Until recently, I didn’t play HSNL very often on Poker Stars and consequently did not remember anything about this player. However, I had a note on him indicating that I had previously observed him fail to make a thin value bet. Thus, I felt comfortable calling him down here:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $20.00 BB (5 handed) – Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
UTG ($2613)
MP ($5724)
Button ($3810)
SB ($1980)
Hero (BB) ($2506)
Preflop: Hero is BB with Q
, 4
3 folds, SB raises to $70, Hero calls $50
Flop: ($140) 4
, 8
, 8 (2 players)
SB bets $80, Hero calls $80
Turn: ($300) 6 (2 players)
SB bets $230, Hero calls $230
River: ($760) 9 (2 players)
SB bets $560, Hero calls $560
Total pot: $1880 | Rake: $2
Whereas a better, or at least more tricky, player might try to get multiple streets of value from hands as weak as A6, that would definitely fall into the thin category. It’s almost past the point of value to range merging, or trying to nullify the value of my position by playing as much of his range as possible in an identical fashion so that I couldn’t get a read on him.
In any event, that’s not the sort of thing I was expecting based on my note. From the type of opponent I believed this one to be, I’m usually going to see either trips or air here. Maybe he can show up with some of the bigger overpairs, but given how wide his pre-flop range is, his three-barreling range will probably be weighted towards air regardless.
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