Flopped mid set turns into backdoor wheel, river decision
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 23,508
This is in a live 2-2 game with a $5 utg straddle. Effective stacks: $650. We're 6 handed at the moment.
We are the sb with Ah9d9c5h
Everyone calls the $5 straddle. We call. Bb calls. Straddle checks.
Flop: ($30)
Td 9h 3c
We bet pot. Straddle calls. Everyone else folds.
Turn: ($90)
4c
We pot it again and get flatted again
River: ($270)
2d
We value bet it for $175. Villain tanks and pots it. Hero???
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 983
Any reads on straddle?
Pretty hard to fold as our range has hardly any 65xx in it. His range shouldn't have much either, maybe 5678 and T965.
I see more bluffs like 678x QJTx etc in villains spot.
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 23,508
Sorry, forgot to include reads. Straddle seems pretty ABC from what I've seen, but he's only been at the table for maybe 30-45 mins so it isn't really that much to go on. I can't ever see him playing TT this way as I'm 99% sure he would raise the flop here with top set. He's clearly repping 56 here, but how could he possibly have it?
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 1,466
Tip for live poker. When it's a 'how can they possibly have it moment' after they've raised some goofy spot, well, they have it.
