- This topic has 3 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 7 years, 5 months ago by
.
-
Posts
-
This hand is from a tournament I played a week ago. Blinds are 400/800 and we just combined for the final 2 tables. Villain was at the same table when I used similar line and jammed all in on the river with my flopped set. Villain had shown some tendency to fold to large river bets.
http://www.sharemypair.com/smpweb/smpviewdetails/feed_id/30609
I like the table top haha. The line you took looks a little suspect. Once you check turn your hand is super polarized. I might’ve checked pf. As played, I might check the flop since our hand has some value and not too many better hands are going to fold. To prove the point he has 5’s here, which is just slightly better than our hand and makes the call so the only positive that comes out of betting there is that it denies the player an opportunity to realize their equity if they have two overs or something. This can be important especially in a tournament but I think checking flop is fine. If we’re going to bet we should be firing two bullets to really put the pressure on the opponent and a heart on the turn is a great card for us to barrel. I wish we would’ve bet the turn big and applied some leverage. If it looks like we’ve given up on the turn it’s hard to then pretend like we have the nuts on the river. It doesn’t necessarily tell a continuous convincing story. I might just save that line for when I actually have it. I wouldn’t recommend using it against a beginner player as a bluff. Perhaps against a better player it might’ve worked. Anyway, you did put your opponent in a tough spot and I’m surprised he called for his tournament life. That part is unfortunate.
Although there’s three to a flush on board, you hold the most important card in the deck, the Ah, so I like shoving on the turn. Since you would never check the turn with a flush, I guess you’re now representing a straight on the river. The villain doesn’t buy your straight since he has a couple of blockers.
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.