Hand ReviewThis is the biggest pot from the last session. Let me know what you think.
Preflop Action: CO raises to 2BB. Folds to me in BB.
BB calling range vs CO open:
Flop is Qs4h3h. I check. Villain bets 0.10 into 0.22.
To remain balanced we can't fold more than 31% of our range. That might leave a continuing range such as:
In practice I probably won't continue with all of the weaker back door flush draws.
Given the wide continuing range and the range advantage villain has (overpairs and strong queens that we don't have), I'm debating whether or not to have any raising range at all. BUT since we have just so many flush draws, and I don't want to call with all of them, nor fold too many, I think a small raising range makes sense. Plus our value raises can get a lot of value from villains overpairs and strong queens. Plus players often overbluff these 1 high card flops so it makes sense to have some bluff raises.
If I raise all my 2 pair+ hands I leave my call down range pretty weak, especially if the flush draw calls miss, so perhaps I'll leave a hand like 33 as a trap to call down with, and potentially raise some rivers.
This means I might only have 44, Q4s, and Q3s as value raises (7 combos). That doesn't leave many bluffs combos to pick. So perhaps I'll overbluff a little. I'm going to pick my worst nut flush draws, a couple of back door nut flush drawers, some weak flush draws with back door straight draw potential, and some off suit back door broadway hands which have good blockers to villains value range. This might look like:
Turn is 5s. My barreling range might look like:
I bet 0.60 into 0.92. Villain raises to 2.00.
I don't like villains raise here. The 5 doesn't improve much of his range except for maybe A2 of hearts, or 76 of hearts. He could have trips of course but then some of my bluffs have gotten there and now beat those.
With so little behind if I call I decided to basically fold or shove here and not have a calling range. So I'm folding my king high flush draws and jamming most of the rest. I basically feel that villain's play doesn't make sense, I think my 2 pairs are good a lot and have outs against the 76 and A2 straights. Plus villain could be getting out of line with flush draws, Qx hands and also overpairs. So I'm happy to go with it here.
Villain calls with the pocket aces. Which makes the turn raise really bad. And I get paid.