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Originally Posted by NittyOldMan1
results: i lost to As4s. maybe im being results oriented but im given that i block Kx hands that have worse two pair i think i made a mistake calling.
I mean, you said it yourself. He can have K5, K3, 53. Do you really mean he can have those on the river given the action? Then you can't fold. If you are second guessing your assumption that he can have those hands, if you think he won't go for it using that size on the river, then okay. But if you truly range him on this, then your hand is a winning call vs his value range, not even considering his bluffs. Even if you are losing more than 50% of the time. Only have to be good roughly 3 out of 10 times here. Throw in bluffs and this is a slam dunk call.
You're missing the mark a bit when you day you are blocking worse two pair hands he could have. There are 6 suited two pair combos he can have on the flop given you have the Kh if you give him all the two pairs, so there are still plenty you beat. Your hand is still going to be one of the better bluff catchers you will have on the river.
Even if you take away the two pair combos, I think our hand is still a pretty good bluff catcher. I would rather have your hand than AA or AK with the As. Even if they are in theory supposed to give up with the As some on rivers and fire bluffs that unblock nut spades, live players tend to bluff nut spades anyways if they are finding bluffs on the river. Blocking one value combo of As4s but blocking way more bluffs of AsXs is bad.
AA or AK with no As would be a good bluff catching candidates too. With the small flop raise, I think he could have A4s of more than just spades, so having a non spade A can be a good blocker, blocking 1 value combo and not blocking any bluffs.
I think KQ, KTs is more starting to approach indifference territory. KQo with Qs I could see folding more. Others might be mixed, or you might lean more towards exploitative play and just try to figure if villain is overbluffing hands like missed spades.
Last edited by Mlark; 10-15-2023 at 02:03 AM.