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TJtheTJ
Joined: 12.10.2011

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 5.5 Tournament, 10/20 Blinds (9 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

CO (t7680)
Button (t2470)
SB (t7450)
BB (t2460)
UTG (t2500)
Hero (UTG+1) (t7690)
MP1 (t7500)
MP2 (t2400)
MP3 (t7320)

Hero's M: 256.33

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with A, K
1 fold, Hero bets t80, 5 folds, SB calls t70, BB calls t60

Flop: (t240) 10, J, 5 (3 players)
SB checks, BB bets t80, Hero raises to t260, SB calls t260, 1 fold

Turn: (t840) A (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t600, SB calls t600

River: (t2040) K (2 players)
SB bets t3100, Hero folds

Total pot: t2040

Pretty ugly spot here, but I'm quite sure I made a good fold here.

Pre-flop is pretty standard I suppose. On the flop, when an unknown player donks such a small amount and I have at least some equity in the hand, I tend to re-raise them a lot of the time, because in my experience it usually means they don't have anything. Maybe I raised a little large, which I did because it was a three-way pot. Considering SB's check on the flop, it surprised me that he actually called (whereas I indeed got BB to fold).

On the turn I hit my top pair, and since SB wouldn't necessarily have hit his draw yet I think betting was the right option here. Now the river is quite an ugly card. Yes I do hit my second pair, but every other draw gets completed. Now, I'm not quite sure what to make of SB's bet here. I can hardly imagine he would do something like this with a monster, because a weaker hand would hardly ever call him. But then again, he's an unknown player, so I don't know his thought process yet.

This is a spot that I've encountered a few times, and I often see different results. Sometimes the guy has the nuts, sometimes he has a busted draw, and sometimes he was just calling with air all the time and decided to bluff the river.

So, did I do the right thing here? I'd like some input on that :)


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gordy1957
Joined: 01.04.2010

The overbet on the river makes it look like he wants you to fold so my guess is that he had a busted spade flush draw, but there are plenty of Queen hands in his range,so you have to fold here.
Maybe bet/fold the river would have been better.

cheers Gordy


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Atoks
Joined: 01.06.2008

Preflop is fine.
OTF: given the stack sizes u and SB have, I'm not a big fan of reraising. If SB has a draw he still has very big implied odds after u reraise and I don't see him folding any of his donkbetting range (which I would assume are strong made hands like 55 TT and JJ and any kind of draw). I think it would be better to either call and try to float or call/fold if BB decides to put in a 3Bet. This way we keep the pot small and prevent future spots where we will be facing tough decisions worth a lot of chips.

OTT: As played and with the card that shows up we have to bet. However I would prefer to make a smaller bet, something between 400-500 chips. It should achieve the same effect but also keep the pot slightly smaller, while at the same time we get to keep a few more chips when we are wrong.

OTR: When he calls our turn bet I would just hope to see a free showdown regardless of what card shows up on the river. When he fires such an overbet we have to assume that we are beat more often than winning. I would also fold.


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