NL50 AJs ANONYMOUS

Posted 8 years ago

Prima, $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 5 Players
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Hero (SB): $111.61 (223.2 bb)
BB: $74.41 (148.8 bb)
MP: $11.50 (23 bb)
CO: $104.24 (208.5 bb)
BTN: $192.91 (385.8 bb)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Jc Ac
2 folds, BTN raises to $1, Hero raises to $4, BB folds, BTN raises to $10.50, Hero calls $6.50

Flop: ($21.50) 6d 3c Tc (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $10.75, Hero raises to $29, BTN calls $18.25

Turn: ($79.50) Qs (2 players)
Hero bets $72.11 and is all-in, BTN calls $72.11

River: ($223.72) 7h (2 players, 1 is all-in)

Results: $223.72 pot ($1.50 rake)
Final Board: 6d 3c Tc Qs 7h
Hero showed Jc Ac and lost (-$111.61 net)
BTN showed Kd Kc and won $222.22 ($110.61 net)

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Posted 8 years ago*
It's a fold when you get 4bet, calling a 4bet with AJo is just setting money on fire without amazing reads. If you do this often it's a huge leak even this deep.

We have very little FE on the flop, if we were 100bb deep I don't mind shoving, but being 223bb deep, I just flat, never expect to get it in ahead if we shove and get called. I'm almost always expecting to see KK+ here given their pre flop line and flop bet sizing.

Posted 8 years ago
Not sure what you are wondering about since you didnt write a question.

I would take the same postflop line as you did here. We only need 18% FE if we only get it in vs KK+. If he 4bets AK he will have 12 combos of AK and 12 combos of KK+. Say that he only cbets when he has KxAx thats 4combos. If he then cbets 16combos total and we get him to fold 4 of those you have 25% FE, enough to raise get it in.

If we give him QQ too we can still make this play since we will get 18% FE (4/22) vs his cbet range and if he has that range we have better EQ when called and only need 13.5% FE.
Posted 8 years ago
Even at 50NL I'm not convinced we need to be calling 4 bets OOP.

With AJs I would 3 bet as a default and be happy that the profit comes from when he folds or calls with a dominated hand. If you call this OOP it's you who will be on the worse end of that more often than not unless you're in a higher stakes game with more aggro players. At 50NL I would expect to see very little light 4 betting when you're both this deep.

Post flop I like your line though, pretty sure this has better EV than playing passively.
Posted 8 years ago
I like your post flop line given how much fold equity you need to make it profitable.

As for the preflop, I'm not a huge fan of calling 4bets OOP but you can certainly defend this play >200bb deep with a suited, nutty hand.