Thanks, I was waiting for that one video from April 18th
We already talked a bit about that one hand in the chat:
https://youtu.be/E1JzpZtnDaM?t=2243I had you on pocket pair JJ or a bit worse, but not TT, or the hand you were actually holding (AK). I "knew" you weren't that strong, so I could make you fold on the river. By trying to outsmart you, you actually outsmarted me, because I wasn't thinking it through till the end.
As said in the chat, I was expecting a river bet from you, where I then would have re-raised all-in. What I missed is that you were very unlikely to make a river bet with what I put you on. JJ would have probably done a small river bet, but all other hands just check behind with this board.
AJ is really a nightmare to me. Often times I just throw it away pre-flop - even on the button or SB - because I am traumatized with it.
You weren't necessarily wrong that I could have dropped a triple barrel bluff in that spot. These tournaments though had been in my head a bit as a lot of people were limping the nuts and not betting for value. So this was horrible for bluffs. Looking back on it now, I don't see me ever getting any extra chips bluffing that river. If you had bet that river I would have folded out.
Give it long enough you will hate all hands equally lol. The monster hands just hurt more and cause more damage to your stack when they go bad.
Okay let's talk about a new hand which I experienced earlier. I am not going to disclose what I did before I hear some of the experts input here:
Good to know that I am not alone. For me QQ and QJ are also nightmares.
IT's tough to say for sure as I can't tell how the action has gone so far. I'm going to guess something like them RFI preflop to something like 1200-1500. You call. Some larger size bet call or bet raise action on the flop.
Please fill us in on how this hand went.
Personally I'm going to check this turn. 2 reasons - 1 you are out of position here and betting here might just scare off your opponent. Secondly with a second A on the board they might be inclined to bet their Kx to push you off a heart or straight draw. You can easily call down or re-raise for value if they do go for it on the turn.
Secondly you aren't scared of any cards that come off except for a T or J that isn't hearts that could complete some straight draws. If you are beat by AK or KK or a suited heart connector like TJ, 9T something that flopped the nuts, you aren't getting away from it cheap in any case.
If it checks through look to bet the river.
Not a problem it's nice to be able to look at hands sometimes. It would be neat to see if there was away after tournaments to get the video and do a voiceover commentary.
i've had a lot of this lately, QQ/KK into AA. it's tough because i've been playing mostly 6max---really hard to fold monsters when short handed and everyone is calling/raising light. SwC loves dealing out them cooler cards!
I've had the idea for bustout spots for about a week, but I keep snap closing the browser and forgetting to go back and grab the hand. I need to put some effort in and gather all my hands in one spot - playing off 2 devices that don't have hold'em manager installed. That one isn't even top 10 this week.
i have also seen quite a few tough hands with TT and JJ lately. always an overcard or two on the flop, and with aggressive preflop betting, larger postflop pots than i like to see in that situation. i need to crunch the numbers and work out a solid postflop strategy with 99-JJ. i'm beginning to feel like there are some holes to plug.
I hate these spots really. It really only gets worse when you are OOP. In position as the caller I call a flop bet, I feel most aggressors carry on with 80-100% cbets on those kinds of boards. So a lot of the time you are still good. The turn is iffy and really comes down to pot-odds and SPR, if you can afford it and they continue with a turn bet.
It's not bullet proof, but Ideally you just check call to the river if the price is good enough. You can generally get the feel for someone who starts to go for value, and getting bluffed off a lower pair isn't the worst thing as it won't happen all the time. I like the check call with 1 over, 2 or more and it becomes way more of a gamble. If you are OOP, this is one of the spots I've considered using a donk bet either on the flop or the turn. You can get a bit more information depending on whether they call or raise, sometimes you just generate the fold as they place you on a strong holding that hit
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