Can we bluff catch on this River?

We have a marginal holding on a relatively dangerous board. Can we still extract some value in this situation?

This time we have a hand provided by SpinLegends team. In a €100 Spin&Go game, our Hero raises first in with A6o from the Small Blind. The Big Blind decides to defend passively.

The Flop doesn't promise us much value, but we still have an A-high hand. This board is not really suitable for a continuation bet, so we just check to keep the pot small. After all, we have some showdown value against his calling range.

The Turn improves our hand. It's only a marginal holding but we're still ahead of opponent's range. We need to protect it but there's no need to inflate the pot either. On the other hand, we don't want the Villain to bluff us out with a big bet. Considering all this, our Hero decides that a probe bet of less than half the pot works best. This bet meets a call, so we managed to get to the River cheaply.

And now, with this Jack on the River, we can no longer value bet. More likely, we'll turn our hand with showdown value into a bluff. We decide to check, and our opponent bets. Will our bluff catch be profitable enough? We can always fold otherwise. Anyway, time for you to decide our Hero's fate.

Last week's result

Donkbet, check/fold, check/call—those were the options in the last high stakes review after our Hero OtB_RedBaron ended up with on a Turn with lots of draw possibilities.

All our communities chose the correct play with check/call by majority of 996 votes, from 44% in French community to 68% in its Spanish equivalent.

The range of 0Human0 is simply still too wide, enabling us to call with pocket tens without being too worried about it. In the end, 0Human0 actually had , putting him ahead against Hero with top-pair. Still, calling is the right choice because his range will obviously contain a lot more draws and bluffs as well.