Set on Dry Board
Set on Dry Board

Set on Dry Board

Stakes: $2/$3 NLH with $6 Optional Straddle
Hero's Effective Stacks: $380
HJ's Effective Stacks: $400
Hero (BTN): 5 5

Pre-flop:
UTG Straddle. UTG+1 calls. HJ calls. Hero calls.

Flop: 3 4 6
UTG checks. UTG+1 checks. HJ bets $10, Hero calls, UTG & UTG+1 folds.

Turn: Q
HJ checks. Hero bets $15, HJ calls.

River: 5
HJ bets $55, Hero ?

01 May 2026 at 11:07 AM
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Wet board, particularly on river. What are you talking about? Don't see the point of smallish turn bet. River, you only beat a bluff. Fold unless you think he is bluffing fairly frequently.


Grunch:

Any reads on HJ?

PRE - seems fine, assuming the players in the blinds aren't squeeze-happy.

FLOP - what are the suits on the board, and in our hand? If you put them in the OP, I'm not seeing them on my phone.

Not sure how much it matters.

Calling is fine. We should probably at least consider raising, especially if there's a FDFD available. His smallish bet suggests either a draw or a 1P holding that isn't all that strong.

TURN - I think we'd want to bet bigger here. By my calculations there's $44 in the pot. V looks like he's either on a draw or unsure his hand is any good. We could go full pot or slightly more, to target his inelastic hands that won't fold to a single bet.

RIVER - knowing the suits on board / in our hand, and having some sort of read would be good here.

His line in general looks like value, but he could have some bluffs. I don't think I could fold a set to a 2/3 pot bet, because we beat lower sets and all 2P. Harder to fold when the pot is small and the flop/turn bets were small.


That is not a dry board, especially for a limped pot. I'd usually raise turn, given the silly small bet. AP, sigh call river, and usually lose to a price-setting flush draw.


Oops, misread. Hero was the turn bettor. Don't do that. What good does a tiny bet do you there? It's not big enough to overcharge draws or get overpairs to fold, and yet it juices the pot with your very mediocre holding. Just check back or make a real bet OTT. AP, his hand looks even more like a draw, and both the straight and the flush came in. Need some reads, but probably a fold.


I’m raising the flop - you block the straight draws & have a strong draw yourself.

Likely barreling the turn, but the river is a disaster - the straight got unblocked

The river has a nasty habit of improving our hands, but not enough

Fold, save $55 - I can’t imagine he’s bluffing


I'm soaking on this board, and I'm folding the river. I bet a bit more on the turn. Raising the flop would be interesting, but need some reads first.


stop nonsensically betting any pair when someone checks to you


Looking at this on a computer, I see the suits.

Re-looking at it...

PRE - meh. Seems fine. I think we should at least consider raising.

FLOP - also seems okay, but I would definitely at least consider raising.

TURN - either check or bet huge. I'd probably bet huge. Probably $50-$60.

RIVER - Yuck. I hate how we got here. We should probably fold. I wouldn't scold anyone for calling.

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