FSDR? Is it more common at higher limits?
4/8 Game, 8 handed, I just sat down. Don't have many hours with V, he is a MA asian guy who does not seem to speak English hardly at all, lobbies all the time to smoke and/or go to the pit.
Seems slightly better than the average 4/8 reg. Seen him on the 8/16 list that never goes during the week.
I open aces in EP, folds to V OTB who calls, SB fold, BB call. 3 way, 3 BB
Flop is very dry something like Q73 RB. BB check, I bet, BTN calls.
Turn is like a 9, don't think it brought a FD. Check, I bet, BTN raises, BB folds. Unlikely V has a set- he is capable of 3! iso me pre with PPs, I call.
River is a 5. I check, V bets, I call, he shows 5d3d.
I have seen this at 8/16 on rare occasions, where they plan to call a river bet(or think I am FOS) so raise the turn instead to slow me down, get me to fold overs, or sneak an extra bet in case they hit like this case. Is it a common play nowadays?
2 Replies
no
FSDR is not a good play because if the opponent knows you are capable of it, they will liberally 3bet you with good hands that normally would not be a three bet because they know you are capable of having light raises. Also you’re already “paying” two bets anyway on the turn and river, so why you would need to raise for a “free” showdown when you were already paying two bets I don’t know why.
However there is a huge difference between a FSDR and an iso-raise on the turn. If you raise someone on the turn to try to get someone behind to fold out a better hand than you and isolate the bettor’s bluffs/weak hands, that can be an expert play that you rarely see at low stakes but may see at mid-stakes+.
In your case it just looks like spew from the villain.
