PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 125.48 BB
SB: 102.16 BB
BB: 68.04 BB
UTG: 227.4 BB
MP: 132.88 BB
Hero (CO): 265.56 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has A A

fold, MP raises to 2 BB, Hero raises to 8 BB, fold, fold, fold, MP calls 6 BB

Flop: (17.4 BB, 2 players) T 8 6
MP bets 8 BB, Hero calls 8 BB

Turn: (33.4 BB, 2 players) 3
MP bets 20 BB, Hero calls 20 BB

River: (73.4 BB, 2 players) Q
MP bets 96.88 BB and is all-in,

To me this seems like an easy enough call down although we don't like it. Saying that, it's still a bit of a wierd spot on the river and I would like to get some other opinions and how you guys approch this situation.

I have no info on villain but im assuming his donking range is mainly 10x, some 8x and some flush and straight draws. I find a lot of fish donk their medicore hands and try to slowplay thier bigger hands like sets and straights.

When he barrells the turn this big I think it's usually for value, narrowing his range to 10x, Overpairs (JJ,QQ) and maybe some of his stronger draws like JsQs, Js9s.

On the river we don't beat many of his value hands, and with no information on how likely he is to bluff do you think we should be laying this down?

Given we have the As, this makes river terrible.

Flop/Turn totally fine calls.

River is really bad for us.

JJ doesn't jam. KK could play like this.

When he min raises pre-flop. A lot of people do this with small-med PPs. So T86 really hits that's range. J9s gets there. QQ gets there.

It looks like a fold. I'm not sure what you beat. I don't want to give a random credit for turning JJ into a bluff here or turning QsJs into a sick bluff or going crazy with KT


I don't hate stacking here, I don't hate folding. It's all about how much variance you want.

If he shows up with even a few bluffs, it's going to be profitable.