River Ace fold second pair

River Ace fold second pair

Is this easy fold or close between call and fold? On this texture in particular

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BB): 296.5 BB
CO: 103.5 BB (VPIP: 18.66, PFR: 16.54, 3Bet Preflop: 7.41, Hands: 135)
BTN: 131 BB (VPIP: 23.53, PFR: 17.65, 3Bet Preflop: 5.88, Hands: 191)
SB: 89 BB (VPIP: 16.67, PFR: 16.67, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 7)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q J

fold, BTN raises to 2.5 BB, fold, Hero calls 1.5 BB

Flop: (5.5 BB, 2 players) 8 3 6
Hero checks, BTN bets 3 BB, Hero calls 3 BB

Turn: (11.5 BB, 2 players) Q
Hero checks, BTN bets 10 BB, Hero calls 10 BB

River: (31.5 BB, 2 players) A
Hero checks, BTN bets 19 BB, fold

27 June 2024 at 02:39 PM
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Fold flop facing the 60% pot cbet, your hand can improve only to top pair medium kicker or a very unlikely backdoor straight. On the river they need to turn something like 9T or 97 into a bluff, seems unlikely.


Yeah I’d just fold flop too. You’re a little deeper and don’t improve well.

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