1. In aggressive game we cannot let players exploit you. So we should 4bet small to induce shove or just raise allin. But lets say we are short on bankroll and we want to avoid preflop flips for stacks. Then we can fold but may be we should not be placed scared money in this game.
2. If we have been 3betting enough (3-5%) villain might be over adjusting. Here I am more encouraged to shove more than 1 because of the dead money already in the pot. He is not folding but we have lot of equity against his range.
3. Raising and getting it allin and calling are both fine.
But I played this hand bad. I raised and when he 3bet me I did not have a plan. I tanked, wished that I had 3bet preflop and folded.
There is an important concept a pro online player (samoleus) mentioned.
'When you bet or raise you should know what you are going to go to do if villain makes a raise,. If not you should not have made this bet/raise.
Without a plan, we end up flailing when we face an aggressive move by opponent (just like I did).
I assumed in my mind that I he will fold or call. when he 3bet the flop, I did not know what to do.
This is also an important concept when you make thin value bets on the river out of position. You need to have good read on opponent prior to making the bet.
What I end up doing is I make the bet planning to fold. But when he raises me I look at the pot odds and call.
Overall I played the following hand bad. I was playing lot of tables and was playing passively from blinds.
But I played the river bad. The value bet is probably too thin on paired flush board when opponent bet the turn. I should have bet small and folded to raise for sure.
Villain played better than me. He knew if he had to make value raise. But he bet big he will get called only by full houses. So he min raised and gave me nice price.
Table French (deep) (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Seat 1: Hero ( $51.00 USD )
Seat 2: dolliedollar ( $47.60 USD )
Seat 3: Trump34 ( $50.00 USD )
Seat 4: DDrak ( $61.25 USD )
Seat 5: Mac317 ( $72.65 USD )
Seat 6: Plummer16 ( $34.70 USD )
Seat 7: ---clau9--- ( $100.75 USD )
Seat 8: smr58 ( $50.00 USD )
Seat 9: vlrhsgo ( $106.20 USD )
Hero posts small blind ($0.25 USD).
dolliedollar posts big blind ($0.50 USD).
Dealt to Hero ( Qs Ac )
DDrak folds
Mac317 folds
Plummer16 folds
---clau9--- raises ($1.00 USD)
smr58 folds
vlrhsgo folds
Hero calls ($0.75 USD)
dolliedollar calls ($0.50 USD)
- Dealing Flop ** ( As, 8h, 8s )
Hero bets ($2.00 USD)
dolliedollar folds
---clau9--- calls ($2.00 USD)
Herochecks
---clau9--- bets ($7.00 USD)
Hero calls ($7.00 USD)
Hero bets ($11.50 USD)
---clau9--- raises ($23.00 USD)
Hero calls ($11.50 USD)
---clau9--- shows (Ah, 9h )
---clau9--- wins $64.00 USD from main pot
Hero doesn't show (Qs, Ac )
