Flopping a straight heads-up with a monotone board.
2/3/5 NL 8 handed
Effective stacks $800
V is unknown white male 40’s, has played 1 orbit.
V opens $20 on button
H calls in BB with 6h5h
($40) 2s 3a 4s
H $15
V calls
($70) Qd
H $70
V $260
H???
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4 Replies
Gross. Seriously. It's so unlikely that he has spades, but he's not worried that you do, either. Could he have AsQx? or QsQx? That's really all we beat (or it should be). Why would he raise so big if he has the nuts or a big flush?
Sorry, but it's a table read for me. I don't know what I'd do from my computer.
FWIW, I fold pre.
PRE - seems like a standard defend in the BB. I might 3B here, when the open comes from the BTN. But calling is fine, HU.
FLOP - Why are you donking? Why not just check in flow, and see what he does?
Our hand is basically a bluff-catcher, not strong enough to bet / raise for value, too strong to want to bet-fold.
TURN - Welp, I'm stumped. Don't think I know this neighborhood. Never been here before.
Think I'm okay with folding. There's like a 40% chance the river is yet another spade or pairs the board, so all his AsQx and QQ that are semi-bluffing and aren't folding unless we jam are going to improve. Jamming to avoid that seems insane, when we could already be beat.
If we had a read that V is capable, if not maniacal, I could see jamming as a tribute to the poker gods, hoping they reward our gamble. With no reads, I just fold and move onto the next one.
At 150 blinds deep, I'm not digging calling HU with 6-high, especially with live rake.
I think this should be raise or fold.
Results:
Spoiler
I called. He had Ks5s for a flopped flush.