Updated on 21 Feb 26 by
Peter Fryers
Poker Expert

Would you be brave on this river?

It's another hand of the week poll where once again we ask you, what would you do here?

The latest hand of the week was shared with us by Hungarian community member laci24 after he faced the following spot in his Hold’em game at PokerStars. With  &  in hand, Hero raises by $0.30, which BB in turn also raises and is called. Both other players at the table fold.

The flop drops ,  & onto the table, which hero leads on again and is eventually met by oppo before they move on to the turn where the same pattern plays out following the arrival of the . At the river, however, oppo donks at the sign of a which might mean he was slowplaying something?

Freeze! Now, it’s over to you.

Hand of the week What we know. The river doesn’t close any more draws, but oppo might have been slowplaying the kings and is now looking to avoid a checkback. He could also have simply completed a flushdraw on the turn and, with the preflop action, his flush would probably be stronger than ours so we should proceed with extreme caution.

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Last week’s poll results

Last week we gave you the hand from bogec84 where he landed a pair of queens preflop. We received over 1k votes, the majority of which have chose to fold QQ. Hmmm, brave much?

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