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Originally Posted by davomalvolio
HAND: $4 straddle is on. I have Jh9s in BB. UTG ($200)raises to $12 and Button ($200) calls. I don’t believe much in physical tells but trusted this one enough to think UTG was weak and I 3-bet to $45. Straddle folds, UTG indeed folds quickly, but the Buttin ruins my fun by calling. ****!
FLOP: AdJd5c (pot: $100, heads-up)
UPDATE: We bet $70. He makes a call.
TURN: AdJd5c 6c (pot: $240, heads-up).
We check. He goes all-in for his last $80.
Call or fold?
UPDATE: I actually thought this wasn’t very close and was a clear call—that a bigger portion of V’s double-flat preflop range would be “two random suited cards” vs “Ace-something.” So that even when he shoves the Turn with basically no fold equity, I still think I’m going to see flush draws enough to make this a mandatory call (plus, of course, my 5 outs when I’m behind.)
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I think my big mistake here is on the Flop—a $70 bet makes no sense at all, it’s way too large, yet will almost never fold out better (only the KJ/QJ/JTs hands might, and there are only 6 total) and can only get called by worse if he has a Diamond draw. AND it’s so big that when he DOES call, I’m committed to calling any Turn that’s not a Diamond. I SHOULD have just bet like $25-$30—just to fold out his 33s and K9hh hands. And if he calls and then decides to bluff the Turn with QT or a flush draw or something—that’s fine, I just let him win. The mistake was betting the flop so large that I’m both
A) condensing his range into very strong hands of draws,
B) while simultaneously bloating the pot so much that I need to call with my bluff-catcher.