Best Hand Won

PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $20.00 BB (6 handed) – Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($3733)
Hero (BB) ($2918)
UTG ($2394)
MP ($2100)
CO ($2000)
Button ($5294)

Preflop: Hero is BB with J, 8
1 fold, MP bets $60, CO calls $60, 2 folds, Hero raises to $240, MP raises to $480, 1 fold, Hero calls $240

Flop: ($1030) 3, 2, 3 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $220, Hero raises to $2438 (All-In), MP calls $1400 (All-In)

Turn: ($4270) 10 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($4270) 5 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $4270 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero had J, 8 (flush, Jack high).
MP had A, K (one pair, threes).
Outcome: Hero won $4267

Yep, I’m ahead post-flop:

Board: 3s 2c 3c
Dead:

equity     win     tie           pots won     pots tied
Hand 0:     53.283%      52.83%     00.45%                523             4.50   { Jc8c }
Hand 1:     46.717%      46.26%     00.45%                458             4.50   { AdKh }

To be honest, I think Villain’s getting a little carried away with trying to induce action from me pre-flop. He’s a little on the nitty side, so I don’t think he’s folding to a 5-bet often at all. At that point, all he’s doing is telling me he has a monster while pricing me in to see the flop. I’ve written before about the importance of charging for information. Can’t fault his call on the flop, though. I think bet-calling is far and away his best option on this flop.

8 thoughts on “Best Hand Won”

  2. So are you saying he should 4-bet bigger pre (if so, how big)? Or flat? I’m surprised you’re calling with this hand pre, oop, even given great odds.

    • I think either is fine and a small 4-bet is the worst option, since he’s not doing it with a balanced range. Flatting keeps his range wider, which will cause me to make mistakes post-flop. A bigger 4-bet at least charges me for the information he’s giving away about his hand. When he makes the small 4-bet, I know pretty much exactly what range to put him on and can play perfectly against that range post-flop. If there were any deception whatsoever about his range, it would be tougher for me to call this, but honestly position hardly even plays into it. I know roughly what he has, I have the right odds to call vs. that range pre-flop, and post-flop I get to make decisions with near-perfect information.

  3. When you shoved, you had him covered. Is there any psycology to shoving all in vs. betting his remainging stack (you bet $2438 when $1620 would have put him all in). Is this just due to the simplicity of one-clicking Max Bet online, or is there another aspect.

    • Hi Russ,

      I’m not Andrew – but this is 10/20 online at a table full of professional players – there’s going to be no perceived difference between pushing “all in” and the actual betsize.

      This is just the simplicity of clicking ‘all-in’ – his opponent knows there’s no difference between betting 2.5k and whatever the effective 1.6k actual bet is.

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