quick
Legend
Silver Level
So this is a spot I find myself in quite often at full ring games. We'll get something like AQs on the button, checks around to us , we raise, get called, go to flop. Board gives us a Q with top kicker, some draws possible based on board. Checks to us, we bet, villain calls. Turn seems like a blank, we bet, villain calls, river comes, no big draws appear to have made it, we make small value bet...villian either calls or re-raises or donk shoves:
We turn over TPTK on this board, they turn over an overpair or a crappy two pair (like Q7 or something).
I'm often left scratching my head here esp on scary boards because villain is playing these hands super passive and, I assume, with little understanding of draws and odds. On a board with 2 of the same suit on a flop and esp if it also is connected/coordinated, I'm not giving a free card or calling a small bet with a strong overpair or 2 pair, I'm raising.
I'm thinking maybe I should be checking back rivers here more when last to act? I feel like the villains in these spots are thinking "I have a big pair" or "I have two pair" and "is best hand!" whereas I'm thinking, they're just smooth calling me, they're obviously on a draw...then they beat me with a hand that could be vulnerable to being outdrawn by many possibilities but they just passively call me down to river.
Obviously on rainbow flops and uncoordinated flops I'm likely to check back or put smaller feeler bets out in these spots and fold to big donk raises, but when it seems like a draw heavy flop, I just bet like I've got the best of it and they're on a draw if they're just calling along.
We turn over TPTK on this board, they turn over an overpair or a crappy two pair (like Q7 or something).
I'm often left scratching my head here esp on scary boards because villain is playing these hands super passive and, I assume, with little understanding of draws and odds. On a board with 2 of the same suit on a flop and esp if it also is connected/coordinated, I'm not giving a free card or calling a small bet with a strong overpair or 2 pair, I'm raising.
I'm thinking maybe I should be checking back rivers here more when last to act? I feel like the villains in these spots are thinking "I have a big pair" or "I have two pair" and "is best hand!" whereas I'm thinking, they're just smooth calling me, they're obviously on a draw...then they beat me with a hand that could be vulnerable to being outdrawn by many possibilities but they just passively call me down to river.
Obviously on rainbow flops and uncoordinated flops I'm likely to check back or put smaller feeler bets out in these spots and fold to big donk raises, but when it seems like a draw heavy flop, I just bet like I've got the best of it and they're on a draw if they're just calling along.