Min raise AJo @ 24BB.
Flat 0.5P donk on QT7 tt board.
I have A high and a gutshot which is doing fine against villain's assumed donking range of draws + some single pair hands which are afraid of a check back on this board. But more importantly I have postion for the rest of the hand.
I flat. Pretty standard to this point I think?
Turned top pair and get 2barrelled into.
I decide to flat to keep bluffs in villain's range planning to bluff catch basically all rivers (might be able to find a fold on 9h or 8h vs villains flop donking range which now is all strong hands).
Pretty gross river where a lot of the draws villain was semibluff donking and barreling on this board which hits his perceived OOP flatting range hard now have made some very strong made hands. Plus, the hands in villain's assumed donking range which didn't make strong hands now have some showdown value which they are unlikely to turn into a bluff by jamming the river.
I guess villain could donk Qx sometimes (out of fear of me checking back this board) and might barrel off for value?
Is this just a standard cooler holding bluff catcher vs somewhat polar range?
Should I jam over the turn barrel to protect vs draws? ie. Is there more value in calling and letting villain bluff with his missed draws on the river or in jamming now and likely taking down the pot?
No Limit Holdem Tournament • 2 Players
$6.85+$0.15
Hand converted by the official HUSNG.com hand converter
| BB | rammy999 | 520 | |
| SB | Hero | 480 |
Effective Stacks: 24bb
Blinds 10/20
Pre-Flop (30, 2 players)
Hero is SB
Hero raises to 40, rammy999 calls 20
Flop (80, 2 players)
rammy999 bets 40, Hero calls 40
Turn (160, 2 players)
rammy999 bets 100, Hero calls 100
River (360, 2 players)
rammy999 goes all-in 340, Hero goes all-in 300
Final Pot: 960
rammy999 shows a straight, Eight to Queen
Hero shows a pair of Aces
rammy999 wins 1000 ( won +480 )
Hero lost -480
it´s difficult.
i´d mostly read him for Tx, 7x (both of which often river two pair) and FDs. but since he is at no point slowing down, although the A hits, i really have a hard time calling here.
i think the turn is a good spot to put in a raise while you most likely are ahead. many bluffs will slow down on the river if they brick on an A high board. on the turn you are a huge favourite against villain´s range and given the tendency of many players at 7$ to chase hopeless draws, you should expect you get paid off by worse hands a lot.
cheers
s.