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Weisssound
Rock Star
Silver Level
I have a really interesting hand and I'd like to hear some thoughts on it.
Table is 1/2 - 200NL, online. Fairly reg table, with one guy who bought in half stack and does that min bet thing a lot, and another guy who's maybe just a hair call-happy. Everyone else is a thinking player. Particularly my villain who's capable of mixing things up and seems to navigate his spots well.
Me: About 1 Buy In
Villain: About a Buy In and a half.
I'm dealt pocket 7s on the button. Villain it UTG +1. 6 Handed Table.
Villain raises to $6, which is his standard raise. Folds around, I flat. BB calls.
Flop:
Kd 10h 7d.
BB checks. Villain bets $14 (3/4 pot apprx). I call. BB folds.
Turn:
Kc
Villain tanks, then bets $35. Which is just under 3/4 pot. I take a minute to figure out if I want to call or raise. Ultimately I decide to call.
River:
Qh
Villain checks.
Now here I'm in a weird spot. I don't know what to make of the check. So I'm tanking again. Rather than tell you what happened, I'd like to know what you do in this spot.
But here's what I'm thinking:
A) I want to bet for value, and I get called by AK, KJ, and AJ. Which is a pretty significant portion of his range. But I'm not totally thrilled about the Q, because KQ is in his range, as is KT, as are pocket Q and pocket tens. So I'm ahead of most his range, but there's also a fair portion of his range ahead of me. And I'm genuinely confused by the check. I can't tell if he's checking for pot control or if he's expecting me to bet nor what he would expect me to bet with.
B) Being that my inclination would be to bet here, I'm also genuinely not sure how to size it. On the one hand he might realize that AK is vulnerable on that board but is looking to show down - so here I want to get as close to pot sized as possible. Also, there's a couple missed draws out there since I'm on the button, so I could overbet to look bluffy (although I think this is usually transparent). Maybe I want him to raise me if he missed a draw or realizes he might not be good, or at the very least call without laying down a smaller hand like AA or JJ or AT, so a small bet might be in order. BUT - I have to be careful what I wish for because if he does CR me here I have to at least consider folding.
So - what do I do?
Table is 1/2 - 200NL, online. Fairly reg table, with one guy who bought in half stack and does that min bet thing a lot, and another guy who's maybe just a hair call-happy. Everyone else is a thinking player. Particularly my villain who's capable of mixing things up and seems to navigate his spots well.
Me: About 1 Buy In
Villain: About a Buy In and a half.
I'm dealt pocket 7s on the button. Villain it UTG +1. 6 Handed Table.
Villain raises to $6, which is his standard raise. Folds around, I flat. BB calls.
Flop:
Kd 10h 7d.
BB checks. Villain bets $14 (3/4 pot apprx). I call. BB folds.
Turn:
Kc
Villain tanks, then bets $35. Which is just under 3/4 pot. I take a minute to figure out if I want to call or raise. Ultimately I decide to call.
River:
Qh
Villain checks.
Now here I'm in a weird spot. I don't know what to make of the check. So I'm tanking again. Rather than tell you what happened, I'd like to know what you do in this spot.
But here's what I'm thinking:
A) I want to bet for value, and I get called by AK, KJ, and AJ. Which is a pretty significant portion of his range. But I'm not totally thrilled about the Q, because KQ is in his range, as is KT, as are pocket Q and pocket tens. So I'm ahead of most his range, but there's also a fair portion of his range ahead of me. And I'm genuinely confused by the check. I can't tell if he's checking for pot control or if he's expecting me to bet nor what he would expect me to bet with.
B) Being that my inclination would be to bet here, I'm also genuinely not sure how to size it. On the one hand he might realize that AK is vulnerable on that board but is looking to show down - so here I want to get as close to pot sized as possible. Also, there's a couple missed draws out there since I'm on the button, so I could overbet to look bluffy (although I think this is usually transparent). Maybe I want him to raise me if he missed a draw or realizes he might not be good, or at the very least call without laying down a smaller hand like AA or JJ or AT, so a small bet might be in order. BUT - I have to be careful what I wish for because if he does CR me here I have to at least consider folding.
So - what do I do?