Some interesting hands from Green Joker main event

ianmc38

Details may be slightly wrong, but are as close as i remember.

Hand 1:

I think it's the 75/150 level. Villain in the hand is an unknown. By far the most aggressive player at the table. I would think he is capable of firing multiple barrels though he has only showndown one bluff in spite of being involved in loads of pots. Most of his c-bets have been taking down pots uncontested. He has way more than the average stack. I've been absolutely crippled and have about 4000 chips.

I open Ac9c in MP to 450. Villain is the only caller in the BB.

Flop (975)

Jd 4d 8s (AFAIR)

He checks. I check.

Turn (975)

Ad

He leads for 700. I think for a while and call.

River (2675)

4s

He leads for 1800.

Call or fold?

Hand 2

I think it's the 200/400 level. I have about 7.5k chips.

Villain in this hand has been playing quite tight. he has been short for ages, with about 6100 chips. I've been watching him get increasingly frustrated as he keeps getting dealt bad hands.

He opens to 1500 in MP.

I have 99 in the big blind. I dont think he has a monster, but i dont think ive any folding equity preflop.

Thoughts on the best line here please.

Hand 3

Villain in this hand is MDWexford. He hs been playing extremely tight but has played any pot he entered well and has amassed a decent chip stack (circa 25k).

Blinds 300/600, I have just doubled up to 11k or so.

He opens UTG+1 to 1800.

I'm in the BB with AKo. I'd normally 3-bet here, but he has played so tight, i decide to see a flop.

Flop (3900)

Q 6 4 rainbow

We both check.

Turn (3900)

6

We both check again.

River (3900)

T

I check. He bets something like 2600.

Call or fold?

pok3rplaya

1 folds

2 He either has a worse hand or a flip and you should push, or he has a better hand and you should fold. Decide and move.

3 Damn he cant be that tight to make this correct. I think it's raise or fold pf.
fold as played.

Captain Tom

hand 1: i call.considering your read i imagine he reraises p/f certainly with AK and probably AQ.also live tourny players make irrational bluffs all the time.i think we see KdQ/9Ts/etc enough to call.

hand 2: if you dont think he has a monster and he's getting frustrated then i push.a lot of the time were flipping and sometimes he has 77/88 which is very good for us obv.

hand 3: with less than 20bb's id rather 3 bet and get it in here.as played fold.

ianmc38

Both of you have said 3 is a fold. I think its really really close as to whether to call or fold. What hand does he have here? He's not suddenly value betting 88 on the river.

robinlacey

hand one i think i fold.
hands two and three i definitely push preflop

cooker3

Hand 1 is really marginal. I can see myself calling though.
Hand 2 I push
Hand 3 I fold, I don't think he is bluffing much enough

pok3rplaya

Hand 3, c/r AI on the river.

ocallagh

fold
dunno
fold - you are only ahead of AJ. I push preflop though.

ianmc38

Hand 1 I called after a long think. He mucked no pair.

Hand 2 I opted for a stop and go on a favourable flop. Flop was KQJ and I check folded. he had Kx. Anyone else like a stop and go there?

Hand 3 I folded but I think tis close. I doubt he's raising AT UTG,s o the only haands that make sense to me are the nuts (or a house of some sort) or AJ/AK.

mdwexford

ianmc38 wrote:

Hand 1 I called after a long think. He mucked no pair.

Hand 2 I opted for a stop and go on a favourable flop. Flop was KQJ and I check folded. he had Kx. Anyone else like a stop and go there?

Hand 3 I folded but I think tis close. I doubt he's raising AT UTG,s o the only haands that make sense to me are the nuts (or a house of some sort) or AJ/AK.

Hand 1 - it was a very good call i thought

Hand 2 - i agree a stop and go here is a decent play. im about to post a few hands and one of them is similar to this

Hand 3 - you're spot on, the only other hands i play that way are Q-Q and 4-4, would have been an excellent call

Captain Tom

i think the stop and go is ok but i still prefer a push.

regarding hand 3,i just figured that after checking flop/turn,he's pretty much representing AK/AJ/88-JJ and on the river v/betting 88-JJ isnt that thin and he probably checks down AK/AJ as considering the action they have at least some showdown value and realistically there's very few hands he can represent as played.and there's always a chance he was slowplaying something huge on the flop.

ianmc38

MDWexford wa sthe villain in hand 3. i think he said he had AJ. Definitely wasnt a thin value bet with an underpair. I felt at the time it was the nuttleys or air.

With the stop and go i got a bit of TLS. i was pretty sure it was a race but decided my stack -1k was pretty much the exact same as my present stack but that +2k would be a huge difference, so I decided to gamble with the stop and go.

Ste05

Hand 1: I call and expect to be ahead alot here.

Hand 2: I don't mind the stop and go here, although I really hate these type of spots. At times I'll just fold Pre-Flop. Certainly with that flop it seems like a simple check fold.

Hand 3: I'd have 3-Bet Pre-Flop, as played I'd probably have taken a stab on the turn, and as played I probably fold, but may call at times.