$100 NLHE Full Ring: Trips facing 3 donk bet barrels

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$100 NL HE Full Ring: Trips facing 3 donk bet barrels

poker stars, $0.50/$1 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 7 Players
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Hero (CO): $107.20 (107.2 bb)
BTN: $100 (100 bb)
SB: $100.50 (100.5 bb)
BB: $330.90 (330.9 bb)
MP1: $109.25 (109.3 bb)
MP2: $151.35 (151.4 bb)
MP3: $77.75 (77.8 bb)

Pre-Flop: Hero is CO with A
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Q
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2 folds, MP3 calls $1, Hero raises to $5, BTN folds, SB calls $4.50, 2 folds

Flop: ($12) 4
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A
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A
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(2 players)
SB bets $6, Hero calls $6

Turn: ($24) 8
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SB bets $20, Hero calls $20

River: ($64) 6
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SB bets $69.50 and is all-in, Hero ???

This was only like my 10th hand of 100nl so villain is a complete unknown. He was however sitting at 5 of my 9 tables, so i assume hes a competent reg.
 
Tygran

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Tough spot...

if you are going to go with the impression that he is likely competent then he's probably calling with good aces and pocket pairs mostly? if he has something like A4 or A6 that's very loose and unlikely since you can account for 3 aces. AJ to AK somewhat more likely. 44 makes alot of sense too.

Pot odds are... 121.50:69.50 if I added that right? So ~1.75:1

So you need to be good here a little better than 1 in 3 times?

hmm... you've sorta underrepped your hand by just calling so I could see him pushing AT/AJ (for the record i'm calling there too almost always though)... He may think you have something like QQ/KK and can push you off... Or a naked ace he can push you off. I think 44 fits his play to a tee as well. Against a good, aggro reg he could very well be triple barrelling you too here knowing you will have to fold a whole lot of your range.

I dunno... if your plan is to fold to a river shove on a blank (6 has to be a blank) shouldn't you have folded the turn? I guess I would decide he has worse aces just often enough to call but I'm not real sure about it.

cliff notes: against an unknown here... probably just a high variance spot if you call it that won't matter much in the long run what you do. I would call this
 
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Dalsue214

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I would honeslty fold...

I would put him on ace rag... the rag being the caught fullhouse...

or possibly a str8... but i doubt it.. maybe pocket 4s also... i would fold because i wouldnt waste a call and money like that .. on the flop i would have raised him...
 
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I would call, It really kind of looks like a pocket pair though that stabbed the flop, and then is trying to push you off a higher pocket pair. Your hand doesnt look to him as strong as it is. I mean he's taking such a strong line on a board that doesnt really hit much at all. A4 unlikely, 44 maybe, ak probably 3betting your co iso raise. The way you played it I think you have to call, turn and river are total bricks for the most part.
 
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It's a call imo. This is air that just won't give up because he "just knows you're stealing" and you "never have it" a lot more often than a hand that beats you. AK almost never flats OOP, so unless he's got 44/A4/A8/88 your good and there just aren't too many combos of those hands.
 
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sigh, this is weird. i swear they usually somehow show up with a boat here against me (44 or maaaybe 88) but like, uhh i basically never fold. i have on occasion seen bizarre bluffs that just don't want to give up because we didn't raise anywhere, and also weaker As sometimes because they think trips are the nuts

marginal spot though + i am under the influence of alcohol

edit: although if we knew he was actually a competent reg i think it would become a fold? it's just a bad bluff spot and i don't see a good reg valueshoving AJ. it's still a really narrow range that beats us. and since we're only assuming, probably close enough to call..
 
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Wow this is almost exactly like a hand I played today, only I was villain and had a random air hand and my opponent called the river shove with trips. Anyway, especially if he's a reg, I think you can't fold ever just because it becomes too exploitable, like folding KK preflop. Even in a vacuum though I think it's close. Basically it's pretty close, so I opt for the line that does not allow for him to bluff me by repping an extremely narrow range. Also if he's a reg and you'll see him again you gain info on what his donking range is like whereas he gains practically nothing from seeing that you'll call in position all the way with trips.
 
JonasBluffer

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Its a very difficult fold man... in my opinion he is holding a fullhouse... 44 is good i think. I dont think he have the straight.
 
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