Interesting River Spot
Interesting River Spot

Interesting River Spot

Stakes: 0.10/0.20/0.40 (0.10)
Hero (me): KH 10H
Villain: ?

Cutoff opens: 1.2
Hero: Call
Straddle: Call

Flop: 10S 9S 3C

Straddle leads for 1.20, CO folds and I call

Turn: KD

Straddle bets 1.80 and I raise to 5.80. Villain re-raised to 8.60. I call 8.60.

River: 8S Pot Size: 24.30

Straddle bet: 12. I fold.

What's his range here getting to river? Does villain do this with worse for value? Any bluffs? I think QJ and nut flush draws that improved. 10 9 off sometimes too. Pocket 3s makes sense. I find when people 3-bet on the flop or turn it is usually close to the nuts so I didn't feel great about K10 especially on the river so I folded.

28 April 2025 at 04:27 AM
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Would raise flop but depends how deep are you playing


Why? Does his bet seem weak? I was on the button btw and we were about 90bbs deep


by phd icey m

Why? Does his bet seem weak? I was on the button btw and we were about 90bbs deep

Would raise for value & protection ~3x. He is Donking 1/3 which is weak sizing imo (Tx 9x fd/straight draw) and you have pretty good hand.
Another good thing about raising flop is that you take back control of the hand and can check turn if you wish to (imo rare to see double donk).


This is from ClubWPT Gold? I think folding the river against a half pot bet from a fish is bad. I would expect to see all sorts of worse hands than top two pair in Villain’s range.

Villain is likely playing way too loose pre-flop and seems to be clicking buttons post-flop.

Also there seems to be a typo in your hand history, as this turn 3bet from Villain is not a legal raise size (below a minraise).


I agree. I was just thinking in game at low stakes people who donk multiway usually have less bs then when they donk heads up but still its a weak sizing.


Yeah, its from gold. I folded the river because he 3bet on turn and I find people on gold never 3bet bluff on flop or tun. And river sizing was pretty big for the game and I didn't give him rope to bluff or I would usually call. 9 10 is the only real hand that I beat. He could have QJ or a set. Some flushes too but not really. I don't think I recorded his raise wrong on the turn when I was writing it down, I can't explain to you half of the stuff that happens on this site.


by phd icey m

Yeah, its from gold. I folded the river because he 3bet on turn and I find people on gold never 3bet bluff on flop or tun. And river sizing was pretty big for the game and I didn't give him rope to bluff or I would usually call. 9 10 is the only real hand that I beat. He could have QJ or a set. Some flushes too but not really. I don't think I recorded his raise wrong on the tur

Why do you think V can have T9 but not KT, K9, and K3s? I wouldn't be surprised to see T3s or 93s too. A lot of Villains on this site have VPIPs greater than 50% which means they are defending their Straddle with almost any two cards.

I also think it's possible you could see KQ or KJ which donks flop small with a gutter and then continues on the turn after making top pair. The turn 3bet is weird, but it's a minclick raise (less really since the raise included in OP is less than a legal raise) which doesn't really scream strength to me.

On the river when Villain bets half pot, you only need to win 25% of the time to profitably call. It is really hard to fold a hand that beats value when you are getting those pot odds. I play on ClubWPT Gold as well and I see so much random spew that I would be shocked if KT is not a profitable call in this spot.


Sorry, I meant to say the cut off was the one betting in my post. I agree with what you are saying though with the K Q or K J and I could still probably call here.

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