Poker Stars, $0.25/$0.50 Limit Hold'em Cash, 2 Players
Preflop: Hero is SB with 5
Q
Hero raises, BB calls
Flop: (4 SB) 5
8 9
(2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, BB raises, Hero calls
Turn: (4 BB) 3 (2 players)
BB bets, Hero calls
River: (6 BB) 2 (2 players)
BB bets, Hero calls
Opponent: 43/0/0 AF-80%
Is this a Calldown? or Fold Turn HU??
Hi!
If this guy is very passive(and you have a solid read!) I dont mind folding turn assuming we are just not good often enough. But vs anyone semi decent this should be a clear calldown on nice cards. If you fold 5x then you are folding pretty much your entire range which includes any Ax,overs,lower pockets... nothing else but calldown here.
How many hands did you have on this opponent? The fact that he hasnt yet raised any hand makes his range stronger and lets me think he might be just playing passive with his drawing hands like T7 QT JT and Gutshots. This is what you need to find out at the table. Take notes on your opponent and when you see him just check/calling with reasonable draws. Lets say JT is the best drawing hand here. If he does even just c/c this hand and is not basically semibluffing at all, you can fold the Turn but with no specific information about how he plays his hands you should calldown. x6 x7 T7 J7 JT QJ and all those hands are possibly in his range and as dawnfall mentioned: You need to take care that you are not folding too much.
Especially in Fixed Limit where Ax and Kx is a showdownvalueable hand that you can call down with if many worse straightdraws are possible. Your odds are very often great and you just need to be ahead against quite a few out of his range. That doesn't mean that you call K6 on J85 as you did in the other hand but you need to select the spots precisely. It takes a while of experience and theory to figure out what action is appropiate in which situation.
In this situation i like your calldown. Folding is too weak according to the fact that no draw got there.
