Party 15: Two calldowns HU in the blinds.

[Jeff W]

Hand 1:

BB is semi-maniacal and very loose aggressive. VPIP 43/PFR 29 and AF=4.0 over 50 hands.

Party 15/30 (10 handed)

Preflop: Jeff is SB with Th, Tc.
8 folds, Jeff raises, BB 3-bets, Jeff caps, BB calls.

Flop: (8 SB) Ac, As, Kh (2 players)
Jeff checks, BB bets, Jeff calls.

Turn: (5 BB) 8d (2 players)
Jeff checks, BB bets, Jeff calls.

River: (7 BB) Kd (2 players)
Jeff checks, BB bets, Jeff calls.

Hand 2:

SB is complete unknown.

Party 15/30 (10 handed)

Preflop: Jeff is BB with 3s, Ts.
8 folds, SB completes, Jeff checks.

Flop: (2 SB) 9c, 8d, 3c (2 players)
SB bets, Jeff raises, SB 3-bets, Jeff calls.

Turn: (4 BB) 5d (2 players)
SB bets, Jeff calls.

River: (6 BB) Jh (2 players)
SB checks, Jeff checks.

[bobdibble]

Both hands look great to me given the read.

[Pepsquad]

Yes and yes.

[kurosh]

What do you think about raising the river in hand 1?

[JasonP530]

How confident are you that you are ahead in the second hand? Assuming he would fire every flop, I would just let him fire out 3 times and call him down with bottom pair. He isnt going to fold a better hand, and I dont see it as a value raise. The pot is small enough to let him draw at his 6 outer cheaper. Some of the time you're beat, a scare card will come and you will both check the river(like when he has an 8 or a better 3).

[Pepsquad]

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What do you think about raising the river in hand 1?

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What is the beatable hand that would cap pre-flop?

What is the better hand that folds the river?

[kurosh]

The BB 3-bet a SB raise and his description is "BB is semi-maniacal and very loose aggressive." I think he has a pretty huge range here. Queen high or Jack high needs to fold 25% of the time.

[Pepsquad]

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The BB 3-bet a SB raise and his description is "BB is semi-maniacal and very loose aggressive." I think he has a pretty huge range here. Queen high or Jack high needs to fold 25% of the time.

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Ahhh, once again, I don't bother reading the fine print. I stand corrected - nh sir.

Still, isn't the bigger question whether BB is a thinking LAG or total crazy? If I'm BB holding complete crap I'm wondering why an Ace wouldn't have check-raised the turn? And a king wouldn't raise the river...fearing an ace.

The more I think out loud here, the more the river raise becomes genius against a thinking player with a variety of holdings which you beat.

[Jeff W]

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The more I think out loud here, the more the river raise becomes genius against a thinking player with a variety of holdings which you beat.

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Who said BB is a thinking player?