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What can we call with?
7 handed .1/.2 cash game. Main V in SB is loose and aggressive. Likes to raise big (pot sized and overbets), plays a wide range, will put stacks in with a draw or even top pair weak kicker, so hard to put on a specific hand. We pick up Ad4d in the BB, two people limp, SB completes and I check.
Flop [.8] As 6d 10d SB bets .5, I min raise to 1, HJ folds, CO calls, SB calls
Turn [3.8] As 6d 10d 8c SB leads for 2.53, I call, CO calls
River[11.39] As 6d 10d 8c 3h SB bets 11.39, i fold, CO folds
Pre-flop I didn’t want to bloat up pot and risk getting raised in this loose splashy game. When we pick up top pair and a nut draw I decided to do a small raise to keep SB in and maybe pull in weaker draws. Once SB leads into me on turn for a largish bet I put him on a better A or two pair and CO on a worse flush draw. I should know calling in between is not the best play as CO can raise, but I still wasn’t ready to play for stacks with my weak kicker, CO is not that aggressive and SB could easily raise me all in if I open up the action.
On the river I just beat busted draws and two players in the hand so don’t think I can call. What would you call with? In hindsight I am not sure the Turn is a call if i’m not going to call the river, but in game I thought that 2nd pair type hands would not bet the river, or block bet, which I could easily call. Thoughts? Did I play this too passively?
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Forgot stacks, SB has 30.32, I have 28.8, CO has 26.16 to start….
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Preflop: I agree with the check. A4s suited isn’t strong enough to raise and plays well enough multi-way. In a loose game a raise is likely to just bloat the pot without thinning the field much.
Flop: I prefer a call over a raise. With the nut flush draw, I don’t mind keep other players in. This keeps the pot smaller and gives you a lower price to call on future streets. With call by you, HJ, and CO, the pot is 2.8. Turn bet of 2/3 pot would then be 1.85. Being in position to the SB, you always that the option to raise if you hit your flush.
Turn: This is close between a call and a jam. You have enough implied odds to call and try to hit your flush. By jamming you can possibly get HJ to fold out their equity and SB to call with a worse draw.
River: This really depends on your read of SB. Would they triple barrel with a draw?
Fold seems reasonable.
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Thanks. Agree on the flop call and turn jam now that you mention it. I’ve jammed on him and gotten called many times with weak top pair or draws. So he would absolutely call with worse. His range is so wide that I was pot controlling in case he had value. But I like that other line as well.
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Equilab has a great feature that lets you calculate +EV calling ranges according to your assumptions about other people’s ranges and stack sizes – here’s a video of mine from last year going over a hand submitted to the podcast and using this feature to construct a calling range according to the assumptions of our correspondent.
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