Heads up hands; Round 1:

[The Truth]

Heads up. Villain is 80/35/1.2 wtsd 42%
This is just from us playing. He will bet around 80% of the time if I check to him. He will bet the whole way down most of the time if I check/call the whole way, this includes garbage no pair hands.

He does not fold his small blind preflop (when he is the button.) He limps and calls a raise with any 2. The BB he will fold on ocasion, I would say about 20-30% of the time.

With that here is a couple hands against villain.

Hand 1:

I have Ks8s in bb. He open limps on button/sb. I raise. he calls.

flop comes: 2 3 9 rainbow.

I bet he calls.

turn is an A completing the rainbow.
I bet he calls.

River is a 7.
I check and call.

Spewing, standard, huh?


1 other hand:

I have Ac3c in bb.
Villain raises from the button, I call.

Flop comes 3s 6s 2h

I check raise, he calls.

Turn is 4 of spades.
I bet, he raises, I think about 3betting, then i think about folding, then I call.

River is an offsuit 10
I check/call.

meh.


-blake

[Kyle]

I dont like the river call in hand 1. Your hand isnt going to be good much of the time here. Check folding will also set up future hands where you can check the river and induce a bluff. And given your description of the villian this river c/c is going to be common situation.

Hand 2 is really player dependent. Will he raise here with overs and flush draw or just a pure bluff. Bad Laggy players love to bluff here. Sometimes I call here sometimes I fold. Just really depends on the player. However given the limited info you provided I like a call better.

[dave44]

I don't really like the river call in hand 1 much, although that could change if he had been calling the turn very lightly. I just don't see much in the way of busted draws for him to bluff the river with.

Hand 2 I think I'd fold the river. You have enough in the way of outs and chance at winning after a free showdown to call the turn, but once he bets the river I doubt you're good enough.

[baronzeus]

i play both the hands the same. the reads you get from these hands is well worth the 1+ BB you have to invest, especially if you think he'll stick around.

also i think you are good in hand 1 way more than enough