Abramo Della Luce
Rock Star
Silver Level
I have been thinking about a certain situation and am not sure what would be the best play. I haven't played this hand so I don't have all the parameters, but this is how it goes in my mind.
Game is 6 handed and hero gets As8s and is in the BB.
A TAG player (not a nit) in middle position raises to 3BB and hero calls (hoping for a very strong hand or a nut flush draw).
Then the flop comes and is Jh Jc 8c.
I guess the best play is donk betting like 2/3 pot for protection against overcards, straight draws and flush draws.
But then I started thinking that by playing this way, we give away a lot of information about our hand.
In a thinking opponents mind our range becomes very narrow, because there's a ton of hands we wouldn't play like this at all.
QQ+ are all hands we would 3 bet with preflop.
Any J or 88 we would not donk bet (to not scare them away) and just let them cbet.
If we would have an open ended straight draw or a flush draw I also wouldn't bet and hope they don't cbet too big, so I can draw cheaply.
Most other hands, like K8 or other low eights are too weak to call with preflop.
Feels like the only hands we can have with that line are A8, TT or 99, or maybe 78s or 89s, although I think that those last 2 hands might be a bit too weak to donk bet with.
So my question is, do you think we still should play it that way (because it seems to be the best way to play it, purely thinking about the hands and protection) or should we play it differently to not give our opponent such a detailed information about our hand, and how could we play it differently?
Game is 6 handed and hero gets As8s and is in the BB.
A TAG player (not a nit) in middle position raises to 3BB and hero calls (hoping for a very strong hand or a nut flush draw).
Then the flop comes and is Jh Jc 8c.
I guess the best play is donk betting like 2/3 pot for protection against overcards, straight draws and flush draws.
But then I started thinking that by playing this way, we give away a lot of information about our hand.
In a thinking opponents mind our range becomes very narrow, because there's a ton of hands we wouldn't play like this at all.
QQ+ are all hands we would 3 bet with preflop.
Any J or 88 we would not donk bet (to not scare them away) and just let them cbet.
If we would have an open ended straight draw or a flush draw I also wouldn't bet and hope they don't cbet too big, so I can draw cheaply.
Most other hands, like K8 or other low eights are too weak to call with preflop.
Feels like the only hands we can have with that line are A8, TT or 99, or maybe 78s or 89s, although I think that those last 2 hands might be a bit too weak to donk bet with.
So my question is, do you think we still should play it that way (because it seems to be the best way to play it, purely thinking about the hands and protection) or should we play it differently to not give our opponent such a detailed information about our hand, and how could we play it differently?