AK on the river?

His stack is only 37 bbs on the river right?

Originally posted by Stackoffski
His stack is only 37 bbs on the river right?

Around there why?

Pretty huge sizings used on flop and turn. Board is very dry so are we going to get enough action from weaker hands? If they are sticky enough with smaller Ax it can be optimal to go big but I would imagine there is decent possibility we are isolating ourselves mostly versus some sets and A7s type hands.

River is shove and hope CO has been calling AQ, AJ. AT got there but with less than half pot behind we are not x-f probably anyway. x-c would be worst line anyway as its very tough for CO to have any bluff hands.

Originally posted by NAoise

Originally posted by Stackoffski
His stack is only 37 bbs on the river right?

Around there why?

Well because now you really don't want to fold, but is nasty spot when he ships it, probably you should. However it's not as nasty a spot as villain faces if you are ahead. He's called down this far with a decent top pair ace, now can he fold? No! That would be crazy. Can he check behind? Yeah sure, easily....

You are likely ahead but maybe behind (hey isn't that poker), even decent pocket pairs such as JJ are well within his range. If his stack was larger the bet sizes on river would have more manoeuvre, but as it is you can maximise value best by shoving. In part this shows that always having full-stack is best (for most styles of poker).

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Edit: In theory not sure his stack actually makes that much difference, but in practice it probably does. Just makes it easier for you to get value (I reckon you do have marginal value), but also easier for him to bluff, or even just think "he's checked, my AQ is likely good, let's shove it, I only have 37 BB left..."

Any info on the villain in this hand would be great. Read less I would shove the river for thin value, but it's close for sure. There aren't to many weaker hands that should call 2 big bets on the flop and turn.

Cheers,
SDK1987