How lucky did I get? 1/3 (3 Viewers)

[John2121]

I’m playing 1/3, I have 600 behind me. I’m sitting on the button, we’re playing 7 handed, I look down at A 6 suited, Sm folds, BB limps UTG raises to 30, fold around to me. And I thought he was bluffing (bad read, dude seemed like he knew what he was doing when I look back at it) when it comes around to me I make it 60, does back to him and he makes the call. The flop comes A 3 9 rainbow, he bets into me 50, for some reason, I make it a 100 and he makes the call, Bells are ringing he has an A most likely a better kicker, the turn brings a 6 I make two pair and he jams and I call, river comes and I take it all. Looking back at it, I feel like I played that bad, would love some feedback and takes on it ?
- John

 

[John2121]

He ended up having AK clubs suited

 

[Eriks]

I like how you played the turn

 

[upNdown]

UTG raises to 30, fold around to me. And I thought he was bluffing (bad read, dude seemed like he knew what he was doing when I look back at it) when it comes around to me I make it 60

Why?
Were you hoping he’d fold? Or were you hoping to build a pot? What was your reasoning for this amount?

 

[NotRealNameNoSir]

Next time, go street by street, otherwise its easy to be results oriented. You start with 600, I'm asssuming your stacks are the same because it makes my life easier.

Preflop, I'm guessing you had a button straddle on? Fine with a 3-bet but just a minraise is not going to do what you want it to do. You're deep enough. Depending on the game A6s is fine to 3bet or call, but make it count. $80-100ish.

Flop: Again with the min-raise. What is villain leading with here? Ace that has you outkicked? Keep track of the pot, what does the raise to $100 accomplish? Baby raise. Either call if you want to bluff catch vs an aggressive opponent or raise more if you want to build a pot.

Turn: Easy game, call the shove and profit.

I don't like your raise sizing personally, great job winning the hand but he just so happened to have AK.

 

[Kentucky]

There’s another thread at the moment about the difference between online poker and casinos. I’m gonna recommend over there they read this thread

I presume you straddled from the button and that’s why the blinds are acting first..?

If you straddled to $6 that’s still a 5x raise from UTG which would pretty much make me lol fold everything. With A6s I’m expecting to have to make a flush to win.

I’m rarely a fan of the min-click and I’m not sure why you are trying to build the pot here? What do you expect to be ahead of? Would KQ make an open like this, A5? 72o?

You don’t mention suits on the flop, but there are no straight draws available. Overall it looks on the dry side. We have top pair but kicker problems. UTG donk leads on a flop that should suit the 3-bettor. Though obviously we learn later he can call the 3! with AK… Again I’m not a fan of the min click and it’s not clear why we are trying to build the pot with a marginal hand.

We get bailed out on the turn and it’s probably an easy stack off at that SPR. GGs.

 

[LeLe]

Honestly, you play bad and raise min (PF & Flop) almost faceup that you have a weak hand.

And yes, you got lucky too.

Having say that, most people will be praising you for playing really "well" when playing Live with you

 

[suchj0sh]

Fold pre

 

[John2121]

Why?
Were you hoping he’d fold? Or were you hoping to build a pot? What was your reasoning for this amount? Not sure I think just to get rid of all those

Why?
Were you hoping he’d fold? Or were you hoping to build a pot? What was your reasoning for this amount?

just to isolate him I guess , more of a bluff

Next time, go street by street, otherwise its easy to be results oriented. You start with 600, I'm asssuming your stacks are the same because it makes my life easier.

Preflop, I'm guessing you had a button straddle on? Fine with a 3-bet but just a minraise is not going to do what you want it to do. You're deep enough. Depending on the game A6s is fine to 3bet or call, but make it count. $80-100ish.

Flop: Again with the min-raise. What is villain leading with here? Ace that has you outkicked? Keep track of the pot, what does the raise to $100 accomplish? Baby raise. Either call if you want to bluff catch vs an aggressive opponent or raise more if you want to build a pot.

Turn: Easy game, call the shove and profit.

I don't like your raise sizing personally, great job winning the hand but he just so happened to have AK.

Absolutely I appreciate the advice

Honestly, you play bad and raise min (PF & Flop) almost faceup that you have a weak hand.

And yes, you got lucky too.

