$11 NL HE MTT: $11 Sunday Storm | CO vs SB

PokerStars - 350/700 Ante 90 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 8 players


UTG: 58,090 (83 bb)
UTG+1: 62,512 (89.3 bb)
MP: 43,514 (62.2 bb)
MP+1: 56,656 (80.9 bb)
Hero (CO): 49,013 (70 bb)
BTN: 4,531 (6.5 bb)
SB: 50,355 (71.9 bb)
BB: 95,968 (137.1 bb)

8 players post ante of 90, SB posts 350, BB posts 700

Pre Flop: (pot: 1,770) Hero has
4 folds, Hero raises to 2,100, fold, SB raises to 8,400, fold, Hero calls 6,300

Flop: (18,220, 2 players)
SB bets 6,013, Hero calls 6,013

Turn: (30,246, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets 9,376, SB raises to 18,752, Hero calls 9,376

River: (67,750, 2 players)
SB bets 17,100 and is all-in, Hero folds

Results: 67,750 pot
Final Board:


SB wins 67,750

I was thinking that I should have 4-bet preflop here. What do you guys think? Also I think I made a mistake to continue on the Turn, when he min raise me. How would you play this hand?

Preflop:
4-betting pre would have been an option but a call is fine too since you have position.

Flop :
Obviously we don't like the Ace. But his bet size isn't too big, so I'd also call here.

Turn:
Now he checks, which is odd, at least to me.
Since his 3-bet range has a lot of Ax, I'd simply check back here.
But I agree: His min-raise is a fold now.

River :
We're beat by any Ax, KK, QQ which are a reasonable part of his 3-bet range, so I'd fold here too now.

Preflop
I would definitely not 4-bet JJ this deep. If we get 5-bet, do we think, we are in good shape against their stack-off range? Not really in my opinion. And we have position.

Flop
As Andyreas say, we are not loving the A, but we cant fold for this price.

Turn
Just because he check, does not mean, he cant have a better hand, and you dont have that much to protect against. There is also not that much left behind, and the pot is big enough already. So for me it should be mussle memory to check back here, and the only reason, why I would take some time, would be to not give away a timing tell. You do bet though, and now he check-raise small. This should never have happened, but if I somehow hit the "bet" button by mistake, I would fold. I just dont see, how this is ever a bluff, and even though you are getting a price, its not good enough to draw to 2 outs. If even that since he could very well be doing this with pocket aces. Thats actually the hand, I think, this mostly look like.

River
You should not have put in a single chip on the turn, but at least you avoided dusting away the rest of your stack now.

mariussica88 said:

I was thinking that I should have 4-bet preflop here.

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Absolutely not! If he 5-bets you he's sending you to the cardiac ward. You want to bluff him all-in 50bb deep with 2 outs when he's already 3-bet you from the SB? No disrespect but as an old friend used to say, "Are ya high??"

mariussica88 said:

How would you play this hand?

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Flat call the 3-bet and close the action pre, then when I see the A, check and either fold or call small praying for a J. That A is awful for you. It hits his 3-bet range hard and we only have 2 outs.

This is one of those really polarized hands where you're either dominated from the flop or being bluffed, and I really don't care enough to find out for my tournament life so I am out on the turn.