PTHWM - BB Special

Hero checks with intention of calling or raising depending on action

Probably like a 3bet/fold pre.

If you don't have a donking range, we are probably checking 100% here.

We are probably check/raising good amounts, maybe mix a few check/call in there if headsup.

I x/r here. It's hard to make a terrible mistake OTF.

Squeeze preflop to ~60 more often than not. There's dead money and you'd much rather be heads up (and can happily fold to a 4bet).

Check flop with the intention of check-raising; but as dangomango says if button folds to a cbet then you could consider a check-call as well

Obviously we are hoping for a clean runout to blast off and rep the busted straight draw. Any Broadway card you have to be a little cautious as hands like AQ/AJ can bink the gutshot

Didn’t consider the check-raise in real time and that was definitely a terrible mistake. Disappointed in myself for not considering it when it seems so obvious now. I guess it was because a $12 open doesn’t mean much from late position and I’m always afraid of losing value.

Hero donks $25 with KhTh, villain calls, button folds
Pot $87
Turn KdTc2h - 3h
Hero ?

$60

Did consider a check-raise here, but decided to overbet instead.

Hero bets $100, Hero seemed eager to call setting off alarms.
Pot $287
River - KdTc2h3h (6d)
Hero has $263 left
Hero ?

Turn overbet looks good. Now jam river; CO doesn't call flop with 54 so you only have sets to worry about, and the donk line can easily be QJ, so you might well get a blöffcatch from hands like JJ. Yes you'll get QJ to fold and will value-own yourself sometimes, but you're still targeting top pair and similar

Conclusion:
Considered jam, but he had seemed eager to call the turn, so I checked. Villain checked it back and turned over TT. I have no idea why he checked it back, it was crazy. There’s just nothing you can put me on that beats that hand. Strange things happen at low stakes.

Later, I had a strong hand, but ran it into villain’s (rollover to $750) high hand. Played all day, had fun, but it was a losing session this time. I don’t consider it a bad day, just another adventure.

Had to play a tiny stack the last few hours and I hate that, more than other players that hate me doing it, but it’s part of my discipline. Hadn’t had to do that in a while and was disappointed that I played the short stack poorly. It was a wake up call as I’m playing a tournament soon. Lost my limit $400, o well.

What I do consider a bad day is the guy that was teaching the table while going on to lose over 2k. I wanted to jump in against him, but never got cards. He was playing lots of hands aggressively and when people played back at him he called off. It was sick funny to me, because after all that losing, he would win a $20 pot and be so happy.

I kinda don't like any street here tbqh. Preflop I think the 3bet is absolutely mandatory, this hand is strong enough to squeeze and not strong enough to deliberately go multi-way (would be much more fine with the call if it were ATs). On the Flop I wouldn't even consider donking; this board is bad for our range, so why? Opponents will bet almost guaranteed, and then we're in a much better spot than if we telegraph our range.

If you donk, I think Turn is the street to show weakness and check. If you overbet now, then if I'm Villain and have AK, I probably fold it.

I don’t really like the way I played it either. The donk was a mistake. I was behind the entire way and I don’t know if there was any way to discover it.