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KJo on a straight board bluff

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KJo on a straight board bluff

Blinds: $0.01/$0.02 (6 Players) CO: $2.55
BN: $2.00 (Hero)
SB: $2.49
BB: $2.79
UTG: $6.58
MP: $1.69
Preflop ($0.03) Hero is BN with J K
UTG folds, MP calls $0.02, CO folds, Hero raises to $0.08, 2 folds, MP calls $0.06
Flop ($0.19) 5 9 T
MP checks, Hero bets $0.14, MP calls $0.14
Turn ($0.47) 5 9 T 8
MP checks, Hero bets $0.34, MP raises to $0.68, Hero calls $0.34
River ($1.83) 5 9 T 8 5
MP checks, Hero checks
Final Pot MP wins and shows a straight, Eight to Queen.
MP wins $1.77
Rake is $0.06

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Jeff_ 5 years, 3 months ago

I'd shove river, not having many worse available for that line and same rule as in other hand (sometimes check turn, otherwise too many bluffs on the river and I agree with giving up then at some frequecny)

Eurocrat 5 years, 3 months ago

I don't exactly agree with you here. Your line seems fine against a reg, but villain here is a fish at NL2. Unless OP has any specific ready on this player, I would assume that a fish who check-raises the turn is never not going to showdown.

For me, the mistake is on the turn: Don't try to bluff somebody who cannot be bluffed. I would assume that more often than not, he has at least a pair or better that he won't let go on the 8 of diamond.

DNegs98 5 years, 3 months ago

Yeah I'm in agreement here, in poker you bluff to incentivise someone to call as otherwise they have no reason to unless they beat your value however some people do not need to know that you can bluff in order to call you down. Also the incentives work the other way, people need to call you down at an appropriate rate to incentivise you to keep bluffing, if they call too much you stop and if they call too little you overbluff. There's a lot of money to be made in identifying the players who are sensitive to these incentives and you need some degree of balance against and the ones who aren't, as a coach once said to me equilibriums are fragile and we only maintain them when we're not sure which play is more profitable and we know our villain won't let us get away with being obviously exploitable.

dpbuck 5 years, 3 months ago

Yeah, I'm not a fan of the turn bet either. Why are we betting? Are we trying to fold out ace high? A lot of 9x hands become even stronger on that turn card and aren't folding. This is a great spot to check back and delayed double barrel a lot of river cards.

Samu Patronen 5 years, 3 months ago

Line is fine but I'd shove the river, checks are often giveups and your hand is quite good for bluffing, mainly because it doesn't really win at showdown.

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