Early facing massive overbet what to do?
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Early facing massive overbet what to do?
$22 tourney on BV
Blinds are 30/60 and we have about 4200. In bb with a clubs, 3 hearts
Utg+2 limps
button calls
I check
Saw no reason to raise this pre in a very soft tourney. They both have right around starting, 5K. No real reads on them yet. No one has done crazy bv fish stuff yet.
Pot 210.
Flop is 2h, 3c, 4c.
I check
utg+2 checks
button bets 160
We both call. Pot 690.
Turn Ah. We check and it checks around, I feel very confident we are ahead.
River 9 s. I check, hoping to get one of them to bluff at it. Then I get my wish and UTG+2 bets 5200 into the 690 pot. Button folds.
WTF? I got my wish but now what do I do? I can't make any sense out of his sizing. It feels like a bluff to me.
I've been talking about this hand with a friend and we have different opinions on what to do. We are both of the opinion that it's early and the field is soft and that's what makes this decision tough. He's inclined to fold says its not worth the call at this point, and I'm inclined to call because I think UTG+2 rarely has the nuts here.
Would be an easy decision if I knew who the hell player 117 was.
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I'm always inclined to fold these spots in soft tournaments and develop a read on the player. This type of player doesn't think about poker the way we do so I don't even try to get inside their heads. He could easily have a random 5. Best way to get these monkeys is to be patient and hope you catch them before someone else does
I don't think he has a random 5 here. Its a5, 56 or nothing. And the river bet makes no sense for a5 or 56.
I think if he had a random 5, the typical bv fish is putting money in on the flop and turn with the open ender. So I'm not concerned that he has something like q5 or k5. If he doesn't lead the flop he check raises it.
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