Flop 2 pair on highly coordinated board
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 187
5-5-10
Hero in CO with rock and $1,450
AhAd7h4s
Button straddles $20
Folds MP bets $75
Hero makes it $200
No major table reads as only been there for an hour
Button folds, CO calls
Flop 745 rainbow with 1 heart
Villain bets $300
Hero?
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 14,755
Positions aren't clear.
Feels like a dumb spot but I guess I fold without reason to believe he's going to fire only once. You're probably going to have to check back turn, so unless it comes backdoor hearts of fills your boat they may fire river too. So maybe call twice. But I think best to fold once.
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 187
It was such an obvious spot for him to bet based solely on range. Of course it’s possible he did actually connect, but my disguised 2 pair from the danglers made me stronger than he could have expected.
I called and he potted the Td turn.
Fold.
Join Date: Oct 2022
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Yep positions arent clear
Join Date: Feb 2013
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I'm assuming that B folds and MP calls CO/H $200 PF .. that's how MP Donks out on the Flop.
I guess I'm torn a bit. Why the Donk bet? Afraid it may check through and give you 'free' equity (and are still behind on the Turn)?
I typically just let the Donkers have their way .. I call them 'no liking money guys' for not allowing the C-bettor follow thru. Really no reason to protect a straight here (unless 63) .. so it's set, pair-OESD, wrap, 2pr or some combination of those. Or is it a very range aware V that knows you shouldn't have hit this?
But we've connected here and have BD hearts so I might call at some frequency in this exact spot. The problem is that they very well could have us crushed with 765x or maybe just 8769 and our stack is vulnerable if we don't improve.
Is it worth 300 to hit a heart, Ace or FH when both an Ace and FH could be in 2nd place still? Do we call off if the turn is Th?
In my games a Donk bet is usually pretty strong and 'they know' that stacks may be going in. I guess I can peel and hope to improve once in a while. GL
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 28,056
Mostly calling flop - sometimes shoving.
Some villains are going to attack this texture very agressively since Hero is so high-card heavy, flopped 2 pair (not bottom 2) and heart redraw is too good to fold this low SPR.
