{"id":1603,"date":"2019-01-03T10:09:41","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T10:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.coinpoker.com\/?p=1603"},"modified":"2019-01-03T10:09:41","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T10:09:41","slug":"melika-hand-analysis-p9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinpoker.com\/melika-hand-analysis-p9\/","title":{"rendered":"High Stakes Hand Analysis with Pro Player Melika Razavi P9"},"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

I raise from the button to 1,200 with \"\"\"\"\u00a0and oribatej<\/strong>\u00a0calls 600 from the big blind.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Melika<\/p>\n

The flop is \"\"\"\"\"\"\u00a0and I would cbet this flop 100% of the time with 1\/4 sizing. It\u2019s important to put pressure on boards where we have an advantage over our opponent\u2019s possible value hand combinations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since our opponent didn\u2019t re-raise preflop he isn\u2019t likely to have \"\"\"\",\u00a0\"\"\"\", or \"\"\"\". I can, and therefore I should, bet 100% of my hands on flops with\u00a0\"\"\"\". <\/span><\/p>\n

The turn is a \"\". oribatej<\/strong> checks and I decide to bet 600 (1\/4 size) which oribatej<\/strong> calls.<\/span><\/p>\n

I need at least a gutshot straight draw to bet again and I like up the size to about 2\/3.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My plan on the turn is to continue to bluff if I have any equity. I need at least a gutshot straight draw to bet again and I like up the size to about 2\/3.<\/span><\/p>\n

The river is a \"\"\u00a0and oribatej<\/strong> checks. I bet 4,200 and my opponent folds<\/span><\/p>\n

Along with the river is a four-card straight. I decided to bet half-pot size and represent a queen for straight. The river gave me a great opportunity to bluff with cards that may not have any showdown value, like a pair of aces or better.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hand #2<\/h2>\n

ESPdriven<\/strong> limps 100 and I raise to 400 with \"\"\"\"\u00a0which he calls.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Melika<\/p>\n

The flop is \"\"\"\"\"\"\u00a0with a spade flush draw. <\/span><\/p>\n

ESPdriven<\/strong> decides to donk bet 100 into the 950 pot. I always assume that these small leads in lieu of checking are signs of some kind of weakness.<\/span><\/p>\n

The bet is so small that it is pretty much the same as a check, except that he reveals weakness again and now I definitely don\u2019t believe he has a queen.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Therefore I feel that I definitely have the best hand here and raise to 600. He calls and the turn is another \"\"\u00a0after which he leads 100 again. <\/span><\/p>\n

The bet is so small that it is pretty much the same as a check, except that he reveals weakness again and now I definitely don\u2019t believe he has a queen. <\/span><\/p>\n

I call and the river gives us a blank \"\"\u00a0and ESPdriven<\/strong>\u00a0makes a pot bet of 2,350. I have a very easy call to make here, even though I am blocking some of his potential bluff hands with the\u00a0\"\".<\/span><\/p>\n

Sometimes you can pick up reads easily on online tables, and the most common way players reveal weakness is with bet sizing mistakes.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The small bet indeed was a form of stop betting that I \u00a0would never recommend trying.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

ESPdriven<\/strong> showed J10o, a missed gutshot and the pot of 7,050<\/strong> goes to me. The small bet indeed was a form of stop betting that I \u00a0would never recommend trying.<\/span><\/p>\n

Check out more hand analyses by poker pro Melika Razavi:<\/strong><\/h3>\n