I have a general question about playing top pair hands vs. LAGs (Maniacs) on drawheavy flops and how to avoid difficult decisions on the river (or turn) if a scare card comes up.
Most of the time I play pretty loose aggressive too, but from time to time I have some problems with guys playing back at me overaggressive or just act like maniacs.
So it sometimes happens, that I raise with a good hand preflop, flop top pair, good kicker, I cbet, turn is a blank, bet turn for value and boom - river is a pretty scary card and the maniac donks nearly pot.
Let´s say its hard to make any reads on this guy by his potsizing. He overbets pots in the past with strong hands and also with bluffs.
Here is how a hand could have been played:
NL Holdem $20(BB)
Villain ($1500)
Hero ($1500)
Hero posts (SB) $10
Villain posts (BB) $20
Dealt to Hero As Ks
Hero bets $60
Villain calls $60
FLOP ($120) Kc Jc 7d
Villain checks
Hero bets $80
Villain calls $80
TURN ($280) Kc Jc 7d 2h
Villain checks
Hero bets $210
Villain calls $210
RIVER ($700) Kc Jc 7d 2h 9c
Villain bets $680
Hero ???
Is it better to check the turn for potcontrol and call the river not matter what card comes up against these guys?
a little trik to exploit this guys is playng draws like u play the TP,so when u hit ur draw,they r gonna to rep it oop,such a good spot
Hi Fiammaz!
Thanks a lot for your answer. Setting this kind of trap might work very well against aggressive opponents. The difficulty might be, that we have to bluffbet the river with our busted draw if a nothing card comes up.
On the flop and turn I assume you forgot to put "villain checks" before each of your bets?
Thanks RyPac!
I edited it now in the original post!