{"id":1396,"date":"2018-11-23T10:51:07","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T10:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.coinpoker.com\/?p=1396"},"modified":"2018-11-23T10:51:07","modified_gmt":"2018-11-23T10:51:07","slug":"melika-hand-analysis-p4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinpoker.com\/melika-hand-analysis-p4\/","title":{"rendered":"High Stakes Hand Analysis with Pro Player Melika Razavi P4"},"content":{"rendered":"

High stakes regular, magician, pageant queen, and CoinPoker ambassador Melika Razavi loves hitting the cash game tables. To give our community some insight into her pot-winning strategies, Melika will walk you through two great hands step-by-step.<\/b><\/p>\n

Hand #1<\/h2>\n

In a heads-up No-Limit cash game with Ennuye<\/strong>, I open 3x to 6,000 with\"\"\"\".<\/strong> He calls, and the flop gives \"\"\"\"\"\".<\/p>\n

\"High<\/p>\n

For second pairs I like to cbet, especially with a high card or a kicker like a 7. I like to bet 1\/3 of the pot since I will be very wide in terms of both value and bluffs.\u00a0I cbet 4000 and Ennuyecheck-raises to 16,000 so I call.<\/p>\n

Because of my small cbet size, my opponent will be forced to check-raise with a lot of bluffs. Also, he is forced to raise light for value.\u00a0If I don’t check-raise enough times against a 1\/3 cbet size, then I will get exploited.<\/p>\n

This means I will get away with too many bluffs on the flop and your stack will get smaller as my smile gets bigger.<\/p>\n

Ennuye<\/strong> should definitely check-raise with hands like flush draws, open-ended straight draws, gutshots, 2pair+ and some singles pairs (i.e. jacks with a high kicker).<\/p>\n

He can’s have\u00a0\"\"\"\"\u00a0or \"\"\"\"<\/strong>\u00a0as he would have placed a 3-bet preflop. For these reasons, I see this as an easy call.<\/p>\n

The turn gives a\u00a0\"\", <\/strong>and my opponent bets 32,000 into 44,000 and I call.<\/p>\n

Because he bet most after turn, it’s very likely that I have the best hand here.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My hand has improved to 2 pairs and the only hands that could beat me are\u00a0\"\"\"\",
\n\"\"\"\", or\"\"\"\"<\/strong>. Because he bet most after turn, it’s very likely that I have the best hand here. However, with a double flush draw and straight draw board, there are a lot of draws in most of our opponents’ range.
\nSince I have 178000 left, it’s a bit too much for me to go all-in with. This is one possible way to play the hand if I have less left in my stack to protect my hand against the draws. Now, with a lot of chips left I’d rather bluff catch against his missed draws on the river.<\/p>\n

The river comes \"\"<\/strong>\u00a0which is a really bad card for me and if Ennuye would bet half the pot or a 2\/3-sized bet I most likely end up folding my hand.<\/p>\n

Luckily for me, he decided to check and now there’s no reason for me to bet.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Luckily for me, he decided to check and now there’s no reason for me to bet. There aren’t many hands in his range that I think he would call a value bet if I made it. For example, with \"\"\"\"<\/strong>\u00a0or \"\"\"\"<\/strong>\u00a0he’s not gonna call if bet on the river.<\/p>\n

After he checks the river I have enough showdown value to check behind. I don’t have to turn my hand into a bluff and bet to represent a flush or an 8 for straight.<\/p>\n

Ennuye<\/strong> could also be going for a check-raise with a flush or trapping by check-calling the straight. He could even bluff check-raising me out of the hand with a worse hand if I bet the river.<\/p>\n

The river is obviously a really bad card for me and if Ennuye<\/strong> would’ve bet I most likely end up folding my hand depending on how much. He can represent both a straight and a flush, and it would be really hard for me to call even though the flush draw from the flop has missed.<\/p>\n

If he bet on the river I only beat a bluff so it would’ve been the same as calling with a Jack. In the end, I won the pot with 2 pairs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hand #2<\/h2>\n

I’m on another No-Limit table in a heads up game with oribatej<\/strong>, and decide to open 600 from the button with \"\"\"\"<\/strong>. My opponent then 3bets to 2,400.<\/p>\n

\"High<\/p>\n

Here I decide to call since it’s a heads-up game and my hand it’s not too bad to defend. My opponent 3bets quiet often so it makes it easier to call as he is 3betting with much wider range.<\/p>\n

The flop is\"\"\"\"\"\", and oribatej<\/strong> bets 1800 and I call again, because I have the\u00a0\"\"\u00a0in my hand so if I hit a diamond I can turn my Ace high into a bluff.<\/p>\n

I don’t think he would bet that small with a set or 2 pairs as there is a double flush draw on the board.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The turn gives us a \"\"<\/b>, and here I pick up some more outs. The bet is 3200 which is 1\/4 of the pot, and it’s too cheap for me to fold. I don’t think he would bet that small with a set or 2 pairs as there is a double flush draw on the board.<\/p>\n

So I put him on hands like\u00a0\"\"\"\",\u00a0\"\"\"\",\u00a0\"\"\"\",\u00a0\"\"\"\"\u00a0, or\u00a0\"\"\"\"\u00a0(suited).<\/strong>\u00a0There are also a lot of flush and straight draws that I could beat so I called.<\/p>\n

The river is \"\"<\/strong>, and oribatej<\/strong> bets 5,200 into the 22,200 pot, and I have 13000 left behind. I decided to shove all-in as I think he had to fold many of his value bets on that river, plus I’m blocking him from having the nut flush.<\/p>\n

It’s not fun for oribatej<\/strong> to call this river shove without a flush, and he will have a hard time calling with 2 pairs or a set here.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s not fun for oribatej<\/strong> to call this river shove without a flush, and he will have a hard time calling with 2 pairs or a set here. I would play\u00a0\"\"\"\"\u00a0<\/strong>or\u00a0\"\"\"\"<\/strong>\u00a0the same way, and that is 9 combos in total<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I both block him from having these combos and<\/em> I will end up on the river with these nut flush hands. In the end, my bluff worked and he folded his hand and I won the pot.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Check out more hand analyses by poker pro Melika Razavi here:<\/strong><\/p>\n