River Ace fold second pair
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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