Poker Strategy Info And Source:
I battled with PokerCoaching coach Justin Saliba in a high stakes poker tournament (and we were both bluffing!).
Check out this hand history from the $10,000 Poker Masters event where I got into a bluffing war with one of my favorite poker coaches (and friends!), Justin ‘JustGTO’ Saliba!
We analyze this spot in detail to provide you with helpful tips to improve your poker strategy, including: What kind of board textures are best to check-raise bluff on, when you should give up (or continue) on your bluffs, when you should continue when facing a bet with hands that have backdoor draws and more!
#JonathanLittle #PokerCoaching
Source: YouTube
What would YOU do with K♣ Q♣ on the turn?
Your Stack (BB): 116,500
Their Stack (HJ): 116,500
Pot: 19,250
Board: T♣ T♠ 3♦ A♦
You check, HJ bets 4,000
A) Fold
B) Call
C) Raise to … ?
Man- these two together is captivating- even the little ones in my house are not complaining.
Maybe they think J & J are muppets or something.
I love the double check raise, you get most aces to fold by the river and calling just feels bad because when you river any showdown that isn’t a straight you might still be dead to an ace which he has a lot of.
I got curious and looked the river strategy up in a solver. In my solution, the solver prefers to fold KQ (and basically all K highs! So no mistake there JL. BUT you are supposed to bluff all in with a bunch of low boats namely 44-66 at low frequencies! they unblock the folds that are mostly K-J highs and all aces at some frequencies. Also this is only because the Solver never bets small with KT and QT but shoves them instead to get full value from any Ace. The only Quads the solver slowplays is AT
This is helpful. I tend to be too nitty. I’ve been looking for areas where I should be more involved and this is certainly a situation where I can improve.
It looks too early in the game to know he doesn't have that A. I don't like mixing it up with other equal stacks unless I'm sure.But you could just call that and donk the river as if you ain't letting him check it down for free idk.
I think call is fine, but I'd fold. I would have led out Turn though or check raise flop a bit bigger
Why on earth would you check the turn if you pretend to have a better hand? Bet a pot. You have a gut shot now, it is a bit better than just a K high. And if you checked, raise to a pot. And you you need to realise on the river whom are you playing against and if he would call your bluff or not.
You make the explanation so complicated. Once you just called a preflop raise, all the tens are yours, all the threes are yours. So you can pretend as much as you wish you have at least two pair or even a FH from the flop and barrell the guy out off the pot. You can do whatever once you re-raise the opponents' bets. The guy wouldn't fold only if he has a ten. If he is bad enough? he would call with some pocket pair big enough not to fold to aggression
You play preflop passive, you play flop passive then aggro, then turn passive, river passive. Not sure how you expect to win like that.
3bet huge preflop so you can blast away on flops like TT3 or win the pot right away. Playing multi-street pots OOP with borderline holdings is just a great way to lose money. You are repping really thin with flop CR, your BB flatting range is 80-90% OCs and low PPs, so he can call flop CR wide, which he does. After flop CR, I think you have to call turn, as you would with any Tx or Ax to keep in bluffs, and then bet any river for a good size like its a solid value bet.
I think you need to develop an image as a scary, aggressive player to balance your affable demeanor. It will make playing vs you feel very unpredictable.
If you only barrel the turn with Tx and diamond draws, what bluff do you have if the river comes a diamond?