On the importance of the betting scale: Andy was bluffed with Q hi, wanted to follow, and covered a good hand

Pro player Mikki always takes a lot of action and is one of the funniest players on the Hustler Casino Live Stream. In our playing cards of the week, he bluffed Andy Stacks in a big pot with only Q-high!

The hand was played in the NL$200/$400 high-roller table game broadcast live at Hustler Casino, featuring Antonio Esfandiari, Andy Stacks, Nick Vertucci, Mikki and others.

Match details

Before the flop

Mikki grabs his head for $400; folds to Andy, he raises to $1,100 with J6; the next few players fold, act back to Mikki, he uses QJ 3bet to $3,300; Andy calls.

Pot size: $7,050

Flop 972

That's great for Mikki because he got the flush card and also has two high cards. He made a fairly large sustained bet — $4,400, about 63 percent of the pot.

Andy, who only listened to the cards in the backdoor, made an unexpected pass at this point - raising to $11,000 and quickly received a call from Mikki.

Pot size: $29,500.

Transfer 6

This one is very interesting because it gives Andy a hand to 6 and gets some showdown value. Mikki played again, and this time Andy played too.

Pot size: $29,500

River 3

This 3 is a waste card, Mikki missed his flush, only Q-high. He knew he couldn't win a showdown by passing through the cards, so he decided to bluff by placing a $13,000 bet.

Andy got caught up in more than a minute of struggle and finally decided to fold. Mikki won a pot of $42,250 with Q-high alone!

analyse

Very interesting hand, definitely worth digging into, so let's get started!

Andy's J6 on the CO level is a loose way to play, but you always have to shoot a shot from time to time. Mikki can either call or 3bet because his cards have good playability after the flop.

He chose a more radical line. Andy should have folded his cards here, but he chose to call with his edge cards, most likely because he was in a good position.

Flop circles are very favorable to the range of the caller, as he can call here with JTs, T9s, 97s, and Pocket 7 and Pocket 2 cards. However, on this particular occasion, it was much better for the filler, as Mikki got the flush card.

Mikki chose a fairly large 63% pot continuous bet scale after being passed. Again, Andy was supposed to fold here, but he made a 3x pass-raise. Andy knew that this public deck structure was very favorable to his range, and might have thought that Mikki had no cards, but the latter called.

Now Andy knows that Mikki has something, so he's turning the cards because he now has showdown value when he hits 6.

A void card in the River Circle, Mikki bluffs at $13,000, equivalent to 44% of the pot. The more Andy thought about it, the more wrong he became, and he finally covered a good hand.

summary

This hand is a good illustration of the importance of the betting scale in poker. When asked about the hand, Andy said: "My instincts wanted to call, but he bet just the right amount. If he had placed a little less, I might have called him here. ”

Still, Andy did make two mistakes early in the hand, which got him in big trouble. If he chooses to fold against the pre-flop 3bet, he will only lose $1,100.

Second, the flop's check-raise was too much of a failure for Andy because he only had the backdoor to listen to the cards. I prefer to use the inner listening straight, open straight or flush to pass the card - raise, only the backdoor to listen to the card, the call is a more reasonable choice.

In the end, Andy ended up in trouble and lost a big pot, which could have saved him by flipping a simple fold.