CrazyCookie: Had a crazy busy week this week so slacked a bit with my plans to study flops & ranges and didn't memorize many of my opening ranges :/
But I did play snow for a few k hands and am now over 9k. I'll update with graph, blunders, error details etc. when I hit the 10k hands (Hopefully Tuesday?)
Few hands of interest:
Hero opens KQo OTB BB 3b hero calls
Flop K75rb BB bet 50% pot Hero calls
Turn 5 BB check Hero?
Thoughts: We bluff here a fair amount with our floats (Qx BW/Ax BW BDFD) but also have some 7x we check and worse Kx. Should we value bet this? Feel like our range needs more value hands but this hand probably has a higher EV by checking back OTT?
I think KQo would make a good 4bet here. Given Snowies range from the BUvsBB contains so many combinations of Axs i would argue that KQo,KJo, make the best 4bet bluffs as they don't block Ax hands. However when facing a 3bets OOP you want to 4bet hands that block Ax because the 3bet value range is tighter which subsequently means the bluff range is smaller. This is why Ax hands OOP make great 4bet bluffs as they block the hands we want them to block IE, AK,AQ,AJ,AA.
Flop: I think we should stick to calling our entire range here given the rainbow texture of the board. Our best floats are going to want to be hands like AQ,AJ,A,10,JQ, 9,8,7,8 with BFDs preferably. The 4 first 4 hands are good as they block top top pair and have backdoor straight draws and can contain backdoor flush draws. The last 2 hands are good because they allow us to 2 barrel on particular runouts while keeping our value bet range polarized to 2 pair plus on the turn.
Turn: We obviously want to bet all our sets and 2 pairs and all our floats. However, with our more mid strength hands like KQoKJo,10s,99s,88s, pairs, and some flush draws, i think a check/back is inorder. I expect Snowie to check a lot of his range on this turn including AAs,AK as this card is so much more favorable for you then it is for Snowie. We also need some top pair hands to protect the weaker parts of our range we will be checking back on the turn.
BTN opens OTB hero calls A9o in BB
Flop K75 (2 tone, hero blocks NFD). Hero checks BTN cbets 50% pot. Hero?
Thoughts: Check call with Kx and any other pair, weaker fd. Hero x/r sets, K7s some nfd/ some weaker fd. Should we put this in bluff range? Can’t really x/c but can x/r blocking bfd to bluff later on.
I can find a argument for X/calling here. We have overs, blockers to the nut flush draws, blockers to top pair, it also has a lot of potential for later street bluffs. If we do call, we could possibly raise turn on any flush completing or we can lead river when it checks/through. Also, i forgot to mention it gives some bluff potential on any, 6,8,7,5. However, i don't think a raise is terrible however i would prefer so on a lower board as 6,8,2 people Cbet these to much.
Hero x/r BTN call
Turn 7 Hero should give up but got for stab as we can have K7 77 75s maybe BTN can’t have anything except Kx which will
We should give up here. At this point, Snowie has more combinations of value hands then we do. AK,77,55,K,5,AAs,KKS, KQ which we have some off but not all off.