Crushing regs on 3/6 NL

[JoinMyStack]

Whats up guys,

Played real well today, espacially these 2 interesting hands:

First hand was against maybe overaggro reg who was reraising a ton in position. I like my flop craise because I can rep many hands, his bet sizing looks weak and there are many good double barrel cards for my hand. On the turn I was basically giving up (or should I continue?) but on the river I think its a pretty clear call given his wide reraising range and his flop snap call of my craise so I can basically put him on a bunch of missed draws and an occasional overpair. He also cannot have the Nfd because he would put more money in on the flop.


Party, $3/$6 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 4 Players

Hero (UTG): $1,472
BTN: $1,247.40
SB: $868.50
BB: $593

Pre-Flop: Js Ks dealt to Hero (UTG)
Observer folds, Hero raises to $18, BTN raises to $48, 2 folds, Hero calls $30

Flop: ($105) 3s 8d 5d (3 Players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $66, Hero raises to $166, BTN calls $100

Turn: ($437) 8h (3 Players)
Hero checks, BTN checks

River: ($437) 3c (3 Players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $275, Hero calls $275

Results: $987 Pot
Hero showed Js Ks and WON $989 (+$500 NET)
BTN showed Qd 9d and LOST (-$489 NET)
SB showed and LOST (+$0 NET)


Second hand is pretty interesting as well. Playing heads up against good reg because table broke, we had a 'big bet on river' dynamic. I think the river is a very good spot to overbet to let him bluffcatch or turn a weak made hand into bluff because he assumes I can never have a flush. I was basically thinking one level ahead of him though and snapped.

Party, $3/$6 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 2 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

Hero (BTN): $1,181
BB: $1,370.50

Pre-Flop: Qd 9d dealt to Hero (BTN)
Hero raises to $18, BB calls $12

Flop: ($36) Td Ah 3h (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero bets $30, BB calls $30

Turn: ($96) 8h (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero checks

River: ($96) Js (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero bets $150, BB raises to $500, Hero calls $350

Results: $1,096 Pot
Hero showed Qd 9d and WON $1,097.50 (+$552.50 NET)
BB showed Jh Ks and LOST (-$542 NET)

[fearless]

congrats

[JamesMa]

nice call down in first hand but almost most good regs bet that turn a lot especially if they have a draw.

2nd hand I think you played it well, you could also 3 barrel if you felt like it was a good tiem fo rit

[JoinMyStack]

Originally Posted by JamesMa

nice call down in first hand but almost most good regs bet that turn a lot especially if they have a draw.

2nd hand I think you played it well, you could also 3 barrel if you felt like it was a good tiem fo rit

Yeah I think both of these guys did not play their cards well against me. Think they underestimated me in both cases and made obvious bluffs.

In hand 1 he should def. have bet the turn. I was even thinking about bet-calling the turn because I weighted his range so heavily toward draws that do not have KJ high beat (maybe that would be really spewy though). His flop snap call basically gave me the read that he has a draw and as I said most probably not the nut flush draw because he would 4bet call the flop with it.

In hand 2 villain made less obvious bluff and given we had not played much vs each other maybe a good bluff against most regs. I think he thought I was on the 'second level'.
The first level in this hand would be fish like-thinking: 'I have a straight I will not fold to any raise'
The second level (which he thought I was on, and probably many multitabling regs are on): I overbet the river with the 2nd nut straight on a flush board and he craised me so he must have the nuts - I snap fold.
Third level (which I actually was on) is that I know a reg thinks I can never have a flush because I checked behind the turn. But by overbetting the river I force the villain to either make a hero call or turn a weak made hand into a bluff and thus can snap call any raise. Also I assume he would craise the flop or donkbet the river with a flush-draw/ made flush in most cases. So I can safely weight his hands toward a KQ or wierdly played flush hand an maaaaany more bluffs so I can snap call....

I dont mean to brag by posting this or anything (I was drunk while composing the original post and espacially the title) I just wanted to post this link to some of my friends who think poker is a game of luck and not skill and show them what kind of deep thinking is necessary to be a decent winner in nowadays games.

[cntgetmedown]

Originally Posted by JamesMa

nice call down in first hand but almost most good regs bet that turn a lot especially if they have a draw.

Could you elaborate on this a little bit more. I find that a lot of people check back here, so that you can't check raise them off their draw. Hero is unlikely to be check-calling this turn given board texture and stack to pot ratio unless he filled up. Therefore I don't see how them having a draw should make them more likely to bet. It only make sense from the perspective of repping a made hand.

@ op

Nice read on the second hand. I think a lot of people try to rep a checkraise range in certain spots where villains range looks weak, but fail to actually be capable of having a wide enough value checkraising range and you read that well.