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nameless1537
Rock Star
Silver Level
I managed to squeeze in a game while on vacation and came across this hand. It was a new table so I had very little information on the players on the table. The villain (UTG) was playing pretty aggressively in what little I saw (won a bunch of pots without a showdown). I decided to call the donk bet on the flop -- was this a mistake since I had nothing and villain originally limped in... so presumably, could be limping in with suited connectors or low/med pair? So it's entirely possible that he had paired the board).
When I bet the turn, I figured that his check may have indicated weakness, and I had a backdoor flush draw and a gutshot straight draw (and still had the ace as an out) so maybe I could kind of semi-bluff him off the put. When he called, I figured maybe he had something (the donk-bet on the flop and then calling the bet on the turn) so I folded on his bet on the river since I didn't think I had anything and probably couldn't bluff him off the pot given his call on the turn.
My question is... was the call on the flop appropriate? And was semi-bluff on the turn a decent play against a pretty aggressive opponent?
Would love to read your feedback. Thanks in advance...
pokerstars - $0.02 NL - Holdem - 7 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com
Hero (CO): 107 BB
BTN: 200 BB (VPIP: 57.14, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, hands: 7)
SB: 100 BB (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 16.67, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 6)
BB: 102.5 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 4)
UTG: 123.5 BB (VPIP: 37.50, PFR: 37.50, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 8)
UTG+1: 106 BB (VPIP: 12.50, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 8)
MP: 138 BB (VPIP: 87.50, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 8)
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Ac 8d
UTG calls 1 BB, fold, MP calls 1 BB, Hero raises to 5 BB, BTN calls 5 BB, SB calls 4.5 BB, BB calls 4 BB, UTG calls 4 BB, fold
Flop : (26 BB, 5 players) 6d 9h 2d
SB checks, BB checks, UTG bets 5 BB, Hero calls 5 BB, fold, fold, fold
Turn : (36 BB, 2 players) 5d
UTG checks, Hero bets 17.5 BB, UTG calls 17.5 BB
River : (71 BB, 2 players) Ks
UTG bets 14 BB, fold
UTG wins 68.5 BB
When I bet the turn, I figured that his check may have indicated weakness, and I had a backdoor flush draw and a gutshot straight draw (and still had the ace as an out) so maybe I could kind of semi-bluff him off the put. When he called, I figured maybe he had something (the donk-bet on the flop and then calling the bet on the turn) so I folded on his bet on the river since I didn't think I had anything and probably couldn't bluff him off the pot given his call on the turn.
My question is... was the call on the flop appropriate? And was semi-bluff on the turn a decent play against a pretty aggressive opponent?
Would love to read your feedback. Thanks in advance...
pokerstars - $0.02 NL - Holdem - 7 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com
Hero (CO): 107 BB
BTN: 200 BB (VPIP: 57.14, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, hands: 7)
SB: 100 BB (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 16.67, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 6)
BB: 102.5 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 4)
UTG: 123.5 BB (VPIP: 37.50, PFR: 37.50, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 8)
UTG+1: 106 BB (VPIP: 12.50, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 8)
MP: 138 BB (VPIP: 87.50, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 8)
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Ac 8d
UTG calls 1 BB, fold, MP calls 1 BB, Hero raises to 5 BB, BTN calls 5 BB, SB calls 4.5 BB, BB calls 4 BB, UTG calls 4 BB, fold
Flop : (26 BB, 5 players) 6d 9h 2d
SB checks, BB checks, UTG bets 5 BB, Hero calls 5 BB, fold, fold, fold
Turn : (36 BB, 2 players) 5d
UTG checks, Hero bets 17.5 BB, UTG calls 17.5 BB
River : (71 BB, 2 players) Ks
UTG bets 14 BB, fold
UTG wins 68.5 BB