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jeffred1111
Visionary
Silver Level
Not a particular hand, since this would go in the HA section, but a situation that comes often enough to be bothering.
.10/.20 FL HL
We are in the CO with Tc8c. Nobody is in and our image is tight so a blind steal is in order. We raise and only the BB calls, probably defending his blind. Villain is your typical too loose preflop and postflop (sees more than 40% of flops and has a low agression factor).
Flop comes 9c8h2s. Villain checks. We value bet our pair (since we could very well be facing a drawing hand such as overcards, straight draw, etc.). BB calls. Turn is Jd. Checking in this spot is terrible since we are essentially giving away a free-card, but a hand that us beat will probably call anyway. On the other hand, we are still probably ahead (55 to 65% methinks) at this point since we have paired and have outs. We semi-bluff and bet it. BB calls. River is 3h. Now what? Do we bet here or do we opt for the cheap showdown by check/calling.
Our hand is somewhat fair but it's nothing to write home about. Villain range is still huge. What do we think about in this situation apart from the fact that he hasn't shown strength ? I feel this is a huge hole in my game since I may very well miss on BB by checking and having villain show me AK or a busted straight draw.
.10/.20 FL HL
We are in the CO with Tc8c. Nobody is in and our image is tight so a blind steal is in order. We raise and only the BB calls, probably defending his blind. Villain is your typical too loose preflop and postflop (sees more than 40% of flops and has a low agression factor).
Flop comes 9c8h2s. Villain checks. We value bet our pair (since we could very well be facing a drawing hand such as overcards, straight draw, etc.). BB calls. Turn is Jd. Checking in this spot is terrible since we are essentially giving away a free-card, but a hand that us beat will probably call anyway. On the other hand, we are still probably ahead (55 to 65% methinks) at this point since we have paired and have outs. We semi-bluff and bet it. BB calls. River is 3h. Now what? Do we bet here or do we opt for the cheap showdown by check/calling.
Our hand is somewhat fair but it's nothing to write home about. Villain range is still huge. What do we think about in this situation apart from the fact that he hasn't shown strength ? I feel this is a huge hole in my game since I may very well miss on BB by checking and having villain show me AK or a busted straight draw.