Villain in this hand seems pretty decent, save for his 4x reraise pre. Hasn't done anything weird or donkish. Figure that flatting pre and setmining is probably optimal vs. a 4x and a flat. On the flop I decide to donk as a bluff, trying to intimidate TT-QQ type hands. Turn is pretty bad but I decided I was going to bluff shove a club river. I don't know, ideas?

Full Tilt Poker $8 + $0.80 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t15/t30 Blinds - 8 players
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Hero (BB): t3030 M = 67.33
UTG: t2385 M = 53
UTG+1: t2115 M = 47
MP1: t4490 M = 99.78
MP2: t2480 M = 55.11
CO: t1345 M = 29.89
BTN: t1835 M = 40.78
SB: t2450 M = 54.44

Pre Flop: (t45) Hero is BB with 9 9
2 folds, MP1 raises to t120, 3 folds, SB calls t105, Hero calls t90

Flop: (t360) K 7 3 (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t240, MP1 calls t240, SB calls t240

Turn: (t1080) Q (3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, MP1 bets t300, SB folds, Hero calls t300

River: (t1680) 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP1 bets t1050, Hero folds

Everything looks OK until this. Let me know how often this works out for you.

Preflop and flop are not all that odd. You only have 2 options pre and you're going to be in an odd spot if you 3-bet preflop and get called.

If you weren't in the blinds, you'd at least have position. Your strategy of just taking the flop seems reasonable but I just don't see any reason at all to call the turn.

FPS. You're set mining, but then you donk the flop?

The turn is a fold. Calling so hit a flush draw would be ok; calling so you can bluff a flush river is... different.

bluff shoving in $8 buyins? nononon

I don't mind donking a little bit to force MP to react to something, but the hand is over after we get called in two spots unless we spike a 9 turn.

But see this is why I lol when people hype up the virtues of set mining. "I'm going to stack the guy when I hit and I'll never lose anything when I don't!"

Pre is good,
c/c flop (c/f is ok),
c/f turn
fold river

Also this, it never would have worked regardless of his hand. I agree this was FPS.

"grunch"

pre is std

post is just spew imo. i think c/f flop is best line, though i don't hate c/c'ing flop/soulread turn if OR cbets and SB gets out of the way.

leading flop is kinda meh because although i think you have the best hand OTF quite a lot, there are so many bad turns, and if you're flatted you're going to either go into c/c mode or be betting when you're not really sure whether you're ahead in the hand. you don't know which turns are bad for you, and i just think OOP you're going to get kind of owned here.

considering you said you were leading the flop as a bluff (which i don't really agree with but w/e) i think planning what is usually going to have to be a minimum of a double barrel bluff 3-way OOP on a two-tone board is just FPS and unnecessary.

as played, i don't like the turn c/c and think folding is way the best. also your plan to shove a club river probably gets looked up a lot in general, and also considering the villain's line there's a decent chance that he has the FD. however your line does make sense for a flush, and if he's capable of handreading you might be able to get him to fold some of his range.

Yeah I mean I have to agree with jkugleman here, if we flat with 99 to set mine then donking the flop is pretty much spew.

I like that you had a plan when you called the turn, although I question the wisdom of bluff shoving against a random, since you have no way of knowing if said villain is capable of laying down TP or two pair or something.

flop seems still ok (as some sort of semibluff value bet) but turn is spew