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Really interesting spots to come back to back. I’ve played the zoom games from bovada that I believe play the same and agree there are are some aggressive players…I’ve also noticed ranges for getting it in are a bit tighter since you can wait it out till you get good hands. You can also check in on what they had after 24 hours, right? Should make for good results…Here are my initial thoughts, look forward to others:
Hand 1: This is not a spot I want to call and have to play out of position or create some dead money for the original raiser to come over the top. While ranges aren’t capped, I do think they include AK, JJ, 1010 played strongly, so I would raise to around $9 , put some pressure on original opener and leverage some fold equity to win or get heads up. We can get it in on favorable flops (don’t include an A or K) . If either opponent goes all in, I’d narrow down to AA, KK and some AK or lower pair bluffs…I probably fold to a jam since they can call with a lot of hands in position, must be pretty strong to push.
Hand 2: The HJ being pretty deep in this hand makes me a little more concerned – could be running hot, or could be very selective on range he’s playing aggressively. if it was only the CO putting in ~$13, I think this is an easy call, but with two left to act and we have no money in there and a push by us doesn’t give us a ton of fold equity given the large pot, I think I make a nitty fold and find a better spot. It is a big call to make to get raised or play out of position when you get more than one caller. This spot sucks b/c CO could be trying to push out late position opens with a hand we crush (e.g. middle pair), but our position doesn’t seem to let us play this one out.
Hand 3: The call in between from the CO makes me want to raise, but unfortunately the button beat us to it. This one I call with a hand that can flop a strong pair and/or lots of equity with draws. And if the action gets a little crazy with one or more opponents getting it in, we can easily fold. Once we pot control a bit on the flop by not raising, it opens up more moves on flop/turn to either flop well, or take it away on turn if others aren’t interested.
