AJs in multiway pot
5/5 game, with $500 cap.
UTG+1 ($300) - OMC
Hero (HJ) - $500
MP ($600+) - Unknown player, but seems solid.
UTG limps, UTG+1 calls, MP raises to $30, Hero with A♠J♠ calls, UTG+1 calls.
Flop ($100): 6♠ 9♦ J♦
UTG+1 leads for $100, MP calls, Hero calls.
Turn ($300): 4♣
x x, Hero bets $100, MP calls.
River ($500): 2♣
MP checks, Hero ??
I have a few questions here:
What do you think about my preflop play? Should I really consider 3-betting here? I feel like in these capped games, it might turn into a nightmare. For example, if I 3-bet to $100, the pot becomes $200+ and I have $400 left. Usually, when I 3-bet in capped games, the stack-to-pot ratio is horrible, and sometimes I feel like calling preflop is better.
I hate how I played all three streets, but could I have played it differently?
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This is $2/5, I presume? If so, this is a really big open from MP, even over 2 limps, and I'm likely 3-betting or folding when a solid V does this in MP.
If it is one of those weird small BI California 5/10 games, I am also probably 3-betting, but I can see the preflop call a bit more.
Flop, I'm folding when an OMC (assuming he's a real one, and not just old) who limp/called donks out for pot.
AP, turn either check back, or if you put V mostly on draws/floats, I'd bet a bit more.
AP to river, easeist check back ever. You are WA/WB, so no point in betting here, imo. We're not getting value from anything we beat on this blank river.
Is this 2/5?
When an OMC limp/calls then bets $100/pot on the flop, alarm bells are going off, but he must not be a real OMC or he's scared money. I mean, what in the world could he have?
I don't mind the call pre, but I probably 3bet if I've got a read on what MP is raising with. Again, though, OMC limped with $300 behind. LOL.
You could throw out another $100 for value. I doubt he's bluff/raising the river, and he might call w/ KJ or QJ or even TT.
Garick and I agree until the river. I can easily see a check, too. I would like a little more on V. I would pay to know what OMC had.
I think the PF call is fine, giving you position against a decent player. AJs is too good to risk having to fold to a 4-bet.
I think the river is an easy value bet, especially if a whiffed AX or a worse J may pay you off. The likelihood of a bluff c/r here seems extremely low.
Is this 1/3 or 2/5? I hate the flat pre
5/5 $500 cap
$20 is a standard open
Very shallow game
Probly jamming flop due to that
Failing that, jamming turn
Failing that, jamming river
This is $2/5, I presume? If so, this is a really big open from MP, even over 2 limps, and I'm likely 3-betting or folding when a solid V does this in MP.
If it is one of those weird small BI California 5/10 games, I am also probably 3-betting, but I can see the preflop call a bit more.
Flop, I'm folding when an OMC (assuming he's a real one, and not just old) who limp/called donks out for pot.
AP, turn either check back, or if you put V mos
Yeah, that's exactly one of those weird small BI Cali games lol.
In these games, light 3-betting is a bad play when there's a high chance of going multiway with a horrible stack-to-pot ratio, right? Usually, I only 3-bet if it's a solid squeeze with a bunch of weak callers. But here, there's not much dead money in the pot.
AP, the main decision comes on the flop? If we think the UTG caller has a wide range, we should just jam the flop. If we think he's a real OMC, we should just fold.
Pre I would normally 3bet but with stacks only at 100BB's or less it makes it difficult to maneuver post flop (if we cbet we're committing the rest of our stack basically, so I would hate to 3bet pre just to play fit or fold or hope they fold pre but that's obv just me).
I'm not 3betting if I think his range is tight so I would just fold unless it's a weak game with passive players left to act where if we call it'll start the domino effect of everyone else calling (I'll take that over folding). Otherwise just fold.
You miscalculated the size of the pot on the turn, it is 400$. You should jam turn, that 100$ bet dosen't make much sense and I doubt you are beat by MP when he checks.
PRE - I don't like that the OMC limped from UTG+1. Danger, Will Robinson. Watch out for that OMC limp-3B.
Not sure what I think about flatting AJs in the HJ. Is this 9-handed? Feels like we're asking to get squeezed here, but I really don't love folding. I guess if our table image isn't too LAG-ish, we can 3B to ISO V in MP, and pray the OMC doesn't 4B us.
FLOP - OMC donks for full pot, and the PFR flat calls? Yeesh. I'm really not loving this situation at all. I'm expecting the OMC to jam turn a lot. I don't think we can fold, because that seems too nitty, but...I dunno, man, I'm really not liking this.
TURN - Okay, OMC didn't jam, so that's good. And MP checked, which is even better. I think I could get behind an over-bet here, to charge MP's draws and OMC's weak top pairs the max. We're not deep enough to bet big and have anything sensible left behind to jam river, so I think I just jam $370 into $300 and pray they both call.
RIVER - as played to this point, we only have $270 left. I think we just jam. Looks like MP has a hand like KJ or QJ, or maybe TT. He might occasionally level himself into calling with AK.
