No Limit Holdem Tournament • 2 Players$5.00+$0.25Hand converted by the official HUSNG.com hand converterBBlasagna*oka*1470 SBHero1530 Effective Stacks: 74bbBlinds 10/20
- Pre-Flop (30, 2 players) Hero is SB
Hero raises to 40, lasagna*oka* calls 20
- Flop (80, 2 players)
lasagna*oka* checks, Hero bets 60, lasagna*oka* calls 60
- Turn (200, 2 players)
lasagna*oka* bets 120, Hero raises to 340, lasagna*oka* goes all-in 1370, Hero calls 1030
- River (2940, 2 players, 1 all-in)
- Final Pot: 2940
- lasagna*oka* shows two pair, Jacks and Sevens
- Hero shows a pair of Kings
- lasagna*oka* wins 2940 ( won +1470 )
- Hero lost -1470
This opponent has been pretty aggro and based upon five or six previous hands, I made a note that he will donk with any sort of hand on the flop. He almost surely would have checkraised KJ on this board, so he's representing precisely the hand he had by betting out. I felt it was much more likely he was donking a flush draw of some sort. Can I possibly get away? If I call and a three-flush hits on the river, he will likely bet large. And what if he bets into me if it doesn't hit? Do I just call turn and call down any river?
I think against an aggressive opponent in the $5s your line is likely best.If he hadn't been so aggressive or you had reason to believe he's often very polar or has a lot of "way ahead way behind" hands (sort of the same thing) then calling would make more sense.But the average aggressive player is betting with a lot of hands there and could very well rebluff/call/reraise with a vast amount of weaker hands.Basically, this can be an overplay in many situations, but here I believe it's strong enough to warrant your line, given the opponent.
Thanks, against a passive opponent I would have called the turn and a small river bet depending upon his degree of passitivity. I just didn't see how I could get away from this and thought his donking range was probably pretty wide, mostly flush draws or fd+pair.But this is one of many situations where I just feel lost and I can basically choose my action by flipping a coin, even after the game where I have plenty of time to analyze it.
I would of just called turn and called river, unless the river comes a flush and he shoves.I just don't think you need to raise that donk. If he has a flush draw he is simply betting the amount you would anyway and you are getting value off him.The raise is folding out his bluff and weak range. The raise is pot commiting yourself against his really strong range. Also, you are worried he will bluff a flush on the river, but if he has a flush draw hemay not be folding anyway and now the river is even more scary.The raise would be a good idea if you thought he is super agro and is shoving his entire range there. But he knows a shove is not representing much and you look a lot like a decent hand.