Thoughts on river plays when board is huge? NLTRN
 

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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (2 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

Hero (t1295)
Button (t1705)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">Button raises to t60</font>, Hero calls t30.

Flop: (t120) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, Button checks.

Turn: (t120) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t80</font>, Button calls t80.

River: (t280) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets t180</font>, Hero calls t180.

Re: Thoughts on river plays when board is huge?
 

Call against overly aggressive opponents and fold against predictable players .

Re: Thoughts on river plays when board is huge?
 

One thing I find people totally don't understand in spots like this a lot is that while it looks like you are getting 2.5 to 1 on a call here at first glance, you are just calling for a chop, so your actual odds are cut in half.

In this particular hand, given flop/turn action, it's a lot more likely than usual that he has a 6, this is definitely a read-dependent spot for me, I do find a lot of times I am folding in spots like these, but it's def. opponent-specific here. Given no reads, I like a fold here with these odds and this action.

Re: Thoughts on river plays when board is huge?
 

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One thing I find people totally don't understand in spots like this a lot is that while it looks like you are getting 2.5 to 1 on a call here at first glance, you are just calling for a chop, so your actual odds are cut in half.

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^Just one differance between donks and smart players.

Here, I would call. But with A9 on an A262K board I usually wouldn't call against an opponent who raised pf and has bet the pot 3 times.

Re: Thoughts on river plays when board is huge?
 

Yeah, if theres one thing Ive learned from Omaha its to not call in these spots.

Imo this is _massively_ -EV vs. virtually every player.