Facing the dreaded donk

[Uben]

This hand makes me wanna puke, but i cant see any other way to play it. Folding must uber-weak and and while raising will occasionally give me a cheaper showdown it wont protect my hand and it might very well fold out hands that i want to see showdown against.

Villain is 38/15/1.7 wtsd 40 over 100 hands.

3/6 Hold'em (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, BB calls.

Flop: (4.33 SB) Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets</font>, Hero calls.

Turn: (3.16 BB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets</font>, Hero calls.

River: (5.16 BB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 7.16 BB

[Ainex]

Hands like this do suck. If he's capable of playing a flush draw this way and will bluff the river if he misses it works for me but if he won't bluff the river if he misses I raise the turn for a free showdown.

[Goat_boy]

this strikes me as read dependant, but (hell yeah) raise thr the turn and fold to the 3 bet. Not that i know [censored] from adam.

Plus, without reads, 3 bet preflop and lead flop would be standard in my book.

[Caddy_4_Life]

I raise the turn here and lose to a rivered straight. He had JT didn't he. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

-Caddy

[Ainex]

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Plus, without reads, 3 bet preflop and lead flop would be standard in my book.

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Hero has neither of these options.

[Uben]

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Hands like this do suck. If he's capable of playing a flush draw this way and will bluff the river if he misses it works for me but if he won't bluff the river if he misses I raise the turn for a free showdown.

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The only good thing with raising the turn is that we will earn 0.8bb against a draw if he doesnt bet the river UI. But if he got a lower pair he is going to hand us another bet on the river that we might loose if we raise the turn. I just dont think its worth it.

[Dazarath]

I raise the flop for value, not for a cheaper showdown.