Ok, suppose i can offer what i was thikning during the hand, although im pretty sure its just a clear attempt from jamie to get me to tell him my hand lol.
History with Jamie in previous sessions is pretty minimal, think we have played together once before, but in this session hes been 3 betting me a decent amount, usually quite big when ive been isolating the limpers. Each time ive just passed, but never had better than QTo.
He's deffinatley been bemoaning his luck abit and is down in the game, considering quitting etc.
Pre is pretty standard, we open with
and jamie calls in position.
Flop is good for my hand with it coming
and we c-bet.
When im flatted on the flop im pretty sure im good, expecting him to have some sort of pair and s-draw combo.
The 9 pairing on the turn, im expecting you to rep a large amount of the time when i check to you, and i know i can look full of shit if i c/r, but when you bet so small it just felt like you were really trying to induce coz id kind of gave up. If you bet bigger im almost deffo raising.
Decided that i could make some random raise on the river repping not a lot if i just check called now. Also, if my read is wrong and u have air i get another bet out of you, plus your gonna find it pretty hard not to v-bet any pairs if it bricks off etc.
So river pairs the 8, and i just dont see any value in betting as your 100% betting a 8 anyway, plus all your busted draws, counterfeted hands etc.
River is kind of interesting....What a lot of people were saying about the raise size, i dont think comes into effect too much. If i was c/r as a bluff, im trying to get you to fold anything but a house, which your gonna prob do for £100 more or £300 more. TBH i didnt consider a straight to be a very big part of your range til you started tanking the river,
The second reason i went small was because i was so sure you wouldnt expect me to have a 9, you may try and re-stab with your air, or even try and get me off a chop, as im aware you prob think i cant have better than a 8.
Think this hand would have been more interesting if it had been in a straddled pot as the stack:pot ratio would have been tighter, pot much bigger and may have induced you to turn your hand into a bluff on the river more often.
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