LJ fish limps, CO very solid reg opens to 20, Hero ($450 effective) calls in the BB with QJ, LJ calls.

Flop ($60, $7 rake) 9A8
x, x, CO bets $40, Hero calls, LJ folds.

I think this is arguably the worst part of my line

Turn ($140) 8
Hero donk bets for $125, CO tank calls

I probably should have sized down a little here if I am going to make a move like this. Maybe $80? The goal is obviously to rep my many 8x, and to put aces and diamond flush draws in tough spots.

River ($390) 6
Hero shoves for $270

The goal is to get Ax to fold, and I blocked some of the combos like AQ or AJ that villain might call with. I also didn't have diamonds which gives me some more fold equity.

So what do you guys think of a line like this? Honestly the first time I have tried to work donking into my lines, and thought it was a halfway decent spot to do it. Tell me what y'all think.

Lead turn for 1/3 then overbet shove river.


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There is some donk betting allowed on this turn but it’s supposed to be for 1/4 pot and qj really isn’t the hand to bluff with having the j is particularly bad

Fold pre but it's close

Fold flop as played

Check fold turn as played

River bluff is the okayest part but it's just a check fold as played as well

Why is having the J here bad? It gives me a couple outs to a straight, blocks a couple AJ hands, and it really isn't blocking any of his folding hands, besides JT.

I think you can win a lot of money at 2/5 without getting creative in these spots. Agree with fold pre.

Don't fold pre. Fold flop. Leading turn is bad. I'd call you with an ace on the river here. Your line is way fishy.

There's enough combo draws on this wet board that bricked out that the donk play signals something strange for me to call river if I called turn. Sure you may have some hands with 8d that could play like this but theres enough equity for me to make the call and look you up. If you played a hand with 8 like this, you would probably get paid off.

PF is standard. Fold flop I don't think Villian is bluffing much with Fish in the hand and I don't think you should be trying to get people to fold TP.

+1, especially at this stack depth.

The question you need to ask yourself on the flop is, "if I decide the float with close to air, is the right board and the right opponent?"

I think the answer is no. You happened to catch a turn card that arguably hits your flop calling range, but misses your opponent's range. That's not going to happen very often.

Much more often, you are going to end up (i) folding the turn, (ii) betting the turn with what looks like a busted draw, or (iii) repping a made straight/flush with a hand that is also squarely in CO's range.

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