Yatahay Network - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 120 BB
Hero (SB): 166.3 BB
BB: 142.9 BB
UTG: 334.3 BB
MP: 123.7 BB
CO: 301.1 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K Q

fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, BB calls 2 BB

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) 6 9 T
Hero bets 1.5 BB, BB raises to 10.5 BB, Hero calls 9 BB

Turn: (27 BB, 2 players) 5
Hero bets 6.7 BB, BB calls 6.7 BB

River: (40.4 BB, 2 players) 7
Hero bets 20.2 BB, BB raises to 122.7 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 102.5 BB

Hero shows K Q (Flush, Queen High)
(Pre 42%, Flop 24%, Turn 0%)
BB shows A 9 (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 58%, Flop 76%, Turn 100%)
BB wins 271.6 BB
Rake paid 11.8 BB


I've not been playing too well as of late, and was a little on tilt today, so unfortunately I can't remember much of a thought process. Looking over the replay, I think that the flop x/r is quite heavily skewed towards high flush-draws, and only Kh or better are doing this, and thus my call is quite a marginal bluff-catch. If I had realized this, I wouldn't have bet on the river, or would have at least chosen a smaller size.

I just instantly called this on the river, and figured he could be bluffing/ over-valuing his hand, both of which I feel are relatively unlikely, but I'm really not sure how reasonable this actually is as a call.

What would you guys have done? What would you be thinking in this spot? Again, I'm not playing too well and am a little tired etc. so I wasn't really paying too much attention. I feel the river bet was the main mistake, and a check there would probably save me a lot of money. I'm not sure how much heat I can really take with this hand before I can fold, so I really just don't know how I should look to play this river. What pot-odds on the river would you need to call? Am I pot-committed when he jams? Would I be folding if I checked and he jammed on the river? What happens if I block-bet instead?

You would do fine by just checking everything on this flop.

While you might have a decent looking hand to defend, I'd just fold as I don't think people are going to be raising you with air much on the flop and when they do they likely just have the Ah and the sizing is quite massive.

Seems like pretty arbitrary fold on river given 1. and 2. and all the other action.

The vast majority of your range doesn't want to be putting in money on this board when OOP and wants to keep the pot small as even like your overpairs or sets hate a lot of run outs and are behind when lots of money goes in. So check range on the flop. Villain should defend lots of flushes pre so this isn't a good board for you.

The nice thing about checking range is that you are uncapped and can check raise some and aggresively play turns vs a flop check back as people are unbalanced and don't check back strong enough. You will lose EV by checking range OOP with the top of your range, but that's fine as most of your range doesn't mind. You can gain some of it back on later streets. Remember, when flop goes x/x your range will be at a big advantage.

As played, flop is a fold vs the raise. Villain makes it pretty big. Your hand looks decent at first glance, but you are crushed by Ah/Kh bluffs and drawing dead or slim vs flushes. Even if you hit a heart, you hate life if villain keeps putting in money. It's not a great spot and another reason to check flop.

As played, river is underbluffed here for sure. You are perceived to have a lot of Ah/Kh yourself and what is villain bluffing with that calls turn and bluffs river? You have to hope for a complete spazz with an unnatural hand.

Yeah, I think if I was focusing more and was less on tilt I should have picked up on these. I think I c-bet too much OOP in general when I have the uncapped range, so not a surprise that is a leak here. You think I fold vs a bet otf after checking? Surely a Kh is calling all the way right? Or am I just waiting for the nut flush?

I think it doesn't help that I had a red king as well lol.

Yeah cbetting strategies IP and OOP should be vastly different.

C/c flop. Villain's range is much wider when he stabs the flop vs when he raises a cbet with a large size on this board.