Was I right to fold here?
Was I right to fold here? Ironically, I bet small on the Flop, planning on 4 betting any 3 bet, but ended up not doing that cause I remembered a number of similar occasions where villain ended up having two pair (though there must have been occasions where they had just a draw or even top pair with weaker kicker).
After my fold villain showed me Ts, which really tilted me (I ended up misreading a hand later and shoving in a pretty stupid spot – yes, I should work on my mental game and not play tired).
Situation: Early in a tournament (satellite where 1 in 10 advances, but I don’t think that really makes a difference in this spot)
Any thoughts would be welcome.
Poker Hand #TM22199339: Tournament #195093388, $108 Mega to GGMasters High Rollers $1K, 2 Seats Hold'em No Limit - Level2(75/150) - 2025/03/13 22:20:47
Table '1' 8-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: d7e5c3fc (9,625 in chips)
Seat 3: e7b32f74 (9,330 in chips)
Seat 4: 4f259900 (13,090 in chips)
Seat 7: 295ec769 (7,050 in chips)
Seat 8: Hero (10,353 in chips)
4f259900: posts the ante 15
e7b32f74: posts the ante 15
Hero: posts the ante 15
d7e5c3fc: posts the ante 15
295ec769: posts the ante 15
d7e5c3fc: posts small blind 75
e7b32f74: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to d7e5c3fc
Dealt to e7b32f74
Dealt to 4f259900
Dealt to 295ec769
Dealt to Hero [Ad Qs]
4f259900: folds
295ec769: raises 150 to 300
Hero: raises 300 to 600
d7e5c3fc: folds
e7b32f74: folds
295ec769: calls 300
*** FLOP *** [8d Ah Jh]
295ec769: checks
Hero: bets 450
295ec769: raises 1,200 to 1,650
Hero: calls 1,200
*** TURN *** [8d Ah Jh] [3h]
295ec769: bets 4,785 and is all-in
Hero: folds
Uncalled bet (4,785) returned to 295ec769
*** SHOWDOWN ***
295ec769 collected 4,800 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4,800 | Rake 0 | Jackpot 0 | Bingo 0 | Fortune 0 | Tax 0
Board [8d Ah Jh 3h]
Seat 1: d7e5c3fc (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: e7b32f74 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: 4f259900 folded before Flop
Seat 7: 295ec769 showed [Ts] and won (4,800)
Seat 8: Hero (button) folded on the Turn
2 Replies
These are the spots I struggle in as well -- when I have a strong hand that turns into a bluff catcher. I think they are the grossest spots in poker. When I'm live, I go with my gut based on the impression of the player's image I have. Online, it's nice if you have a HUD to help. I'm pretty the solver would call here. But I think the pop under bluffs versus the solver. So I don't know.
I would not 4 bet the flop here, as you want to keep his range wider with AQ.
Yeah, I can see now why I should have raised bigger pre flop, would possibly have saved me some trouble, if I had just made it 8 BB or so.
Villain had 750,000 in lifetime winnings (not earnings though), which are shown by default on GG, so I suppose he was well aware that pop does not bluff enough and used that fact to his advantage by bluffing me.
Well played, villain.
