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NL200 Zoom 2pair against river raise

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Poker Stars $200.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 1864052
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BTN: $232.32
SB: $204.00
BB: $200.00
UTG: $211.24
Hero (MP): $215.15
CO: $475.13

Pre Flop: ($3.00) Hero is MP with T♣ A♣
1 fold, Hero raises to $6, 1 fold, BTN calls $6, 2 folds

Flop: ($15.00) K♣ 5♥ T♠ (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: ($15.00) 8♣ (2 players)
Hero bets $10.02, BTN calls $10.02

River: ($35.04) A♠ (2 players)
Hero bets $27.00, BTN raises to $88, Hero calls $61

Getting 29% to call the River raise.

1) Flop is a very questionable check. I would probably cbet vs tougher opponents but this guy is 19/13 and looks nitty to me, I think I can check/call one or 2 streets and not expect to get 3barreled very often so I can make minimal mistakes.

2) I suppose this is a very standard call vs a LAG on the River? Given that they almost certainly bet AK on the Flop, and they bet QJ very often as well, and they can also be bluffing.

3) Against this 19/13 guy, is it possible to find a fold? I don't think he is ever bluffing here. He has rather low postflop aggression (AF 1.4 on most streets). Then again given his preflop tightness I don't think he has QJo, he shouldn't have too many suited Aces too since he's tight. He should be checking his flop draws a fair amount of the time.

River raising Range
QJs (4 combos)
ATs (2 combos)
A5s (1 combo)
A8s (2 combos)
88 (3 combos)
Some Slowplayed set (~0.5-1 combo)

Equity Win Tie
MP2 72.73% 63.64% 9.09% 88, ATs, A8s, A5s, QJs
MP3 27.27% 18.18% 9.09% AcTc

Of course I'm assuming he never bluffs, which should be a fairly accurate assumption on the whole, given that my range is not necessarily capped (could have 88/AT/KK).

I also think he does not necessarily raise River all the time with A5s and A8s, given that there isn't too much value to be had (I'm probably not calling worse)


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lnternet
Joined: 19.06.2012

Flop is fine.

Turn is fine.

River bet I am not so sure how much I like it. What do you think he is going to call with? His Kx bets flop (and might even fold river), and his Tx probably just folds there. You get called by AQ AJ, but those probably bet themselves if checked to. Basically I think he doesn't have many bluffcatchers, so betting doesn't make too much sense. If you check, he might bluff some busted draws of his own.. probably not too many, maybe 97s J9s 76s, maybe he turns 8x into a bluff. All not very likely, but might be enough to make check/call > bet.

Anyway, when he raises, and never bluffs, you fold, of course, as you don't beat his value hands. I don't necessarily think you can assume that he never bluffs. He might have QQ and be frustrated with the board run out.. then he realizes he blocks QJ and bluff raises. Or any other hand that he doesn't want to call with.

I don't think it's an easy call anyway, but I don't like your premises.

I can't put him on any clear value hands. QJs 88 are possible, but not too likely. Maybe KK/AA? You might beat A8s like you said. So I think crying call is good. Occasionally A8/split, occasionally a bluff, together those might happen often enough to make it a call.


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