$5k Tournament Over-Aggressive Bluff Line?
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$5k Tournament Over-Aggressive Bluff Line?
Hero: 30k
Villain: 23ish
Blinds: 200 / 400 with a 50 ante
Hero has been fairly tight so far.
Villain is a younger white male w/ a nerdy demeanor. Villain is hyper aggressive but appears to be a thinking player. (seen him show down 74s earlier on a HJ open).
Villain opens for 800 on the HJ
Hero 3bets Ah5s to 2200
(In hindsight I think I should of been playing a de-polarized range against villain but with a very nitty image I figured this 3bet would get a lot of credit and villain is opening very wide so it can't be bad. Nobody behind was really a threat to 4bet me often here)
Villain calls the 3bet of 2200
Board: Ks 6h 4d
Check
I bet 2200
Villain calls relatively quickly.
Turn 7h
Check
I choose to bet 5k
(This is one of my better bluffs to have in my range on the turn. I can credibly represent a strong hand and apply pressure to a range of pairs under the K such as 88 - QQ with lots of equity)
Villain thinks a bit and calls.
River 10h
Villain thinks and checks and proceeds to give me the stare down. The live "feel" is he is trying to psyche me out of betting.
Villain has 14.3k left in his stack.
(I feel villain is capped here and I can credibly represent a ton of backdoor flushes, Overpairs, AK, KK and I feel my line looks very strong overall. I'm betting 14.3k into a pot of about 20k so my bet needs to work ~40% of the time here. I feel if he has a one pair hand he's in a really gross spot and my bluff can get folds vs a villain who doesn't want to hero off his tournament in a main event tournament vs a villain hes played <2 hours with.)
As played I shove for 14.3k
Thoughts?
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I love the line you took. If your read on yourself is right (villain thinks you're tight) he should be folding almost everything but sets. You're representing top set (maybe even a set of 10s you backed into), any backdoor flush with the Kh (so top pair), and probably AA as well. Its such a strong line.
To me, It seems like villain has a weak king and will fold to this bet way more than the 40% you need. I like that you mentioned the stare down, unless players are always using the stare I find it to be a relatively accurate tell of weakness.
Also, I like your 3bet in position with this hand occasionally, especially if villain showed down 7-4s from the HJ already.
The way the board ran out, I probably would've checked back flop and c/r turn. However, the river shove may not have worked then. Such an interesting run out for your hand, many possibilities. Can you tell me the results?
Hey thanks for the great insight. I know it was a lengthy post but didn't want to omit any details.
As played the villain went into the tank and found a fold flashing the Kh. I didn't see a good reason to show the bluff here so I quietly mucked. Overall pretty pleased with my line.
Awesome! That's exactly the kind of hand you were hoping to fold with that line. I would put him on a weaker K, maybe KJ or even K9, K8. K8 actually makes a lot of sense because he picked up outs on the turn, and if he is loose he would not be afraid to open it.
Also, no reason to show at all. Muck that hand like it was the god damn nuts.
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