Having say that, most people will be praising you for playing really "well" when playing Live with you

Played bad for sure lol, shoulda just called his raise with my hand in position, I’m probably calling the flop if ace hits which it did, and if turn wasn’t a 6 I’d fold but if I hit two pair and he bet I’d raise he would jammed and I woulda called, that’s how I shoulda played it, would that have been a better way? Am I wrong, I know it was dumb to raise on the flop to 100, poker Gods in my favor

I’m

Fold pre

I checked charts definitely a fold even with 200 big blinds but I just feel like I would’ve felt like a NIT

There’s another thread at the moment about the difference between online poker and casinos. I’m gonna recommend over there they read this thread

I presume you straddled from the button and that’s why the blinds are acting first..?

If you straddled to $6 that’s still a 5x raise from UTG which would pretty much make me lol fold everything. With A6s I’m expecting to have to make a flush to win.

I’m rarely a fan of the min-click and I’m not sure why you are trying to build the pot here? What do you expect to be ahead of? Would KQ make an open like this, A5? 72o?

You don’t mention suits on the flop, but there are no straight draws available. Overall it looks on the dry side. We have top pair but kicker problems. UTG donk leads on a flop that should suit the 3-bettor. Though obviously we learn later he can call the 3! with AK… Again I’m not a fan of the min click and it’s not clear why we are trying to build the pot with a marginal hand.

We get bailed out on the turn and it’s probably an easy stack off at that SPR. GGs.

100 percent, I appreciate the input, I was playing stupid and got lucky lol

 

[suchj0sh]

Just gotta fold a lot to an UTG open, especially to 5x in a straddle pot. Only way to learn is to play and have fun!

 

[John2121]

Just gotta fold a lot to an UTG open, especially to 5x in a straddle pot. Only way to learn is to play and have fun!D

Just gotta fold a lot to an UTG open, especially to 5x in a straddle pot. Only way to learn is to play and have fun!

Definitely!

 

[LeLe]

Am I wrong, I know it was dumb to raise on the flop to 100, poker Gods in my favor

General rules of thumb to raise is either

A) raise with a strong hand (thus playing a bigger pot) and B) charge drawing hand with good equity

Whereas here A39 rainbow is about as dry as a flop can get. U only folding out bluff and keeping the strong hand by min raising

Or C) fold out better hand (A7 A8, AT etc) than your A6

Which is not going to work with a min raise here too

So what you achieve here by raising is just making the stack to pot ratio smaller and you probably not calling any all in on the turn beside hitting 6 or A (which is bad for this situation) or worse having the other guy raise u back on flop by reopening the action

 

[RocAFella1]

DOUBLE MINRAISE!!

 

[allforcharity]

If you won a good pot, how badly could you have played it?

 

[John2121]

If you won a good pot, how badly could you have played it?

True lol

 

[OnTiltAlways]

Nothing wrong with being lucky once in a while. Played A 3 off suit several time in a 3/6 game and lost to AK. Take the win! We'll played.

 

[upNdown]

just to isolate him I guess , more of a bluff

I’m not trying to give you a hard time. But in all my poker studies, I think one of the most basic things I’ve absorbed is that you should always know exactly why you’re doing what you’re doing. And it’s much better to be wrong about the why than to not have an answer for the why.

 

[John2121]

just to isolate him I guess , more of a bluff

I’m not trying to give you a hard time. But in all my poker studies, I think one of the most basic things I’ve absorbed is that you should always know exactly why you’re doing what you’re doing. And it’s much better to be wrong about the why than to not have an answer for the why.

No I absolutely get you, I like that thank you

 

[djbird]

Another perspective on this... what is dude jamming for with AK?

I guess he could have put you on AK, KK or QQ with the action before the flop?

It's possible I might put you on 9's and think you have a set...

 

[MDchips]

It would be helpful to know opponent’s stack size too.

Pre: much of a read on the player, I think you should 3 bet larger or fold. I’d say in typical 1-3 games, 3 betting smallish suited aces isn’t a good strategy against unknown players.

Flop: clear call imo (hate a raise here; but hate a min raise the most)

Turn: it’s an over bet if you both started with at least 600, but hard to find a fold here. Just know you’re also running into sets here sometimes, but most of time I think he has AK.

 

[dannyssteez]

Yeah preflop against utg's range a weak ace is getting dominated too often to call to this sizing, usually fold can 3 bet bluff but need bigger sizing. The turn raise feels like an overplay hard to get called by worse on such a dry board.