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NL400 Big blind battle bluff

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fuzzyfish
Joined: 12.01.2010
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SB and me are both quite aggressive and have some dynamics going on. He really likes to steal from BB, I sometimes call him with various hands and sometimes I 3bet.

This time I decide to run a big postflop bluff. Its not that I'm trying to represent a monster here, I simply think that he's too weak here usually to make such kind of call on the river.

On the turn he could call my raise with suspicious middle pair or maybe a draw. So does my river bluff make sense?

Cake - $4 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

MP: $410.60
CO: $975.60
BTN: $842.20
SB: $795.62
Hero (BB): $523.00
UTG: $398.10

SB posts SB $2.00, Hero posts BB $4.00

Pre Flop: ($6.00) Hero has Q♥ K♠

fold, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to $12.00, Hero calls $8.00

Flop: ($24.00, 2 players) 9♦ 5♣ 5♦
SB bets $16.00, Hero calls $16.00

Turn: ($56.00, 2 players) A♠
SB bets $36.00, Hero raises to $132.00, SB calls $96.00

River: ($320.00, 2 players) K♣
SB checks, Hero bets $363.00 and is all-in, SB calls $363.00


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EmanuelC16
Joined: 02.01.2010
Oldschool Grinder

You beat middle pair and suspicious draw. That should answer the river bluff question, unless you expect him to EVER fold Ax and that he has it a lot in his range.


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fuzzyfish
Joined: 12.01.2010
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Oh yeah, to tell the truth I misread the hand and didnt notice that I hit the K on the river. Just got it in real fast, then copied the hand here without looking at the river card.

OMG! Embarassed.


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EmanuelC16
Joined: 02.01.2010
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Originally posted by fuzzyfish
Oh yeah, to tell the truth I misread the hand and didnt notice that I hit the K on the river. Just got it in real fast, then copied the hand here without looking at the river card.

OMG! Embarassed.

Well, you can just change the river and get an opinion overall from the HJs.. I just got really confused with your 'bluff'.


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fuzzyfish
Joined: 12.01.2010
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Yes, good idea. Dear judges, from now on, let the river be 2 :heart:

(I wish I could do this real time at the tables.)


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pleno1
Joined: 19.11.2010
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Hey,

Yes obviously don't bluff the king river as I think it's very unlikely that better hands will fold.

I think you're pretty much FOS on the turn and really hate the turn raise. We rep absolutely nothing as I assume we are 3betting AQ+ pre flop and we wouldn't raise AJ on the turn as we would want him to triple barrel this board very frequently and bluff catch. If we had 5x I think we would be more inclined to raise flop than turn (especially on this turn as we are going to fold out a chunk of his range) so basically as a summary I think you're super unbalanced here and you're range looks like bluffs and because of this I wouldn't continue bluffing on the river as I assume ( if he can hand read well) that he will continue to bluffcatch successfully.

I actually raise turn alot and it is a successfully move however on this board/texture its bad. I think floating 1074 and raising any turn smaller than a J reps alot more strength and you can rep alot more value combos, rather than here where we are optimistically trying to rep trips.

let me know if you have any questions regarding my reply as I can appreciate it may not be structured perfectly and/or you may not initially understand/agree with what I said :)


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