts
    2/2 hu 4bet pot
    26 Mar 2010 at 3:26pm

    Ok so villain 3bets a ton although I check my button a decent amount with hands I'm not happy to get 3bet with. He hasn't fold to a 4bet yet and has always called, I always made a really small bet on the flop and he shoved once and fold 3 times (including a 333 or 444 board where he snap folded). I don't know if all of this is really relevent but who knows.

    Here is the hand :

    http://weaktight.com/2165107

    On the flop I have plenty of options. I could check behind, bet small as I've done all the time and make a decision to a raise, or just commit. I think commiting myself is fine, because his stackoff range will include 1 pair type hands, and sometimes without even a flush draw. I think betting small is the worst option here, in general I hate putting myself in bet/decide spots. And I'm really not in love with checking back but maybe there is some good reasons to do so ?

  • armando911 armando911 Poker Newbie
    3 Posts
    I think you have just 1 option
    27 Mar 2010 at 4:10am

    If I read the hand right, he has like 150 $ left on the flop, i think you should go 4 the blast and bet the flop 100, he gets no implied odds so any call with a weaker hand would be really bad...

     

    if you think he could semi bluff the turn with any pair, maybe check the flop is an option, but i think putting pressure on him is the better move...

  • wl4dymir wl4dymir Poker Newbie
    26 Posts
    Re: 2/2 hu 4bet pot
    27 Mar 2010 at 4:38am

    Ok thank you that's what I came up with. I think I'm always ahead preflop and so I'm most of the time still ahead on the flop, that's what I thought. I updated the hand, well he caught a nice flop and he has one of the worse hands for me. But given how wide is his preflop range and given that most people here will gamble with any pair any draw I think I'm doing fine overall, I just didn't want to be result oriented.

     

    Also I have no idea of what his turn plan will be and most cards are just boring for me, basically anything that doesn't pair the board is a bad card.

  • armando911 armando911 Poker Newbie
    3 Posts
    1 more idea about the hand
    30 Mar 2010 at 3:18pm

    I play alot of HU PLO myself, and i do not like to play big pairs not suited or connected that much... maybe you have to go for a move with AA once in a while but KK isnt that good in my opinion...

     

    the prob i see here is that you cant really hit a good flop beside a set and maybe JTx, anything else will leave you on 1 pair of K, best case is to pair the board and give you 2pairs, but like you see ur very much dominated by many hands he could hold...

    i wouldnt reraise your weak kings preflop with the feeling i really have a dominating hand...

     

    on this hand i think  maybe betting like $ 60 could be better than totally moving in with 100 $... the advantage of betting 60 can be that he still makes him  fold every totally missed hand but maybe he can see a chance to raise you off the pot and move in with weak hands, i would bet it 60 knowing i will call any raise on the flop or bet on the turn....

     

    thats just another idea how you can play the hand.... Armin