[Nate]

Hi Han,

I’d say that 89o UTG is definitely a fold, however not for this guy.. oh well. I like your ISO raise size in position, squeezing dead money with a hand that plays really well after the flop. There’s 102 in the pot already, and he donk bets 15 into 102 that’s always weakness. I like the raise, but I’d go for the $80-100 raise with 2 overs and a gutter to the nuts: calling in that spot looks incredibly weak on a dry board texture, great job taking the lead on the hand. When the turns a 9 and he checks I like the check back: he’s going to have a lot of of 9’s in his range but since you didn’t improve and pick up any more equity it’s going to be tough winning with king high, it sucks but you’re gonna have to shut down a lot because he sounds like he’s impossible to bluff seeing how sticky he is. Plus, since you ISO raised preflop, and you raised again on the flop, you never have just a naked 9 except MAYBE A9 but it’s so unlikely. You’re basically repping a set of 9’s on the flop that turned into quads but it’s so unlikely (basically you never have a 9 in your hand and your opponent probably knows that) especially since he has a 9. Rivers a king. He checks… again… you improve to top pair. It’s really tricky, because you’re supposed to go for value and get called by 10x combinations and pocket pairs like 8’s and 7’s and maybe Jacks (but his preflop action he never has jacks plus).. it’s a really interesting hand, Han. All I can say on the river is, normally a min check raise on the river at lower stakes is for value, and never a bluff. Idk, I could be a total idiot with my thought process but everything about the hand led me to believe that you’re not good.

Yes, it’s really unfortunate that he called your raise OOP with 89o. It’s unfortunate that he donk bet into you on the flop with middle pair, called your raise, and he drilled the turn and checked to you. And then check raised you on the river when you made top pair. Idk. The check raise just screamed trap to me. Unless you have a relatively nutted hand, never call a CR on the river.. it’s almost always for value at lower stakes.

Good luck at the tables Han!

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