KQ Rivers 2 Pair
2-3 NL, the middle of 3 stakes going at the moment. Utg1 is kind of a whale or lag, making huge raises with big hands and small raises or bets with marginal value
Hero in utg with KcQh
Pre : Hero (600) raises 15, utg1 (300) calls, btn and co call. 4 ways
Flop (65) :
AhKh4x
Checks around
Turn (65) : 6hhh
Check hero checks, Utg1 bets 15, 2 folds, hero calls
River (95) : Qx
Hero
9 Replies
Leading for value, 40-50.
Pot it.
What about a more conniving approach such as a x raise
The read makes me think V will just x-back this river. Small 1/4 turn bet when the flush pops up makes me think V doesn't have it. Though they may be setting their price to draw with Jh/Th etc...
Why didn't you cbet, Omaha? AKs 4x seems to smack your range hard.
AP, b/f for like 3/4 pot. Big enough the whale won't get any wild ideas about bluff-raising, and small enough H gets value with their 2P.
I kind of like a check/evaluate. You know if he bets big he most likely has hearts and if he bets small, you are probably ahead.
A bet lets him fold worse or call/raise w/ better.
If you are going to donk, you should donk small. Villain’s range when he bets turn this small is weak, right? So target a weak range with a small bet.
The other nice thing about donking small is that you can induce a bluff raise from a LAG opponent. You have a nice hand to bet/call with, blocking the nut flush.
The read makes me think V will just x-back this river. Small 1/4 turn bet when the flush pops up makes me think V doesn't have it. Though they may be setting their price to draw with Jh/Th etc...Why didn't you cbet, Omaha? AKs 4x seems to smack your range hard.AP, b/f for like 3/4 pot. Big enough the whale won't get any wild ideas about bluff-raising, and small enough H get
I usually play pretty face up 4 ways and I’d like to zoom this hand straight to showdown if they’ll let me.
I mean...maybe I'm just too aggro, but...
We've got 2P and a blocker to the nut flush on a three-broadway board. We block KK/QQ, AK and AQ. Is V really betting into 3 opponents with JT on the turn, when there's 3 to a flush out there? If our read is that he puts in big bets with big hands, how big a hand can he have on the turn, when he just calls pre, and bets 15 into 65?
Checking is fine, if we're planning to check raise over a small bet, or check-fold to a big bet. But we're losing value when V checks back with a worse hand that would have called a bet, or a better hand that would fold to a bet.
What does betting small accomplish that a PSB doesn't? A small bet from OOP is going to induce V to raise a lot. And then what? We fold, right?
If V is going to call a 2/3-3/4 PSB, he's calling a full PSB. If he's folding to a PSB, he's folding if we bet 2/3-3/4p, so it doesn't matter. Like, what worse hands are we expecting to call a small lead, when we raise pre, check flop, check-call turn, and then donk the river?
A PSB folds out a lot of chops, some sets, and some low flushes. He probably only calls with better 2P, which we heavily block. Not sure he even calls with A6 or A4, just AQ. If we bet less than pot, V is snapping with all the hands we'd like him to fold, and probably folding all the hands we beat.
If he gets curious and calls with AJ/AT/KJ/KT with the Jh or Th, it's just a bonus.
100. But I dont agree that some random at 2/3 is folding a flush on the river lol. I'd be doing this because he sounds sticky.
