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08-05-2010 , 12:17 AM

seaofsorrow

journeyman

Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 212

I have no reads on villain. I have AQo. He raises to 11$ from the small blind after a couple limps and I call in the big blind.

Flop: 10 Q 4 rainbow He checks. I check. The reason I am checking here is because he could have AK, AJ or a smaller pair and want to induce a bet.

Turn: another 4 He bets 20$. I call. I got what i wanted, i induced his bet.

River: 5 He bets 50$. Now i am not sure if my hand is good or not. What to do? Call or fold?

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08-05-2010 , 12:35 AM

BigSkip

The Situation

Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 19,989

Try not to post results so soon.

How many others called pre? What are your stack sizes? Heads up, I bet the flop.

As played, his check on the flop is suspicious, but if I call that turn, it is hard to fold that river getting 2-1. There isn't much we can beat, but we have been passive enough for J and AK to try and take this from us.

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08-05-2010 , 01:03 AM

BIGFISH72

adept

Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 799

I think that the way you played it was fine and you have to make the call on the river assuming you both started with effective stacks of 200+

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08-05-2010 , 04:40 AM

Nogyong

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Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 2,801

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Originally Posted by BIGFISH72

I think that the way you played it was fine and you have to make the call on the river assuming you both started with effective stacks of 200+

This.

If stacks are deepish, then its fine to check behind on this dry flop. But once we play the hand passively like this, we are never folding on the turn or river.

You should defintely expect to have the best hand on the river.

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