Commerce Casino Sunday SSMTT
$115 entry
150 entries
Top 16 get paid
32 players left
600-1200 with 300 ante
DB - 40k in chips - Player is new to the table. He has been consistently raising in late position when folded to him trying to steal blinds. When raising he has been min raising or making less than 3 BB bets.
Hero SB - 30k in chips - Has been playing selectively aggressive. Has not been caught bluffing. Has not played too many hands in fact, probably the tightest player at the table image wise.
Villain BB - 60k in chips - Probably the chip leader at this point certainly the largest stack at the table. Player is super loose on his ranges. Recently he won a large pot tripling up holding 3 5 for two pair. Has been playing way too many hands, calling large raises with marginal holdings, seems to like any two suited cards. I said something to him about his ranges and he replied "I get bored. I like to go against the grain and play the opposite of what everyone else is playing."
Everyone folds around to the DB who makes it $3800 which again is less than a 3 BB raise. Hero in the SB looks down at A
9
and calls the $3800. BB calls immediately as well.
Flop: A
10
4
Hero checks top pair. BB checks as does DB.
Turn: 8
Hero bets out $6000 into $13500 pot. BB smooth calls. DB folds.
River: 9
Hero checks his two pair. BB thinks for a few seconds and then grabs chips. They look a little nervous getting their chips from their stack fumbling a bit and announce $12,000 cutting out 3 stacks of $4000 neatly in front of Hero. Hero tanks then calls the $12,000. BB doesn't want to turn their hand over. Hero tosses their cards up on the table and announces "Two pair." BB slow rolls their hand showing A
10
for higher two pair.
Advice please on whether you would have called the river bet. Additionally, any advice on when and when not to call big river bets in MTT's would be appreciated as well. How do you calculate the odds here that they are bluffing or overvaluing a marginal hand? Or do you feel this river bet shows too much strength for me to call? Thanks!
From my perspective I put them on a weaker two pair or overvaluing an Ace high. I didn't put them on an Ace with a solid kicker because I felt they would have reraised preflop. And the way the hand played out I couldn't put them on a flush or straight. They probably would have bet the flop if they had the flush draw or reraised me on the turn with the made flush. And calling the turn with a straight draw seemed a bit far fetched as well.