$6 NLTRN: Two river calls
Both of these hands were very tough decisions for me. Let me know what you think.
In the first hand my opponent loved to donkbet. He donked very frequently (probably in 2/3 of the hands where we saw a flop and I had raised preflop). Before this hand I had seen him bet the flop and turn with every opportunity (I hadn't yet called him on the turn, the one time I raised the turn he insta-folded). So I decided to call the flop and turn here, figuring he'd keep betting on the river. Then a scare care hits, and he pushes. This was a tough decision, and I decided that he could be bluffing enough to make this a call.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (2 handed)
BB (t1935)
Hero (t1065)
Preflop: Hero is Button with K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t75</font>, BB calls t45.
Flop: (t150) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets t90</font>, Hero calls t90.
Turn: (t330) 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets t150</font>, Hero calls t150.
River: (t630) A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets t780</font>, Hero calls t750 (All-In).
Final Pot: t2130
Second hand:
This was very early in the tournament. I didn't really have any reads other than he liked to limp and in one limped pot (I was OOP and checked PF), he checked the flop and turn before open pushing the river (into a 40 chip pot). Here I really didn't know how to react to his river shove. I mean he could obviously have a flush or a straight, but he could also have two pair, or even a slowplayed overpair that was scared of another club hitting. Is calling here okay?
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (2 handed)
Button (t1580)
Hero (t1420)
Preflop: Hero is BB with J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">Button raises to t40</font>, Hero calls t20.
Flop: (t80) 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, Button checks.
Turn: (t80) Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t60</font>, Button calls t60.
River: (t200) J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t133</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to t1480</font>, Hero calls t1187 (All-In).
Final Pot: t2840
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