AA At 100NL

grando · #1 08-18-2006, 04:53 AM

Villain is 30/13/1 after not-so-many hands - just seems like a calling station. How do I play this river?

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No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
4 players
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Stack sizes:
Hero: $128.90
Button: $91.80
SB: $55.90
BB: $18.50

Pre-flop: (4 players) Hero is UTG with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
Hero raises to $4, Button calls, 2 folds.

Flop: 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($9.5, 2 players)
Hero bets $9, Button calls.

Turn: T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($27.5, 2 players)
Hero bets $22, Button calls.

River: 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($71.5, 2 players)
Hero ???

mrh86 · #2 08-18-2006, 05:00 AM

A $30 blocker seems right. If he had the straight draw, he was supposed to be drawing with the 7. He probably wasn't on a club draw, and I doubt he has any two pair hand that beats you.

grando · #3 08-18-2006, 05:03 AM

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A $30 blocker seems right. If he had the straight draw, he was supposed to be drawing with the 7. He probably wasn't on a club draw, and I doubt he has any two pair hand that beats you.

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this was exactly my thought - I had him more on the KK-77 hand range than the straight draw.

the flush didn't get there either, so I suppose he could have some donkey hand like A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] but I doubt it

do you fold to an all in?

Colonel Kataffy · #4 08-18-2006, 05:04 AM

I like the block, but the checking for a bluff might be good to. i don't know which is better.

Bukem_ · #5 08-18-2006, 05:07 AM

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do you fold to an all in?

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yes. I block bet it even smaller vs calling station. They won't bluff raise you.

grando · #6 08-18-2006, 05:12 AM

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I like the block, but the checking for a bluff might be good to. i don't know which is better.

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I hate blocking bets

Bukem_ · #7 08-18-2006, 05:15 AM

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I like the block, but the checking for a bluff might be good to. i don't know which is better.

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I hate blocking bets

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So do I. But our villain is a calling station, and board is very scary, so we don't expect him to raise us unless he is absolutely sure he has us beat.

grando · #8 08-18-2006, 05:19 AM

well I checked to induce a river bluff....now what?

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No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
4 players
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Stack sizes:
Hero: $128.90
Button: $91.80
SB: $55.90
BB: $18.50

Pre-flop: (4 players) Hero is UTG with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
Hero raises to $4, Button calls, 2 folds.

Flop: 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($9.5, 2 players)
Hero bets $9, Button calls.

Turn: T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($27.5, 2 players)
Hero bets $22, Button calls.

River: 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($71.5, 2 players)
Hero checks, Button pushes all in for about 60 bucks, Hero ???

mrh86 · #9 08-18-2006, 05:24 AM

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well I checked to induce a river bluff....now what?

Poker Room skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
4 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
Hero: $128.90
Button: $91.80
SB: $55.90
BB: $18.50

Pre-flop: (4 players) Hero is UTG with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
Hero raises to $4, Button calls, 2 folds.

Flop: 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($9.5, 2 players)
Hero bets $9, Button calls.

Turn: T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($27.5, 2 players)
Hero bets $22, Button calls.

River: 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($71.5, 2 players)
Hero checks, Button pushes all in for about 60 bucks, Hero ???

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Anybody with half a brain will bluff at this pot once you check the river. This is why you put out a small blocking bet and fold to the push, no matter what odds you're receiving, unless you've got some other read. That being said, in this scenario the river was butchered, and you've got to fold, unless you want to call a huge bet from somebody you described as a calling station.

calmasahinducow · #10 08-18-2006, 05:27 AM

check turn, check/fold river