$2 NL HE 6-max: Hero in MP lost to a higher " three of a kind" from UTG villian who open raised pre flop

[beazer76]

Game

Hold'em

Game Format

No Limit

Stakes

$.01/$.02

Table Format

6-max (6 seats)

Currency

$

Hi im beazer , I'm a new player - new to learning the game of poker !

How would you have played this hand if you were HERO in Middle Position / HighJack with Pocket Sevens?

DId I play my hand correctly? So losing to a higher set is just part of the game of 6 max cash games? is that correct? ( i'm just a new learner so don't know much)

Im not sure If I made + EV best choices here.

I just checked my handcharts ( the hand chart matrix thing) it seems to be telling me that when UTG open raises that my pocket sevens is supposed to be a fold.

So maybe the correct poker move is to say " UTG open raises...ive got my pocket sevens and folding is the play".

So it seems my " call behind" with my pocket sevens is my first pre flop mistake here?

Villian in UTG I only had 18 hands on with hud stats 33/22.

Would it be true to say that if Villian in UTG was VPIP 40+ then my pocket sevens calling becomes a good "exploitive" poker play perhaps? ( and +EV ?)

Anyhow , thank you in advance if anyone wants to help new player.

Holdem(No Limit) - $0.01/$0.02

Seat 1: EinsamerTanz ($2.00)
Seat 2: Nevadom1 ($2.00)
Seat 3: Eva100982 ($2.12)
Seat 4: beazer76 ($2.00)
Seat 5: GerkaHunter ($2.40)
Seat 6: carlovich770 ($2.71)

EinsamerTanz posts the small blind $0.01
Nevadom1 posts the big blind $0.02

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to beazer76 [7s 7h]
Eva100982 raises $0.06 to $0.06 from UTG ( Villian )
beazer76 calls $0.06 from MP / HJ ( HERO)
GerkaHunter calls $0.06 from CO
carlovich770 folds from BTN
EinsamerTanz folds from SB
Nevadom1 folds from BB

FLOP arrives:

[Tc 6s 3d]

Main pot $0.20 | Rake $0.01

Eva100982 bets $0.07
beazer76 calls $0.07
GerkaHunter folds

*** TURN *** [Tc 6s 3d] [7c]

Main pot $0.34 | Rake $0.01

Eva100982 bets $0.22
beazer76 raises $0.44 to $0.44
Eva100982 calls $0.22

*** RIVER *** [Tc 6s 3d 7c] [4h]

Main pot $1.17 | Rake $0.06
Eva100982 checks
beazer76 bets $1.43 and is all-in
Eva100982 calls $1.43

*** SHOW DOWN ***

Main pot $3.89 | Rake $0.20

Eva100982 shows [Td Ts] (three of a kind, Set of Tens [Ts Td Tc 7c 6s])
beazer76 shows [7s 7h] (three of a kind, Set of Sevens [7s 7h 7c Tc 6s])
Eva100982 collected $3.89 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***

Board [Tc 6s 3d 7c 4h]
Seat 3: Eva100982 showed [Td Ts] and won $3.89 with three of a kind, Set of Tens [Ts Td Tc 7c 6s]
Seat 4: beazer76 showed [7s 7h] and lost with three of a kind, Set of Sevens [7s 7h 7c Tc 6s]

 

[Aballinamion]

Hi im beazer , I'm a new player - new to learning the game of poker !

How would you have played this hand if you were HERO in Middle Position / HighJack with Pocket Sevens?

DId I play my hand correctly? So losing to a higher set is just part of the game of 6 max cash games? is that correct? ( i'm just a new learner so don't know much)

Im not sure If I made + EV best choices here.

I just checked my handcharts ( the hand chart matrix thing) it seems to be telling me that when UTG open raises that my pocket sevens is supposed to be a fold.

So maybe the correct poker move is to say " UTG open raises...ive got my pocket sevens and folding is the play".

So it seems my " call behind" with my pocket sevens is my first pre flop mistake here?

Villian in UTG I only had 18 hands on with hud stats 33/22.

Would it be true to say that if Villian in UTG was VPIP 40+ then my pocket sevens calling becomes a good "exploitive" poker play perhaps? ( and +EV ?)

Anyhow , thank you in advance if anyone wants to help new player.

Holdem(No Limit) - $0.01/$0.02

Seat 1: EinsamerTanz ($2.00)
Seat 2: Nevadom1 ($2.00)
Seat 3: Eva100982 ($2.12)
Seat 4: beazer76 ($2.00)
Seat 5: GerkaHunter ($2.40)
Seat 6: carlovich770 ($2.71)

EinsamerTanz posts the small blind $0.01
Nevadom1 posts the big blind $0.02

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to beazer76 [7s 7h]
Eva100982 raises $0.06 to $0.06 from UTG ( Villian )
beazer76 calls $0.06 from MP / HJ ( HERO)
GerkaHunter calls $0.06 from CO
carlovich770 folds from BTN
EinsamerTanz folds from SB
Nevadom1 folds from BB

FLOP arrives:

[Tc 6s 3d]

Main pot $0.20 | Rake $0.01

Eva100982 bets $0.07
beazer76 calls $0.07
GerkaHunter folds

*** TURN *** [Tc 6s 3d] [7c]

Main pot $0.34 | Rake $0.01

Eva100982 bets $0.22
beazer76 raises $0.44 to $0.44
Eva100982 calls $0.22

*** RIVER *** [Tc 6s 3d 7c] [4h]

Main pot $1.17 | Rake $0.06
Eva100982 checks
beazer76 bets $1.43 and is all-in
Eva100982 calls $1.43

*** SHOW DOWN ***

Main pot $3.89 | Rake $0.20

Eva100982 shows [Td Ts] (three of a kind, Set of Tens [Ts Td Tc 7c 6s])
beazer76 shows [7s 7h] (three of a kind, Set of Sevens [7s 7h 7c Tc 6s])
Eva100982 collected $3.89 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***

Board [Tc 6s 3d 7c 4h]
Seat 3: Eva100982 showed [Td Ts] and won $3.89 with three of a kind, Set of Tens [Ts Td Tc 7c 6s]
Seat 4: beazer76 showed [7s 7h] and lost with three of a kind, Set of Sevens [7s 7h 7c Tc 6s]

Hi there mate, glad that you are playing cash and don’t worry about being a newbie, we are all learning around here!
Your hand is very good, in spots like this we are calling almost always, so preflop is okay.
On the flop we cannot fold, for we have some equity for a straight. But we must call having in mind that UTG has better hands than us, such as AT+, 88+, etc
The turn is very good to us, for we aren’t expecting villain to have many low-medium straights and having strong pairs that would certainly call our raise.
We are betting on the turn for value, for in this situation we expect to have the winning hand most of times and we want villain’s AT, JJ, QQ, KK, AA and the combo draws of clubs to continue paying our raise.
On the river villain checks and we don’t see many winnings hands ahead, thus we are certainly betting this river, I’m not sure if jamming is the best move: when we jam we are screaming that either we own a very strong hand or nothing and we allow villain to fold all of its losing hands and call us only with hands that have us beat.
We could bet 1/2 pot, 2/3 pot, 3/4 pot expecting to get calls of JJ+ for example. When we jam we allow these same hands to fold.
But as played, many players would’ve called having JJ+, so this is essentially a cooler.
We must keep our mind clear and move on for these situation will happen once in a while. We shouldn’t let it affect our gameplay and if we feel it has affected the way we play, we shut the table and go relax.

Thanks for submitting your hand to analysis, keep on grinding and let the chips fall as they may.

Best regards;