1/2 Short stack c/r bluff (or value) flop vs downbet
Join Date: Apr 2019
Posts: 93
Played this interesting hand (to me), but didn't scribble it down so details are vague.
Stack < 110
Hero has 99 in MP.
Open to 10
One caller behind.
Pot 24
Flop Jxx all hearts, I have 2nd pair
I check V bets 6, I raise to 20, V calls
Turn blank, x x
River blank, x x
I show, he mucks.
I was check folding this flop, but this micro bet felt so flushdrawy that I thought it might be a good spot to take the pot or at least make him pay.
Also check raises are considered the nuts in this game so theres a good chance it goes to showdown.
Fine or spew :P?
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 2,326
What better hands fold here? Do you think you will get a J to fold this flop? If he's drawing, don't you think he'll call anyway? What unpaired hands with equity do you get to fold here? You'll probably get someone to fold KQcc type hands, but what else goes away? Is betting v off mostly worse hands worth a check raise on a flop whe you pretty much either have it or you don't?
He could have had a draw or absolutely nothing, trying to buy the pot cheaply. Remember this bet sizing tell for future hands.
