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In this hand popular poker vlogger Brad Owen finds himself in a tricky river situation. He decides to raise for thin value and then faces a 3-bet but still doesn’t believe his opponent!
Jonathan discusses the differences between what Game Theory Optimal (GTO) play is and how you should look to exploit when playing against players that are much weaker than this, which is most of the poker population!
It is very common for most live players to raise immediately with their value hands, especially ones that are vulnerable to being outdrawn. Against certain opponents you can rule out very strong holdings when they just decide to call rather than raise.
Jonathan believes that Brad should have continued his aggression on the turn with what is likely the best hand even in this multiway pot. Not many of his opponent’s should have a 2 in their hand but they might have picked up extra equity with a backdoor flush draw.
You should always consider what hands you are targeting for calls when deciding on bet or raise sizes. This will help you find the largest size that you can use to get paid off with your strong value hands.
This poker hand took place in the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Mississippi during a $5/$10/$25 game. Popular poker vlogger Brad Owen opens the action with a raise to $60 from UTG+1 with Ace-Queen of diamonds. He picks up three callers as they head to the flop. The flop is Qs 3c 2d and Brad continues his aggression with top top by continuation betting $140 into the $245 pot. Much to Brad’s surprise, all three opponents decide to call as they head to the 2s turn which pairs the board and also now presents a flush draw. Brad decides to slow down on this turn card after so many callers on the flop. Everyone checks. The river is where the action heats up as the 4c falls and one of his opponents decides to take the initiative away from Brad and bets $225. Brad decides to make a raise for value to $600 only to be faced by a 3-bet to $1,600! What will Brad do? Is his poker hand ever good here? Find out by watching this poker video!
Jonathan Little analyzes live poker hands from TV poker shows such as Poker After Dark, Hustler Casino Live, The Lodge Poker Club & PokerGO. He also analyzes popular poker vloggers such as Rampage Poker, Brad Owen, Jaman Burton, Ashley Sleeth, Wolfgang Poker and others!
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I would just called the river ber
In the bluffers seat I would absolutely jam it
What is the purpose of raising on the river? He will never get a call from weaker hands
Brads gonna get rekt is he keeps calling bets like that on the river
Fold! Fold fold.
seems like an elementary call. Hard to imagine a worse hand that calls a raise, and there's a small chance you're crushed. Doesn't seem particularly close to me (now let's see what happens)….
Stop saying "two". It's a deuce.
I get that 2s could exist rarely going to the flop, but outside of 32 or Q2 suited, they obviously shouldn't be there on the turn anymore.
A lot of these low stakes casino players overvalue their top pair w/ marginal kicker hand. They will either donk bet or else check call, then bet on later streets if it gets checked behind them.
From my experience, these types of players in the big blind think they are "getting a discount" to a preflop open raise, so they call with any two broadway cards, suited cards, or any small pairs (2's – 5's). It obviously depends on the game and your read of the situation, but in this instance Brad's experience and intuition paid off handsomely. Nice job Brad!
If theres $1,000 and you're trying to win $4,000 you only have to be good 20% of the time, however this is $1,000 to call to win $3,000 so 25% of the time.