Should hero call this river?
Hi all,
Had this hand in an €350 live 8-game mix tournament last week. It's close to the start of the tournament and all players have over 200bbs.
PREFLOP
Villain is in the lojack and is clearly an experienced and strong player. He opens to 3.5bbs. Folds to the SB, who calls. Hero is in the BB and looks down at K♥J♠4♥3♠ and calls.
FLOP (11.5 bbs)
J♦7♠3♦
The action checks through.
TURN (11.5 bbs)
J♦7♠3♦2♥
SB bets 8bbs, BB and lojack both call.
RIVER (35.5 bbs)
J♦7♠3♦2♥K♣
SB checks, BB checks, lojack bets 30bbs. SB folds. Hero...?
9 Replies
In the no rake environment of a tourney, I could get behind defending this hand BB v LJ. But 3ways I think fold. Hand features are not nutty enough for mw defense imo. Seems close.
As played flop check is good.
As played I think just fold turn. Seems nitty but not closing the action and there's just lots of rivers we won't play well.
As played, I prefer betting river because we interact with the river card. Somewhere around B67, like 20bb, seems fine. LJ calls wider than bets when checked to imo.
As played, shrug call? His overcall turn bet river seems like bs but it's often a small set waiting for a clean river. I highly doubt raising gets called by worse.
You have 3 pair and barely block any draws. GTO is salivating to snap call this hand.
Yep, ultimately I decided I had too much of the board here to fold, and I was having trouble understanding how I could be behind, especially as I block some of the value hands that come in on the river. So I called and villain showed KKxx. He got paid on the river because he checked the overpair back on the flop - I don't give people credit for being able to do that until I see evidence to the contrary.
I think you have a very easy value bet on the river. As played obv call. Villain has a zillion bleffs and can value bet K7 (or K3 even?) imo.
i think raise turn because have many BBs back, your hand needs protection, you are in sandwich spot, and block St8 with 4h
when u raise turn, you can check turn IP, you can fold vs 3bet OOP.
when u call, 90% of the rivers isnt good, so u cant use this hand to bluffcacher.
but river as played is a clear value bet/fold
I would def call pre - not a bad flop to donk lead expecting it to get checked back a lot. OTT I agree with the guy above me - good spot to raise for a number of reasons. Have to call now.
Interesting, thanks for the input. Turn raise looks like the way to go!
Villain is in the lojack and is clearly an experienced and strong player.
He played like it on every street.
Will V fold KKXXdd to a bet raise from the blinds and a very dry board? Agreed raising is much better than calling regardless.
The problems stem from the pf call oop of a strong player’s raise with a troublesome hand during the first level of an 8-game mix tournament.
