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[Closed] To bluff or not to bluff

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ronekinky
Joined: 25.04.2008

So this is a 2$ rush rebuy mtt. Should i ever bluff river here? He ofcourse snapcalled with 78o since nothing can beat that hand...

I immediately thought to myself "dude, this is a 2dollar mtt, dont bluff vs these callingstations".

Full Tilt - 250/500 NL RUSH - Holdem - 9 players

BTN: 22,118.00
SB: 13,607.00
BB: 61,787.00
UTG: 45,474.00
UTG+1: 66,944.00
MP: 83,779.00
MP+1: 29,069.00
Hero (LP): 33,179.00
CO: 46,620.00

BTN posts ante 50.00, SB posts ante 50.00, BB posts ante 50.00, UTG posts ante 50.00, UTG+1 posts ante 50.00, MP posts ante 50.00, MP+1 posts ante 50.00, Hero posts ante 50.00, CO posts ante 50.00, SB posts SB 250.00, BB posts BB 500.00

Pre Flop: (1200.00) Hero has J♠ 9♠

fold, UTG+1 raises to 1,250.00, fold, MP+1 calls 1,250.00, Hero calls 1,250.00, fold, fold, fold, fold

Flop: (4950.00, 3 players) Q♦ 6♠ 8♦
UTG+1 checks, MP+1 bets 2,450.00, Hero calls 2,450.00, fold

Turn: (9850.00, 2 players) 7♠
MP+1 bets 4,958.00, Hero calls 4,958.00

River: (19766.00, 2 players) 2♦
MP+1 checks, Hero bets 9,000.00, MP+1 calls 9,000.00


4 replies

I wouldn't bluff here, i mean you could have been check/calling with a flush draw which is pretty standard in the micros, but does he ever fold his two pair here?

Your bluff is also very small so i guess he had the right price to call you even if he thought he was behind more times than not. Bluff bigger or just give up.


amplifyd
Joined: 03.08.2009

Nah I don't like bluffing at all. If you had enough to overbet - I might do that.


muebarek
Joined: 31.07.2008

It should be an easy fold pre, imo. In a deepstacked cashgame, there can be merits in overcoldcalling these type of hands to balance your ranges and play for massive implieds but with these shallow stacks I don't see any value in calling here - especially with tons of players behind you. Squeezing isn't an option, too. The standard UTG+1-ranges in $2 Tourneys are way too tight on average and even coldcallers just don't like to fold their junk often enough.

On the flop, since UTG is check/folding like 90% of the time (and MP1 could be aware of that - which in this case I don't believe since MP1 is a fish) you could sometimes try to float with bdfd+gutshot, so it should be ok, if you don't do it 100% of the time.

Turn call is pretty standard. You get the price you need directly and with implieds on the disguised backdoor flush -> call.

River: As the others already said - with the odds you're offering him you should be bluffing with a very low frequency even against good opponents. Against fish (which is the case here), bluffing about 0% of the time seems about right in that spot ;)


Tiltberger
Joined: 23.06.2005

call preflop is ok -> with deep stacks ip. as played i fold the flop with another player behind me. as played you can call turn or also raise turn -> looks pretty strong too and you got a lot of outs if you get called!

but fold on the flop -> the easiest way!