Broadway trouble at NL50
Even with the nut flush, sometimes you have to play on pretty treacherous boards. As always, your expertise is needed to help our Hero complete his masterpiece.
Back at NL50, we isolate a limper using a weaker suited ace from the Small Blind. The decision itself is questionable, but who needs preflop charts when creating poker art?
Well, it's certain that the safest and least expensive option is to simply complete the SB after a limp without any specific reads/stats. This way we avoid difficult postflop decisions and are able to realise our equity without risking too much money. Raising isn't necessarily a bad move against one opponent but it certainly looks bad when someone else decides to join the party, like the BB did.
Regarding our opponents' ranges, we don't need to be afraid of premium pairs or big aces as they would've played more aggressively preflop. Looks like we are dealing with a bunch of speculative hands: lower pocket pairs in search of set value (22-88 and maybe 99), broadway combos (JT+), and some lower suited connectors.
The Flop is rather interesting. Many hands from calling ranges fit it perfectly, so we don't have much fold equity with our flush draw. Still, we need to generate equity by betting, we're the preflop aggresssor after all (but keep in mind we're playing bet/fold here). We have to keep betting on this flop, no need to run around aimlessly.
The turn card not only gives us our nut flush but also improves some of the remaining villain's holdings. This means we have a nice value bet here despite the fact that some of his hands may have improved to beat us. We don't know much about the villain except his stats are 41/27 over a few dozen hands.
The river card is much more interesting though as all the possible straights are now completed. But do we actually have a value bet here and what should our Hero do on this river? This heads-up battle is getting way too intense.
This time, we have three main options to play this hand. We could just check and trap the Villain's straights. Or maybe we could make a big bet to squeeze them dry. But there are better possible hands out there, so maybe we should be extra careful. Thus there's an option to bet small and fold to a big raise. Anyway, time for you to express your opinion on the hand. Feel free to share alternative plays in the comments section below.
Previous poll's results
Last time we were playing with guns and trying to secure a juicy pot. Most of you chose to call and it's a pretty good decision. It looks easy to 70%+ of our members, so let's just confirm it for the rest.
After what has happened in the hand, the Villain's shove looks way too weird. He doesn't have much to represent here. Hands like AA, KK and AK would have been played differently. Sets with 44 or 66 don't seem possible, and we also block 99. Most likely he's bluffing with a busted draw like T9 of clubs. So it's a pretty profitable call for us considering the odds, even though our instincts may be against it.
