It’s mostly my call on the turn that I’m unsure about. I’m also not 100% sure that I should have c-bet on this particular flop against two opponents.
$0.5/$1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (5 handed)
Preflop: Hero is SB with A :diamond:, K :diamond:.
2 folds, BU calls, Hero raises, BB calls, BU calls.
The player on the button seems to be very loose-passive preflop. He’s been limping in very often—with somewhere around 40% of his hands, it seems. The BB is very new to the table; I have no reads on him. I raise to try to isolate the button with my strong hole cards.
Flop: (6 SB) 6 :heart:, T :spade:, 8
(3 players)
Hero bets, BB calls, BU raises, Hero calls, BB calls.
While the board is coordinated, I’m think I’ll win the pot with a bet more than one in seven times, and I could also have the best hand and get called by drawing hands, so I c-bet. When the button raises, I think he has at least top pair if he has a made hand. I think he might also be semi-bluffing here with a flush draw or OESD and is hoping to get a free card on the turn. The BB’s range is pretty wide—he could have a pair (probably worse than tens since he didn’t raise my bet on the flop), or overcards, or a flush or straight draw. I don’t think I’m ahead of both of my opponents at this point. I’m getting 10-to-1 (11-to-1 assuming that the BB will also call) when the action gets back to me, so I call with my two overcards.
Turn: (6 BB) J
(3 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, BU bets, Hero calls, BB calls.
The button continues to show aggression on this turn card. I think he would have taken a free card if he is drawing, since he’s not an especially aggressive player from what I have seen. However, the jack gives me a three-outer to the nut straight, and the Q
could also be an out. There is also some chance that I will win the pot by spiking an ace or a king on the river, though I could be reverse-dominated by AT or KT (which could both be in the passive BU’s open-limping range, I think), or I could be up against two-pair, a set, or a straight. I give myself about 2.75 outs for the overcards and 3.75 outs for the queens for a total of 6.5 outs (but I’m not sure if this is the correct number of outs to give myself??). Getting 7-to-1 immediate odds from the pot, I call. I don’t think the BB is going for a check-raise here unless he has Q9 (he would have put a raise in somewhere on the flop with 97) or a set, so I’m not too worried about that (but maybe I should have been??)
River: (9 BB) 8
(3 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, BU bets, Hero folds.
I really don’t think the BU would could continue to fire on the turn and river without a pretty strong hand against two opponents. I’m very sure I’m behind him. And I still have the BB behind me who could have a pair that he wants to show down, or he could have just made trips. I think the chances that I have the best hand are worse than 10-to-1, and so I fold.