Poker Stars, $1.40 Buy-in (20/40 blinds, 4 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 4 Players
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SB: 1,020 (25.5 bb)
BB: 480 (12 bb)
Hero (CO): 1,150 (28.8 bb)
BTN: 350 (8.8 bb)
Preflop: Hero is CO with T
A![]()
Hero raises to 80, BTN folds, SB calls 60, BB calls 40
Flop: (256) J
J
A
(3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets 120, SB calls 120, BB folds
Turn: (496) 7
(2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks
River: (496) 8
(2 players)
SB bets 816 and is all-in, Hero folds
Results:
Spoiler
496 pot
Final Board: J
J
A
7
8
SB showed Q
9
and won 496 (292 net)
Hero mucked T
A
and lost (-204 net)
The Gist of it:
I flop top 2 pair on JJA board, turn and river brick, villain bluff shoves his busted flush draw, I fold.
This spot was tricky for me, i had no reads on the villain (only 30 hands or so, seemed like a LAG player, which is pretty normal in these $1.50 hypers). It never occured to me that villain could be overshoving busted draws (which actually makes sense in hindsight). I did some work in equilab and came to the conclusion that this is a call (open for any input ♦), because there are a limited number of Jx hands he could have if he's calling a raise, and much more Ax type hands which I dominate.
Completely ignoring the busted flush draws, I have 60-65% equity against his range which I assume to be J9+, A5+, 22-66, and broadways.
At the time, I panicked and immediately assumed he had Jx when he shoved the river, but now I look at it, it makes no sense for him to shove there and scare away my Ax, and even a fish would switch to slowplay mode, maybe bet smaller on the river. So he basically never has a jack here. Maybe he'd overbet with Ax hands, but I crush most of those in his range (assuming he'd reraise pre with AJ+).
Regardless, I made a mistake by not betting the turn when it bricked. At the time, flush draws hadn't even occured to me, my thought process was: "Okay, if he's calling me, he either has a Jack or an Ace" which was narrow minded thinking.
Any input is greatly appreciated
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