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arnsaa1
Joined: 21.12.2013

888 Poker - $0.02 NL - Holdem - 7 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $2.00
SB: $2.87 (VPIP: 37.50, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 8)
BB: $2.11 (VPIP: 13.08, PFR: 6.92, 3Bet Preflop: 2.86, Hands: 130)
UTG: $2.00 (VPIP: 6.90, PFR: 5.17, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 58)
UTG+1: $1.94 (VPIP: 37.50, PFR: 37.50, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 8)
MP: $5.39 (VPIP: 12.02, PFR: 8.50, 3Bet Preflop: 1.04, Hands: 344)
CO: $3.90 (VPIP: 10.12, PFR: 6.94, 3Bet Preflop: 1.79, Hands: 247)

SB posts SB $0.01, BB posts BB $0.02

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.03) Hero has A♦ J♦

fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.06, SB calls $0.05, BB calls $0.04

Flop: ($0.18, 3 players) K♦ 6♥ 9♦
SB bets $0.09, fold, Hero calls $0.09

Turn: ($0.36, 2 players) K♠
SB bets $0.27, Hero calls $0.27

River: ($0.90, 2 players) 8♦
SB checks, Hero bets $0.67

Villain is unknown. I'm not sure about one thing only here: could I raise on the flop here, cuz his bet is only 1/2 of the pot and my 2bet would make my flush draw not so obvious. Since I didn't raise, I'm now not sure if it's okay to just call it like that, cuz if I hit the flush, he is not likely to bet himself or call my bet.


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I'm not sure. He's giving you good pot odds for a call, but if you raise, you might be overplaying your hand a little. Your hand has no showdown value at the moment, remember? Comes down to fold equity. If he can fold, then raise.

Firstly, I think that flop is fine, we should begin with the turn. You don't have a draw strong enough to call his 3/4 pot bet, and, as you said, your flush draw is rather obvious to hope for good implied odds. Still, you'll need just $0.19 more to break even, so a call might be wise. But in this case, you made way too big of a bet on the river: you need $0.19, remember? If you bet that much or a little more, I'm sure he'd call, but you make a large bet, and now your flush draw is too obvious.

If this makes any sense :) Basically, if you bet large river when the draw hits (and you don't have any reads that the opponent is a calling station), you shouldn't call the turn.


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arnsaa1
Joined: 21.12.2013

Huh? I was even thinking of betting even more, because the villain is never folding trips or lower flush (which is really possible for him to have). 0.19$ bet in the 0.9$ pot is ridicilously small and it's not even worth considering to bet that small, cuz I might lose a lot of value.


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pokerboy198229
Joined: 20.08.2011

Originally posted by Th334
I'm not sure. He's giving you good pot odds for a call, but if you raise, you might be overplaying your hand a little. Your hand has no showdown value at the moment, remember?

That the whole thing: his hand does have the showdown value vs straight draws, gutshots and lower flush draws. Thats the reason why we should keep on calling also to on the turn: its not about we have the flush draw, we can still have the best hand. Thats the whole idea. That second K is actually the best card for us, because it reduces the possibility him having the K.


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Originally posted by arnsaa1
Huh? I was even thinking of betting even more, because the villain is never folding trips or lower flush (which is really possible for him to have). 0.19$ bet in the 0.9$ pot is ridicilously small and it's not even worth considering to bet that small, cuz I might lose a lot of value.

Good point! I didn't think about that. Yeah, you're right, he might have a strong hand and pay us off.

Nicely played. Back to your question after some contemplation, I think if you have a read that the villain can bluff-donk, then it's okay to raise his 1/2 pot donk as a semi-bluff. I still wouldn't do it without the reads and just take the good odds :)


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