Can you handle river pot bets?
We hit runner runner trips on the river but have we outrun our opponent? Your expert advice is needed!
We're back at NL50 looking for some sweet spots. But as soon as we find one, we face a big problem.
Raising 4BB preflop is not really a mistake but, let's face it, playing like this is so 2001... Our play in late positions should be more balanced. It's better to raise 2-2.5 BB with all your RFI range. A bigger raise just makes your opponents play more carefully; lighter calls and 3-bets are off the table.
The Small Blind calls, and we're heads-up on the flop. Checking back is fine because it's unlikely for us to knock out better hands with a c-bet. Besides, we dominate the hands we still beat, like Ax and Kx with lower kickers.
The turn brings us a top pair, but the Villain suddenly leads with a pot bet. In his eyes, the King should fit our checking range, and yet he plays aggressively. This could mean many things – like previously slowplayed sets, strong semi-bluffs or just overplayed top pairs. Anyway, our Hero decides he doesn't have enough equity for a value raise. He prefers to play WA/WB instead with intention to re-evaluate the situation on the river.
But it only gets harder. The second community King gives us a very strong hand, but our opponent keeps playing relentlessly and fires another pot bet at us. Some spot to re-evaluate, huh? Well, we just need to think about his range and choose one of the three options below. Simple as that, nothing our experts can't handle. Yes, we mean you. Please help our Hero solve this problem.
//
Do we have a value raise against the Villain? In this case feel free to punish him for overplaying his hands. Calling looks like a consistent play, but maybe we can consider ourselves a losing side and simply fold to avoid wasting money? Anyway, time for you to vote!
Previous poll's results
Last time we were trying to win a muli-way pot with a weaker triplet. But, as expected, things didn't go that well.
There are too many better hands compared to the hands we beat. Check/calling will cost us more than bet/folding simply because our opponent will be betting more than 1/3 of the pot. The range will also be pretty tight. Usually spots like this combine costly and very costly mistakes. By playing check/fold, we avoid all of them. Yes, that was a trick question since there was no such option in the poll.
