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04-29-2021 , 11:40 AM

Rish.Reddevil

stranger

Join Date: Sep 2018 Posts: 7

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Hand is played on a final table. Everyone is in the money.

Hero UTG 90bb chip leading
Villain BB 50bb - Villain is tagged lose maniac.

Hero opens 2bb from UTG Td9d. Everyone folds. BB calls. Pot - 5.4bb

Flop Tc7d4h. BB donks 3bb. Hero calls. Pot - 11.4bb

Turn Qd. BB donks 8.55bb. Hero calls. Pot - 28.5

River 3h. BB donks 38.8bb and is all in. Hero folds.

I folded the river holding the 9 blocker. Majority of villains bluffs should be 89.

What will be an ideal calling range on the river? Is there any merit in raising the flop?

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04-30-2021 , 10:12 AM

Darth_Maul

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 4,435

Does he have a habit of donking?

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05-10-2021 , 10:21 AM

Rish.Reddevil

stranger

Join Date: Sep 2018 Posts: 7

I have seen him donk once before but didn't get to see his hand at showdown.

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05-12-2021 , 06:17 PM

Justo

centurion

Join Date: Dec 2020 Posts: 166

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Originally Posted by Rish.Reddevil

I folded the river holding the 9 blocker. Majority of villains bluffs should be 89.

This thought process only makes sense if villain is somehow balanced. People balancing their ranges don't donk the flop imo

I would have had the same line as yours though.
Flop and small turn bets indicate a draw or weak hand (small Tx, 7x...).
So the big bet on a blank river is hard to read.
I would just let go...

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05-13-2021 , 10:13 PM

Raistlyn M

journeyman

Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 254

I like the fold given our combo and the river. That said, I'm very skeptical and would be down to call v some/sometimes. Given we opened UTG (I'm assuming 8-9 handed), called two streets and they jammed 1.36x pot we can call KT+ / AT+ and be fine with it. This is assuming we don't open insanely wide UTG as cl and don't 2bet flop with AT+ every time.

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