Facing donk on AA6???
1/3 9 handed
Villain young asian guy but over the span of 2 ~3hours, seen him play very passive and not involved in much hands. Every time he's in hand, he has the goods. He started with shortstacks now has at at least 700.
Effective stacks 500
Rock straddles for 5, Ep limps, Hero isos to 25 with JJ, V in sb flat calls, Ep calls.
Pot 83
Flop AA6r, V donks 30???? Ep folds
Hero???
Initially I thought he was flatting with pocket pairs in sb to set mine.
Now donking into 2 I'm not too sure.
Am I supposed to click call or make a tight fold here?
I don't think he's 'bluffing' as well.
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id just let it go.
Folding vs this villain.
I would call once here and fold to significant aggression on the turn. I think this can be a worse pocket pair sometimes, and I would expect Villain to slow down on future streets if that is the case.
Yeah, torn between calling once (which I would also do with all big Ax) and then giving up to a turn bet versus just folding now. The more ABC face up non-imaginative he has been, especially in non HU pots, the more I lean to the slightly nitty fold.
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When someone donks in a multi-way pot, it's less likely to be a bluff than when we're heads up. I'd mostly fold here, especially when V is tight-passive. I'd think it's even less likely to be a bluff on paired boards, especially high-paired boards, when we could have a lot of AX.
Maybe we can call once, if we believe V is just "betting to see where he's at" with 6x and will check to us on the turn if we call his donk. Maybe we spike a miracle J on the turn. But that miracle becomes a debacle if V has A6 or AJ.
I'd mostly just fold.
Calling at least once, then folding turn depending on sizing seems right to me. Could easily be an equity denial type bet with pairs 77-TT, especially with the one-thirds sizing.
Spoiler
We ended up calling.
Turn 6, check check
River 3 check check
Villain shows TT, Hero won.
I agree with the provided info, a fold makes sense. You might make the same read if the board was 449. It’s a way ahead, way behind situation and a fold can never be that bad. You could call the 30 & try to spike a jack. He acts 1st on the turn for you to see.
The problem to me is that 1/3 pot is a kinda a standard flop bet into 2 other players, so it doesn’t help me put him on a hand. Flatting in the small blind could mean he’s strong and didn’t mind ep coming along. Just trust your instincts and let it go.
I always feel lucky when I see a deer or throw away a strong hand.
How about that. You were up against the 2nd best hand the entire time. Nice hit.
folding flop is wild
