Folded top pair on dryish board

[champ_mc99]

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Ts As]
Folds to villain on the button
Villian: raises $0.03 to $0.05
Small blind: folds
Hero: calls $0.03
*** FLOP *** [7c Ah 6s]
Hero: checks
Villian: bets $0.08
Hero: calls $0.08
*** TURN *** [7c Ah 6s] [2h]
Hero: bets $0.17
Villian: raises $0.45 to $0.62
Hero: calls $0.45
*** RIVER *** [7c Ah 6s 2h] [Qs]
Hero: checks
Villian: bets $2.03
Villian said, "fish"
Hero said, "a 10"
Villain said, ".lol"
Hero: folds

 

[champ_mc99]

Wasnt too comfortable calling with the 10 kicker. Too nitty here?

Also its more likely he called me a fish to put me on tilt so I could call and pay him off I think.

 

[Sorin Iliescu]

I think you played well, he may had a better ace. I would have tried a 3bet bluff preflop, though

 

[Steve Deeble]

I agree too with the fold it would have been easy for him to catch low trips or even still more than likely had An Ace with a higher kicker.

 

[devisam]

Good fold i think villiane have Ace and king kicker or QQ.

 

[supamanc]

also recommend disabling chat on your client, to avoid future attempts to manipulate your state of mind!

 

[Gabe16]

Why did you donk turn?

I’d say don’t donk turn. Call down most safe run outs vs reasonable bet sizes.

 

[puzzlefish]

Fold was alright. Chat can be a good tool to gauge your opponents. I think you had the right read. No need to play after reraise on turn.

 

[mulliongc]

A10 is very difficult hand to play. I would rather have a low pocket pair than A10. It is easy to get away from a low pocket pair and if you flop a set it is set up to win a big pot. A10 turns you into a calling station all the way to the end.

 

[champ_mc99]

Why did you donk turn?

I’d say don’t donk turn. Call down most safe run outs vs reasonable bet sizes.

In previous experience when I'm OOP the preflop agressor likes to bluff the flop and then check the turn to get a free card.

I just didnt want him to get a free card.

 

[champ_mc99]

Fold was alright. Chat can be a good tool to gauge your opponents. I think you had the right read. No need to play after reraise on turn.

Can the reraise not just be a semi-bluff after the heart draw came?

 

[champ_mc99]

A10 is very difficult hand to play. I would rather have a low pocket pair than A10. It is easy to get away from a low pocket pair and if you flop a set it is set up to win a big pot. A10 turns you into a calling station all the way to the end.

True I really need to learn more about defending the blinds pre

 

[Jack Reacher]

Good play in the end man.You raise 0.17 for information,right?Why didn't you fold after he raised 0.45?

 

[champ_mc99]

Good play in the end man.You raise 0.17 for information,right?Why didn't you fold after he raised 0.45?

Thought it might be a semi bluff :/

 

[Gabe16]

In previous experience when I'm OOP the preflop agressor likes to bluff the flop and then check the turn to get a free card.

I just didnt want him to get a free card.

At this point you have a bluff catcher?

 

[pink_floyd67]

That’s why ever time I play Ace whatever I think about what would I do at the river when I am faced with a large bet. Most times with weak kicker you will fold so if you didn’t get a killer hand after flop it’s hard to continue

 

[champ_mc99]

At this point you have a bluff catcher?

Yes - so i was right to called the raise?

 

[fa1920]

I would have called him, his hand smells like bluff miles.

 

[Gabe16]

Yes - so i was right to called the raise?

Yeah but not to donk.

 

[monstr999999]

better fold of cards... and the bank stayed..
worse would be fire... and empty in your pocket...)))
:icon_thum

 

[champ_mc99]

Yeah but not to donk.

What if villain has a flush draw/2nd pair and checks turn - do I not miss value?

 

[champ_mc99]

I would have called him, his hand smells like bluff miles.

How often does someone overbet the pot with their bluffs though?

 

[fa1920]

How often does someone overbet the pot with their bluffs though?

With more than you imagine, if you watch a stream from a poker professional he will tell you or you will see that type of movement, usually overbets are semi-bluffs 8 out of 10 times

 

[Gabe16]

What if villain has a flush draw/2nd pair and checks turn - do I not miss value?

Which is a small part of villains range.

You don’t know if your value betting or bluffing from what you say. And if we’re ever to develop a donking range on this turn it has to be more polarised than tp ok kicker.

Here we take a great sdv hand, bloat the pot allowing villain to play perfectly and lose more.

We check an awful lot here oop anyway. If we put this hand into a donk range then our checks are too weak.

Procedural x/c.

 

[champ_mc99]

Which is a small part of villains range.

You don’t know if your value betting or bluffing from what you say. And if we’re ever to develop a donking range on this turn it has to be more polarised than tp ok kicker.

Here we take a great sdv hand, bloat the pot allowing villain to play perfectly and lose more.

We check an awful lot here oop anyway. If we put this hand into a donk range then our checks are too weak.

Procedural x/c.

Makes sense thanks.

Just to make sure - so a donk bet with top set may not be so bad?