Villain is an older Hispanic guy without good fundamentals. On a previous hand, he calls a 3x raise on the flop holding AQ to KT8 board without the proper implied odds because his opponent was so short. He gets lucky and catches a J on the turn. He plays a wide range of hands and is your average fish.
Hero is new to the table. If villain is paying attention (which he probably isn’t), then he would only have one hand of observation on hero. He would have seen hero raise from the CO in a 6-handed straddled pot with the straddle calling preflop. Hero then cb when checked to then the straddle c/r all-in, in which case hero folded.
Live $2/$4 Cash Game at Oaks (200maximum bet or raise on top with $400 max buy-in and $5 drop)
Stacks:
Hero is CO with $400
Villain is SB with $600
Pre-Flop: ($6) Hero is CO with 8
7
6-handed at this point, folds to hero who raises to $12, BTN, folds, SB calls $10, BB folds.
Flop: 9
5
3
($23, 2 players)
Villain checks, Hero bets $15, Villain raises to $35, Hero calls $20.
Turn: K
($93, 2 players)
V checks, Hero bets $45, Villain calls $45
River: 3
($183, 2 players)
V checks, Hero?
I end up calling V’s c/r since it was basically a minraise and I believe I have implied odds (if I’m not mistaken) to call in position and make my hand. I also feel V’s c/r is indicative of a top pair hand and there are many scare cards that can come on the turn that will enable me to take the pot away. When the K
comes, I feel that it is a perfect card to bluff. It is a high card and the flush comes in. I believe I can represent a flush with the way I played my hand.
On the river, do you check and give up or continue bluffing? Why?
Thank you!