J6o hand in BB

[aces_dad]

I think it wasn't that long ago I read you posting SSLH at limits like 2/4 so you must be doing pretty well. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Is the river bet a blocking bet? I think a little more like 200 (1/3 PSB) is less likely to get raised big by a bluff as you mention this villian has done.

[DavidC]

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I think it wasn't that long ago I read you posting SSLH at limits like 2/4 so you must be doing pretty well. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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I was playing way under my roll at 2/4 LHE, but unfortunately pretty close to my skill level. A combination of 2.5 months' work full-time as well as low living expenses and a bit of luck will do that for you.

I'm not 100% sure, but I think that this NL game requires a $15k roll, is that right? I'd hate to find out that I'm underfunded...

I'm confident that I can beat the game, but the swings are unusually high for me, and I don't have much experience doing anything other than knocking over the weak-tighties at the $25 party x-skins game, where they fold to me damn near always. I clearly have to adjust for this game.

I don't plan on jumping into the $200 game on party any time soon. I'm very confident that they would eat me alive over there, so it's weird: I'm trying to pick up enough NL skillz to beat this game, but I'm also not trying to be the next KKF or El D (though it'd be cool if I could somehow do that).

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Is the river bet a blocking bet? I think a little more like 200 (1/3 PSB) is less likely to get raised big by a bluff as you mention this villian has done.

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I'm not too sure what a blocking bet is... I haven't seen anything written about it other than on this board, and I haven't read enough on this board to properly execute a blocking bet. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

Part of my question here is whether or not I should indeed be betting the river as a block or checking to induce a bluff or what...

I chose to value bet the river, because I figured he picked up a little piece of the flop and may have even improved on the turn or river to something that I still beat. People were showing down really weird hands.

I guess I intend to call a push for my remaining 150-250, but it would make me vomit just a little when I did.

You'd figure that he would try to protect/sell a flush on the turn, but I can't be sure about that.

--Dave.

[djoyce003]

a blocking bet is a bet that is small in relation to the pot size and is made to hopefully get to showdown cheaper than you think showdown would be if you were to check and villain were to bet. They are also typically a bet you make when you plan to fold to a raise.

[DavidC]

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a blocking bet is a bet that is small in relation to the pot size and is made to hopefully get to showdown cheaper than you think showdown would be if you were to check and villain were to bet. They are also typically a bet you make when you plan to fold to a raise.

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Does a blocking bet typically have the same size as a value bet with a monster hand?

[aces_dad]

Since you're trying to get to showdown cheap, the blocking bet will be smaller than a value bet. Need to be careful not to make it too obvious though or you'll get too much playback on your blocking bets.

One rule of thumb for value bets is PSB on flop, 2/3 PSB on turn, 1/2 PSB on river. If villian is willing to call more then you can bet more.

I don't like to block too small, like less than 1/4 on river, as the good LAG's will come back over the smallish bets.

And Dave, regarding bet size/pattern, when you've noticed a player consistently coming over turn/river blocking bets huge, you can sometimes induce action with a feigned blocking bet.