Hu, villain is a 6max fish but hasn't been crazy hu. They've also been running very hot (boat every 3 hands hot) so unsure if they're under or overdoing certain streets. They have checked back some very strong, imo clear cbets so their turn and river range will be slightly stronger than most imo (so undercbetting). So cant say completely readless on this player but haven't really been able to gather strong tendencies (underbluff, willing to turn enough into a bluff etc).


With that info:

- Do you prefer check, block or large here? Again not sure how much they're willing to bluff vs check nor how well they realize their sdv/willing to turn enough into a bluff. (Remember this player also has checked back strength - example K82rb x/ing back middle set).


- If we bet and get raised do we bin it off or are we stuck here?

I'll take a stab at it, hoping to learn.

Id eliminate large because of the texture shift and our net neutral side cards. T is a good rank but much prefer not holding these two specific clubs.

Want value from his bluff catching aces up and A77 that we probably get with block. Facing raise the fact that we have a lot of AA and the wash of our side cards has me feeling indifferent with this combo. Idk, randomize I guess.

I think kc is better with AJJ than AAJ because the latter offers more opportunity to clarify reads.
But very unsure if this is better than block.

On balance I think block.

I think medium size is prob good vs weaker player. Would prefer xc to block., and xc is pretty decent overall with us unblocking lots of draws.

When we say block sizing I consider that like 10%, but don't think it is a great texture to block, especially with our T blocker to nut straight; would rather go 1/3 over block I imagine, since we can still get worse 2p to call for more.

Don't like potting turn.

Appreciate the feedback and like your thoughts.

Was leaning block as well for similar reasons including we can occasionally induce him to turn some stuff into a bluff. Problem is his check back range is so much stronger than it should be that I feel like we can actually get more value with full pot in this hand vs in a hand w/ someone who arrives to this river a bit weaker.


From a semi meta perspective what do you think about full pot here to get called by a few more hands from players who can hand read well?

- Example: When we polarize river here we're basically repping AAK/AAT/KT and blockers. Given this; his sets and two pair combos should go up in value as bluff catches. Whereas when we block for 1/3 the bottom of my value range here is basically AQT/AQK+(Would even argue this is getting thin). Given this, he does still need to meet mdf, but the value of his two pair bluff catches should go down. Or am i way off here lol....which I can be often.

Can I get your reasoning for why you're not a fan of potting turn please? In game my thought process was; 3b pot, good for range, checking allows villain to realize free equity we can immediately fold out, rivers won't be tough to play. This turn also won't get attacked often as well when we check. Went full pot vs 75% given deeper stacks.


Ya when I say block i mean for 1/3. Hu i have two river sizings, pot and 1/3.

I think Hero is overvaluing the strength of your hand, when villain can continue with a huge portion of his range. Hero's hand is also too good to want to turn into a bluff (yet). Hero can bet smaller or check/call some bets, though I would not be surprised if solvers xf turn vs larger sizings this depth.

So I think Hero decision to polarize is likely incorrect - we don't need to polarize a medium strength hand, especially with so many chips behind. And given hero's most nutted hands are going to have lots of lines besides x flop, pot turn as well.

Would be more willing to take an aggro line at 100bb. I think with deeper stacks you should be playing turn less aggressive in general. Also the sim you are using is 74 vs 75; 75 is more dynamic.

It's not me over valuing my hand but moreas this turn is amazing for our range. We also block villain's strongest bluff catches given they should be betting most sets on flop here and mix his Qx but population tends to bet more mergy so they'll often be over betting top pair here and we block AQ as well. From both a range and hand perspective we should have a ton of fold equity here and honestly if we get raised this is a pretty easy fold imo so not sweating burning at on of EV there.

I def see and agree with your point we're playing this turn more aggressive at 100bb vs 200bb so you could def be right and it's a more passive line.