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Originally Posted by submersible
"More than once, I put in a standard-size raise, only to realize my opponent had barely anything left behind. There's nothing more embarrassing than folding J high when all our draws brick out and an opponent donk-jams $50 into a $450 pot."
why is this embarassing? you saved 50$
It's embarrassing because it's obvious that I was raising as a bluff, without first checking my opponent's stack depth before I bet. If I'm going to raise as a bluff, I should just jam, if my raise is going to be 80%-90% of V's remaining stack.
If I jam on a draw heavy-board, and he calls, I can just say "I missed, you're good" and muck - but at least I jammed for max fold equity. If I bet slightly less than all-in with value and he sucks out, I can shrug and say "he doesn't have enough left for me to fold", and I can call - but at least I was raising for value with a real hand.
But when I bet 80% of what an opponent has, and then he sticks in the last 20%, and I fold, it's not only obvious I was bluffing, but also obvious I wasn't even cognizant enough to simply jam.
Had one recently - I 3B to $80 pre over a $20 EP open and a BTN flat call from the SB with KQs, c-bet 2/3 pot on a T43cdd flop, and bet pot on a 3h turn, only to realize he (the EP PFR) only had $150 left behind. All the draws bricked out on the river, but it was a paired board, he raised-called my 3B pre, called my 2/3 pot c-bet, and my turn OB.
I thought about jamming river, but couldn't see what he had in his range that gets to the river but would fold to a $150 bet into an almost $1200 pot, so I checked, he jammed, and I tank-folded. Later he told me he had 65dd, for a flopped OESFD, and he would have called off a turn jam, but obviously folded to any size river bet.
I would have won with K-high, had I just checked his stack and jammed turn, instead of not checking his stack and trying to size my bet according to the pot.
Yes I realize how stupid that was. That's kind of the point here.