Open ended in 3b pot!!!

[panki14]

Hero (SB): $65.53 (131.1 bb)
BB: $163.43 (326.9 bb)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q:diamond: J:heart:
Hero raises to $1.50, BB raises to $5.50, Hero calls $4

Flop: ($11) T:spade: K:spade: 3:diamond: (2 players)
BB bets $11, Hero calls $11

Turn: ($33) 8:diamond: (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $15, BB calls $15

River: ($63) J:club: (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

[spoil]Results: $63 pot ($0.50 rake)
Final Board: T:spade: K:spade: 3:diamond: 8:diamond: J:club:
Hero showed Q:diamond: J:heart: and lost (-$31.50 net)
BB showed A:spade: J:diamond: and won $62.50 ($31 net)
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Villain is aggro fishy(never folds), c/c all flopped straight 3 streets so he sometines slowplays as well.. literally ran like a kenyan on steroids during our match.

I call preflop thinking I have enough equity vs a 13% range (according to Equilab QJ has 35%).

Pot was his usual sizing for cbetting (in 3b pot and single raised) so I decided to call both as a float and for pot and implied odds.

Merits to raising flop?

I feel like I played the turn poorly.


In retrospect, I hate my sizing since it leaves me no room to bluff on the river if I need to, I think I would've like to bet something like $9( which only needs to work 22% of the time, although he probably doesn't fold as much) and lets villain call with hands like AQ, AJ, 99's, A8 which will then fold to a $40/51 bet.

Are there any merits to checking and taking a free card?


As played, I check back the river thinking its unlikely I get called by worse plus he could've been trapping with a set or overpair.


Any suggestions or comments appreciated!!!

[Jesse Foster]

Hey Panki,

I like the idea of the turn sizing being small. It would make his fold frequency lower on the turn but higher on the river, so as long as you follow through it is fine.

Pre is a mistake imo. We are getting 1.55 to one, so we need 39% equity to call. Therefore, we do not have correct equity to call. Another factor is to consider the playability of our hand vs his range. He will have a lot of hands that will dominate us when we flop top pair, and even on boards when we flop strong draws we will face a lot of resistance. As a rule of thumb, i like to have the equity needed to call 5% more if I'm calling a hand that plays poorly vs my opponents range or in general. We can go over calling 3-bets more and the thought process for it in our next lesson.