1/2 live hand, flopped straight in limped pot

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1/2 live hand, flopped straight in limped pot

The villain in this hand was relatively unknown to me, but from talking to him for a little while I could tell that he was a micro-stakes online reg and was an ok player but not terribly sophisticated. He was sitting directly to my left, and I'm pretty sure I was on the BTN in this hand meaning he was the SB. We both had ~100bb. The pot was limped multiway, and I limped along with Ac4d. SB completed, BB checked option. 

Flop: 2c3c5c

I flop the wheel with the nut flush re-draw. It's checked around to me, I bet $6 into the pot of $10. SB c/r's to $21, and it's folded back around to me. This is a pretty strong move, and despite my straight and my nut re-draw I'm still pretty handcuffed because of the monotone board. He's repping 2-pair, sets, A4, 46, and flopped flushes. I don't want to raise though because if I do and he 3bets, I'm in an awkward spot. I call. Pot ~$50.

Turn: Th

Turn is a brick, villain barrels $25. Same situation as the flop in that I could raise for value vs sets and 2-pairs, but I would also run the risk of getting in a tricky spot because I can't fold vs a re-raise given my nut draw. I call again. Pot ~$100. 

River: 3d

Vilain bets $35. This is a pretty bad river for me because most 2-pairs just filled up, and he can still safely bet his flopped flushes as well as probably 46 as well. He c/r'd a monotone board in a limped multiway pot and fired 3 streets. I was only considering between calling and folding, but even if I had wanted to rep a FH and bluff him off flushes, I'm not overly confident that this player was good enough to fold a flush anyway, especially given the SPR. Even though I have a well-disguised straight, my hand is effectively a bluff-catcher here in the face of villain's agressive line. 

Call or fold?

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BigFiszh 10 years, 5 months ago

I´d never consider folding the straight for 135:35, you have to be right just 1 out of 5 times. And purely from betsizing, this is "never" a boat, if at all a small flush that is now afraid of the boat. If you actually thought your hand would be too bad to call (!?) I would rather consider raising than folding.

Hoothoot 10 years, 5 months ago

I don't remember perfectly what the bet sizing was. For the sake of argument, how large would villain have to bet river for you to confidently fold?

Hoothoot 10 years, 5 months ago

"even if I had wanted to rep a FH and bluff him off flushes, I'm not overly confident that this player was good enough to fold a flush anyway, especially given the SPR."

Did you even read what I wrote, BigFiszh?

try_hrdr_fish 10 years, 5 months ago

Easy call given the price. Im not sure what I expect him to show when we have the Ac, boats would probably bet bigger river, feels like a weakish scared hand, just call.

R0b5ter 10 years, 5 months ago

He has plenty of worse hands that will get it in on the turn. If he has the nuts you have outs to the nut flush. On the river you are getting rediculous odds and he can be value betting worse. 

IwinUfail 10 years, 5 months ago

Villain has a smaller flush here always.  Like 89cc etc.  river is REALLY close but I wouldn't be surprised if it was a fold.  Bet pot on the flop.

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