Turns QQ's into a bluff?
A Lag pre flop open raises from the LJ. I 3 bet QsQc from the CO, the button calls and it's folded back to the LJ who calls.
Kc7s6d...The LJ donks, I decide to just call? He plays fairly straightforward post flop. I felt like he most likely had a K but it's possible he was betting worse. The button also called. The button seemed like a Tag/fish. I put him on an Ace high or a mid to small pair.
Kc7s6dAd.....It gets checked around,
Kc7s6dAd9d....The LJ bets. If he had a bluff he would have continued to bet the turn. If he had a smaller pair I think he checks again. I do think he would be confident now to bet a K. Is this a reasonable spot to raise? I'd be representing a backdoor flush or 99's. Heads up he would probably call but three way he may be convinced I've got it. I do have a straightforward image. The problem is that I don't have many hands with diamonds in my range....Should I be pealing QdTd or QdJd here? Maybe I should raise these to his flop donk? On the other hand I don't know that he would figure out I don't have many flushes here.
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Like it as played and now fold assuming pot is still multi way. Who folded flop?
I also fold river. This guy has one of two hands: (1) a king; or (2) a monster with which he was trying to b/3b flop and then decided to go for a c/r on this specific turn.
I think you played the hand reasonably.
If we want to put precisely one big bet in on the turn/river, I think the way to do that is to bet/fold the turn and then check the river. I think your bet goes in much, much better that way than by checking turn and then calling a river bet. You should not get bluff raised much when you bet the turn. Except it really sucks if button calls because we're hosed on the river and have to just hope he checks it back after we check.
I also fold river. This guy has one of two hands: (1) a king; or (2) a monster with which he was trying to b/3b flop and then decided to go for a c/r on this specific turn.
This one is pretty simple actually. It's pretty rare that someone would donk flop, check the turn, and then bet MW OOP with a worse hand or bluff.
