Table is short handed. Three people. Hero in small bind, villain on the button. The stranger on big blind wanted to play his hand.
Hero stares down at pocket two's. The button who initially asking for chopping(everybody folding the hands, the button pays 1$ to the house and the blinds are returned)
The table is 2,3,5 NLH in bay101 with max buyin of 500 dollars. 2$ on the button and the 3,5 blinds respectively.
925 dollars starting stack for heros, villians had 2000 + dollars in stack size.
The villain who wanted to chop now raises to 25 dollars. Hero calls on the small blind. Stranger fold and leaves the table.
Flop comes J24. Hero bets 100 dollars. Villain calls. Turn is K. Hero bets 200 dollars villain calls. River is another K.
Hero?
Last edited by Garick; 11-14-2018 at 10:52 AM.
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I think in this case you are asking the wrong question. You should be asking yourself what could have you done to widen the villain's calling range so you could have beaten more of it.
Start off with your 2X pot sized bet donk bet on the flop. What could have the villain called with that had value? He's not going to float much because the bet is so big. His value range is JJ+, TJ+, and 44. On the turn, you get a K and make another large bet. His value range drops to AA, KK, KJ, JJ and 44. Once he calls, you're no longer way ahead of his range.
Your betting made it likely you'd lose this hand. I'd check the flop, and start making my standard 2/3 PSB on the turn and river if he checks behind. That way if he had AK, he'd feel he couldn't fold.
Welcome to the forum, OP. Please don't include results in your post or title, as it biases people's responses. I edited them out.
Why the huge flop bet? What do you think is going to call that on a very dry board? Once he does call, I'd slow WAY down. Even short-handed, I don't see him calling with just TP.
Since he was the raiser and this board is so dry that you're never making much on the hand unless it's a cooler, I would check flop and call his c-bet. While I normally believe in a value bet/bet/bet line with sets, there is just so little here that can pay you off.
Basically with a boat at a 3 handed table never folding is solid advice. That being said you pounded the flop and turn and got called. Some alarm bells should be going off. I don’t mind stacking off here specially as AK or AA could easily pay you off. As played I probably check/call the river. Probably not leading.
