Trips vs OM w/o Coffee
Main V is an older guy, but does bluff and play some hands. Still, not aggro.
2/5/10 about $1600 eff. This is a 2/5 game but straddles are frequent. H is following the trend.
EP limps. V in MP makes it $35. H calls in straddle with ATo. EP calls. Suits are never relevant.
Flop TT4r. Check Check MP $40 call call.
Turn TT46. Hero $40 EP fold MP makes it $115 Call.
River TT46K. Hero?
8 Replies
Flatting pre is pretty bad. I would 3-bet or fold.
Flop call is fine but I would mix in some c/r. Your c/r can’t all be bluffs/draws. Certainly better to c/r on a board like KTT. Here, fine to let overcards catch a pair OTT.
Why are you donking a blank turn?
AP b/f River 50-75% pot
Don't agree at all. Reasonable to lead the turn as you have trips. I would check/call the river after he raised the turn.
weird hand. why flat pre? why not x/r flop thick?
UTG straddle, right? And you're 160 straddles deep? Then, yep, why not a 3! here?
On flop, there's 110 or so in pot, H has 1565 back or so, and hey! We've flopped trips, top kicker. I can see calling the 40 from MP vs x-raise, maybe, but that leads to... Turn has 230 and we donk 40?? The 6 didn't make a FD did it? Are we trying to look like a blocking bet?
W/o the donk, H has 1525 back. The time to build a pot is now. (Or the flop) Lol EP folding to a 1/6 pot bet. I want to 3! this...whatever MP thinks they're doing raising a 1/6-ish pot bet <3x.
With the donk, H has 1485 back, pot of 385, and we have to call 75. (I'm not miscounting the pot right? That's what's been betted so far?) 3! Vs calling. .
AP, hero calls, pot is 460, H has 1415 back, and here comes a river K. I'm bet/calling whatever it is. Fire 400 and hope they don't fold. GG if they had KT all this time.
Flat pre seems bad. AP I guess I x/c.
Preflop defend is way too loose here vs an older guy who iso'd a limp.
No point 3betting this hand either imo..just stronger and linear.
As played flop x/raise for sure
Grunch:
PRE - seems fine, though I wouldn't hate a 3B.
FLOP - seems fine, though I might consider a raise, depending on the suits, and how sticky I think V is going to be with his PP's and worse Tx.
TURN - is there a BDFD now? Curious what the reasoning is behind the small donk lead here.
Are we hoping to induce V to spaz-raise, or worried that he'll check back after we flat call the flop? It seems like a strange line to me, in that if we're going to donk a blank turn, why not just raise flop? If we're trying to build the pot, why not bet more?
What sort of hand are we repping on the turn, if not exactly Tx? Maybe 66, or 75/53 for an OESD? It sort of seems like we're trying to play a value hand like it's a bluff, but it's hard to see what bluffs we'd have here, unless there's a BDFD we could have, or maybe some sort of combo draw that floated the flop pretty light.
If we were hoping to induce a raise, was our plan to just call, or 3B, or something else? I'd think we'd want to 3B when V raises here, assuming he's never getting here with 66, 44, or T6/T4.
RIVER - I don't know what I'd do here, because I can't imagine getting here the way hero did. Did a flush draw come in?
I would think V would check back a lot, so we ought to bet something, but I can't imagine V is going to call a very large bet with a worse hand. I might lead out for half pot, hoping it looks like thin value or a weak bluff. Don't know what we should do if V raises, repping KK.
Pre I would just fold. Flop this deep definitely check raising, balancing with some QJ or J9 with bdfd. Turn don’t donk, that’s why check raise flop is so much better. As played river check call a big bet and evaluate with a small bet, at least sometimes.
