$10 NLHE 6-max: Bluffing in the river with the A of the draw

partypoker - $0.10 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 99.6 BB (VPIP: 40.43, PFR: 17.02, 3Bet Preflop: 4.08, hands: 145)
Hero (BTN): 95.2 BB
SB: 102 BB (VPIP: 28.83, PFR: 10.43, 3Bet Preflop: 4.35, Hands: 165)
BB: 136.5 BB (VPIP: 37.79, PFR: 16.86, 3Bet Preflop: 1.72, Hands: 177)
UTG: 43.3 BB (VPIP: 26.62, PFR: 13.64, 3Bet Preflop: 4.69, Hands: 158)
MP: 251.3 BB (VPIP: 29.65, PFR: 14.62, 3Bet Preflop: 5.97, Hands: 185)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has J:diamond: A:heart:

fold, fold, CO calls 1 BB, Hero raises to 4.5 BB, fold, fold, CO calls 3.5 BB

Flop: (10.5 BB, 2 players) 4:heart: 7:heart: 6:diamond:
CO checks, Hero bets 5.5 BB, CO calls 5.5 BB

Turn: (21.5 BB, 2 players) Q:club:
CO checks, Hero bets 10.2 BB, CO calls 10.2 BB

River: (41.9 BB, 2 players) 2:heart:
CO checks, Hero bets 22.5 BB, fold

Hero wins 62.4 BB

I think that the villain has SV so I decided bet with the Ah ...How do you see?

Your opponent looks like fish. Mostly i don't like to bluff against such guys because they could easily have something like 53, Q4, Q6, 58. Against tight player your bluff looks ok.

This is okay, but you could consider checking the flop. We have decent SD value on this board, and a fish may not bluff many of the hands we beat.

What's is opponent's fold to flop cbet?

I am pretty new to 6-max micros, I hope other people talk about this hand. Has Villian limped called before? I am trying to figure out a range. Why would someone from the Cut-off limp call? I guess I have seen some people try to play a big pair to trap? you bet 1/2 pot on the flop to just a call? same on the turn? then fold to 1/2 pot on the river? Is Villian just playing crazy in all the hands? I can not think of calling the turn, just to fold to 1/2 pot on the river because of a heart?

I think I would have been hesitant to bet that river. Because as I said, unless I knew more info about the villian I am not sure what hands would call the turn to check/fold to a heart?


I am really looking forward to the "crusher's" opinions on this as played

Looks OK. I'd almost wager that the villain may have been hoping to see if you'd check a street so they could blat you off your hand. Holding the is the key for this 3-barrell to be successful.

The Ah doesn't matter that much actually, other than blocking some flush draw combos. Villain has a bad pair, and the turn and river provide us some scary material to bluff with.

Your opponent likely has 56, or 89 or 55 and will fold to pressure. However, fish like this are often sticky. So if his fold to 3bet is below 55-60%, I'd likely just check and get closer to showdown.

c9h13no3 said:

So if his fold to 3bet is below 55-60%, I'd likely just check and get closer to showdown.

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Villain didn't bet though. Or are you looking at Fv3B just as an indicator of if he'd stick against an initial bet?

absoluthamm said:

Villain didn't bet though. Or are you looking at Fv3B just as an indicator of if he'd stick against an initial bet?

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Errrr Fold vs cbet. Stupid phone autocorrect.

I'm ok with this play but I would definetely bet bigger on the river. If you had a flush would you only bet half the pot ? You're giving him quite a decent price on the river and you're loosing value if you really had a flush

I think against this kind of player it is a bit risky to pull of such a triple barrel bluff because his limp call and his high vpip suggest that he might get sticky with a random pair.

Thanks a lot for your evaluations, the sizes are something that I need improve for sure.