jongordon84

A2s isn't normally in my BTN call vs 3bet range. I might 4bet bluff against a player who is 3betting all the time but generally I'd just fold. The reason I called was due to stack sizes.Villain has 244bb and I have him covered. My main question with this hand is... are deep stacks enough of a reason to call? How much should stack sizes affect our calling range?

Flop and Turn I felt were tough spots as I wasn't sure what bluffs villain had. But I flopped a pair and turned a set so just went with it. Once villain checked river I thought he'd fold pretty much everything so I didn't bet too big. Never expected a call from pocket tens.

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$0.01/$0.02 No Limit Holdem 888
6 Players

Blinds$0.01/$0.026
UTG blueskyxx $1.03
UTG+1 Sawyer5716 $1
CO slctd $1
DHero $6.92
SB Flamber13 $4.88
BB mixin777 $1

Preflop
6$0.03Hero is BTN2A
3 folds, Hero raises to $0.04, Flamber13 raises to $0.14, 1 fold, Hero calls$0.10

Flop
2$0.30A78
Flamber13 bets $0.26, Hero calls$0.26

Turn
2$0.82A
Flamber13 bets $0.41, Hero calls$0.41

River
2$1.64A
Flamber13 checks, Hero bets$0.99, Flamber13 calls $0.99

Final Pot$3.62
Hero shows 2A
Flamber13 shows TT

Hero wins$3.40 (net +$1.60)
Flamber13 lost $1.80

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I think the call pre flop is 100% fine given stack sizes. Flop and turn is fine too, I see no reason to raise as we'll be owning ourself against a better A and we fold all their pairs asides from maybe KK (even that folds some times).

On the river I would have just pot it. I don't think they are folding any high pocket pairs to any size bet at pot size or smaller. It also looks bluffy if we had T9/TJ/56 which are all within our calling rage given stack sizes.

You can call pre with anything which makes nutted hands here. Especially at 2NL where you expect to get paid quite often. I usually wait until I'm getting around 150-175bb before I really start opening up.

Only thing I'd change is a bigger size on the river. I think you're being way too pessimistic about getting a call from TT. I would expect a LOT of 2NL players to call with any full house thinking you're trying to rep an ace.

They'll call you, fear not.

I like the pot it idea and if I think they have a decent pair or an 8x then I just overbet or ship it all at them. Just don't bet small to get paid off, they'll mostly play inelastic on a board like that anyway. My take is no pair hands wont call much more than one bb - but a pair - .

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