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How far do we slowplay?
We are in the early stages of the $16.50 Bounty Builder on PokerStars. We have lost some chips, down to 55.75BB and we are the effective stack at the table. This tournament has given me some trouble in the past, but we had a recent deep run, so we are hoping to replicate that again.
In this hand we open the AcAh (HJ) 2.4BB and the player on our left (CO) 3-bets big to 10BB off 65.5BB. It folds around. Should we put in a 4-bet and if we do how much? I decide to just call mostly because this player is super active playing lots of hands and I don’t want to lose them if I put in a big 4-bet or jam. Their numbers are 29/26/15 on just over 100 hands.
We call and the flop is KcQdKh and there is 22.76BB in the pot and we have 45.75BB behind. We check, they bet 5.69BB. Should we raise it up now especially facing this small bet?
We call and the turn is the 4d (bricktown) making the board KcQdKh4d. It does bring in some backdoor draws but overall, this is a very nothing card. We checked, they bet 14.26BB into the pot of 34.13BB. Same question. End the slowplay and jam or keep calling down to the river?
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If we call this turn bet we’re going to be committed to this pot. So we’re calling with a plan to call a river jam or possibly reverse the action and lead jam the river. <div>
</div><div>If you think this opponent is bluffing at a frequency significantly above GTO strategy, then slow playing aces is fine. You’ll sometimes lose a sizeable pot when they outdraw you. But in the long run it’s a profitable strategy against this kind of player. You want to keep him in his overly wide range. </div><div>
</div><div>Reversing the action on the turn or river is very polarizing. Your overpair probably wasn’t close enough to the top of your range to do that, because of the kings on the board. The way people usually play when their opponent reverses the action, is that they’ll fold a lot of stuff they might otherwise continue with. You’re not getting called by worse hands or getting better ones to fold in this case.</div><div>
</div><div>I keep aggression factor on my HUD. Anything above about 4.5 puts me in call-down mode in spots like this, especially out of position. </div> -
Ugly spot. I know 100 hands is a pretty small sample, but it would be helpful to have some sense of his postflop tendencies. Some players like to be aggressive and 3b widely preflop, but then shut down with the weaker part of their range post.
Assuming we don’t have good info in that regard, it’s hard to see how you’re good in a spot like this. The flop smashes your range, so unless he’s a maniac I can’t see him pounding away with missed hands or pairs like JJ here. Maybe hands like A2ss-A5ss? If you’re in villain’s position, do you fire away with Qx here?
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