river re-raise

river re-raise

PokerStars - $0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BB): 277.6 BB
UTG: 30.6 BB (VPIP: 30.30, PFR: 15.15, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 68)
CO: 114.8 BB (VPIP: 18.64, PFR: 14.41, 3Bet Preflop: 7.69, Hands: 244)
BTN: 147.12 BB (VPIP: 32.65, PFR: 22.45, 3Bet Preflop: 11.11, Hands: 148)
SB: 61.92 BB (VPIP: 51.22, PFR: 12.20, 3Bet Preflop: 9.09, Hands: 41)

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has T 8

fold, fold, BTN raises to 2.48 BB, fold, Hero calls 1.48 BB

Flop: (5.36 BB, 2 players) 9 J 5
Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: (5.36 BB, 2 players) 7
Hero bets 3.56 BB, BTN calls 3.56 BB

River: (12.48 BB, 2 players) 7
Hero bets 5.96 BB, BTN raises to 32 BB

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24 August 2024 at 10:30 PM
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I would call this. He seems bit agg, you sized down otr(why?). He reps only 97s 77 and some flush draw that checked flop otoh he can any random club.


A small bet can provoke an aggressive opponent on the river.

Based on 148 hands, this opponent looks quite aggressive, so I also favor calling.


I did make the fold.

My thougth process:

His flop-check
-Turn call made me think he had a medium strenght hand with some showdownvalue willing to get through the river, and thus wouldn't need to blast it on the river.
I sized down the river giving such hands the opportunity to call. (I think this is probably a mistake and will try to adjust accordingly)
- on NL25 there is way to little bluff-reraising on the river wich makes me overfold on such occasions, I didn't take the opponent aggresivness into consideration wich would I def should have done.
-Being on a small down-swing after moving up in stakes recently made me think I was calling down to many rivers, I told myself to fold more of them before the session, also not a correct train of thougth but it was there.

Thanks for the evaluation


folding to river raises as a default in close situations is very reasonable.


When we downsize the river a bit, we call. The bet is made to induce crazy crap.


Is a check-call on river bad ?


by HellmuttCall k

Is a check-call on river bad ?

Too deep and too strong to play bluffcatcher


by The Horror k

Too deep and too strong to play bluffcatcher

So it's a bet-call raise for you ? Fold is no question ?


by HellmuttCall k

So it's a bet-call raise for you ? Fold is no question ?

I think checking leaves too much money on the table, to clarify.

I probably bet more for value, but when I'm betting a bit smaller than half the pot, I'm calling a maybe laggy opponent who smells blood in the water. If we bet like 7.5-8.5bbs and he raised, I would be more likely to find a fold, but we didn't and that's fine, but I'm calling, getting almost 2:1.


anything from check to bet 75% on river are close in ev btw. Calling the raise is +ev also, personally I fold.


I don't see how we can consider folding here. Sizing looks like a thin value bet with a hand like JT, not a flush. I would call the raise and feel fine about it.

I would also bet three streets, but that's me.


by Flpmethntsdlr k

I don't see how we can consider folding here. Sizing looks like a thin value bet with a hand like JT, not a flush. I would call the raise and feel fine about it.

I would also bet three streets, but that's me.

Since the flop isn't necesarrily a bad flop for the button raisers range the plan was to check-raise the flop.


My fault, I misread. Thought it was BvB. Thank you for pointing out it was BB v BTN.

AP I still think calling the river is fine.

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