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Old 11-26-2007, 01:42 PM
vetiver vetiver is offline
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Default Re: 200NL - Strangeish line against clown

River can be a call or fold since villain is a "clown" and his donk bets are really unpredictable. They could be a feeble bluff attempt after he misses his straight draw or maybe he was still set-mining a tiny pp through the river. Maybe his donk bet is him afraid of not extracting value on the river with A3, 9x, or a weirdly played set. The only thing that really matters here is figuring out how to bet against him.

I don't like the turn minraise because it doesn't fold anything out, doesn't give you any idea of where you're at, and doesn't extract value from straight draws. It even leaves you in a position where you're not sure whether you're committed enough to call river. The river could literally be any card (besides an 8) and you'll be asking the same question "[censored] am I ahead or behind?" Either call the turn for pot control or go strong with your turn bet and commit yourself to the pot. Perhaps raising turn to take control in the hand is a very good play against a player thinking past level one. Perhaps repping a monster makes sense against players that pay attention to what you're repping. For donks who donk, these strategies are bad imo.
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