this hand happened earlier which was rather fun. i showed a hand previously of where you can overbet to gain more value from villains range when you are in a situation whereby the size of the bet does not influence whether he is calling - he either thinks his pair is good or he doesnt.
in this hand i go for an underbet. or a suck bet as some people call it. its designed when i think villain has a very marginal hand, one that he wouldnt want to call a big bet with, but one that he cant resist calling a small one with.
here is the example:
Poker Stars $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
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Hero (BTN): $11.75
SB: $8.95
BB: $6.60
UTG: $8.90
MP: $12.55
CO: $12.75
Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is BTN with 9
7
3 folds,
Hero raises to $0.40, SB calls $0.35,
1 fold
Flop: ($0.90) 4
9
3
(2 players)
SB checks,
Hero bets $0.80,
SB raises to $1.60, Hero calls $0.80
this was an instant check min raise. it can mean a wide range of things. he could have a 9. of course if he has a 9 he is very likely beating me at this point. he could have a flush draw in which case i am beating him. or he could have complete air in which case i am still beating him. overall i am ahead more often that not so i peel one off to see what he does on the turn.
Turn: ($4.10) 7
(2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks
he checks which is quite surprising since i would expect him to obv bet his flushes and also his air hands since the spade is a scare card. i dont really know him well enough to know whether he would check after making the flush for deception, but either way, i dont want to be check raised again so i check.
River: ($4.10) J
(2 players)
SB checks,
Hero bets $0.60, SB calls $0.60
when he checks again, well i know he doesnt have a flush now. and i would have expected his air hands to bluff. so it looks like he has 9x. due to the scary nature of the board i doubt he calls a decent sized bet so i opt for a suck bet. if he spazzes out and raises or shoves or something ridiculous i am of course calling 100%
he actually showed AQ. i have no idea why he called he is never going to be good. but when i make a tiny bet of 60c he just cant resist seeing what i have. i just added 3ptbb that i otherwise wouldnt have. if i could do something like this once every 300 hands i suddenly add 1ptbb/100 to my winrate, which is well worth taking. if u win at 5ptbb/100 u would be increasing your winrate by 20%...