HU - TP facing river overbet

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HU - TP facing river overbet

SB: $716.50 (Hero)
BB: $400
Preflop ($6.00) (2 Players)
Hero was dealt A 6
Hero raises to $8, BB calls $4
Flop ($18.00) 4 9 A (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero bets $10, BB raises to $36, Hero calls $26
There was no 3-bet preflop so villain is representing {A9,A4,44,hh}. Standard I assume?
Turn ($90.00) 4 9 A T (2 Players)
BB bets $60, Hero calls $60
There are now a bunch of draws. What do you think about C/Shove? I doubt we are ever ahead though if called.
River ($210.00) 4 9 A T 2 (2 Players)
BB bets $296, and is all in
Our range looks a bit capped so this bet seems a bit suspect. We need to be defending around 41% of the time and we do have TP but we only beat a bluff.

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MrSneeze 10 years, 7 months ago

It all comes down to dynamics. Not so many players XR Ahi board with air, an because of that many players also play their FD passively on Ahi boards. Also, people usually 3b the better Ax, so when they flat pre and XR flop, TPTK or TPGK is not really in their range ; IMO it makes XR bluff very vulnerable to floats and 3b on this type flops.

For all that, I just think most players usually have it when they XR and barrel off. With A6, I definitely fold river and don't worry at all about being exploited (you have so many better TP to defend with, if that's what you're worried about). I could even fold turn: we have terrible equity vs his value range, and I just don't think you're being bluffed enough.

Chael Sonnen 10 years, 7 months ago

Definitely calling here. Villain wouldn't overbet jam hands like A4 and maybe not even A9, and you don't block hearts or BDSDs he may have raised with.

Also, his flop raise is pretty bad, imo.

Chael Sonnen 10 years, 7 months ago

You should generally not be too aggressive on boards where your opponent's range is much stronger than yours. Villian doesn't have AA/99 and probably not every A4s/A9s in his range.

So if you cr every two pair etc, it becomes way too easy for Villian to blow you off everything you call the flop with. It's very important to protect that very wide and weak calling range with strong hands.

So as Villian, I would call every 44/A9o/NFD etc.

You can split your ranges more into calls folds and raises on the turn.


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