$5 NLHE 6-max: Turned Nut Straight, River Fills Flush - Misplayed?

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Luckbox96

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This hand was played on ignition Zone Poker $.02/$.05, so I have no HUD stats to aid in my decision making.

I open UTG to $0.15 with QhJh ($13.93 starting stack)
Villain calls in the CO ($6.63 starting stack)
Everyone else folds.
Pot: $0.37


Flop: Ac9s8d
I Cbet $0.15
Villain calls
Pot: $0.67


I'm cbetting because I can have a lot of strong Aces here with an UTG opening range, and I can improve to the nuts on the turn on a Ten. My thought process with a less than half pot sizing is that I'm not getting straight draws or pairs to fold even if I bet closer to 2/3 pot or 3/4 pot, but if I'm up against air, he'll fold to anything that's not a minraise.


Maybe this is flawed thinking because villain actually can have a decent amount of weak Ax, middling pairs, and straight draws, and I'm not getting folds enough to warrant cbetting; perhaps checking to realize my equity is better here?



When he calls, I'm putting him on a pair or a straight draw, thinking he'll call a half pot bet with those hands and raise with stronger to deny straight draws their equity. It's possible he could be trapping with a flopped set, but I've found this doesn't happen very often at my level of play.


My plan from here is to check the turn on a brick, and only call with my gutshot if I'm getting a good price.


Turn: Ac9s8d Tc
I bet $0.35
Villain raises to $1.15
I 3bet to $2.80
Villain calls
Pot: $6.07


I hit my straight on the turn and I'm obviously betting for value here. When villain raises me, I figure he's likely doing this with a fairly strong range: two pair, sets (mainly just TT), straights (67 or QJ), with the weakest end of his range being strong flush draws or combo draws (pair + flush draw, Flush draw + straight draw, nut flush draw). I 3bet for value thinking he'll continue with most if not all of his range.


After the turn, villain has a little over a half pot bet left in his stack at $3.53. Maybe a shove on the turn is better here seeing as villain is pretty much pot committed and is representing a range not likely to fold.


River: Ac9s8d Tc 2c
I shove for $3.53
Villain calls
Villain shows Qc9c for a flush


This is where I'm wondering if I made a mistake by shoving. I shove for the remainder of villain's stack thinking he's committed to calling with his straights and sets. Obviously the only combo I'm worried about is the flush, since I beat everything else. I thought that would be a relatively small part of his range in this spot, and I figure if I check and he shoves, I'm probably calling down anyway.


Is shoving the river a mistake? Should I be check-calling here or even check-folding? Basically, is there any way for me to get away from this on the river or should I just chalk it up to a bad beat and move on? I'm also interested to hear if there are any mistakes I made along the way with sizing that let him show up on the river with Qc9c. I'm thinking even if I shove on the turn, villain is probably calling with a pair + flush draw + gutshot, but I'm not sure. Another line of thinking is that I want him to show up with hands like this and have to pay the max to hit his draw. Again, I'm not sure.
 
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I like playing high suited connectors like this and will occasionally open UTG, but you have to be aware of the high reverse implied odds of a hand like this. Post flop, if you don't have good flush draws or nut straight draws, you are often facing better draws, better top pairs and sets. Think about the hands that will be coming along after you open with a raise, and you have to play out of position.


So after the flop, you have a pretty common situation. A gut shot draw with no hearts. I would not c-bet here because this flop missed you and is really good for villains range. A free or cheap card is a really good result for this flop, so I would check and call most bets. Check call appears pretty strong here. My c-betting flops are gut shots with 2 hearts, top pair with a heart or gut shot...hands with a bit more potential.


The turn is great, you have the nuts! The only problem is the board is so wet, there are 23 scare cards that can hit the river. I would put out a half pot size bet, then just call villains raise. Its too hard to deny pot odds on this board, so I think keeping the pot smaller here is better.


On the river, I am checking any club, Q, J, A, T, 9 or 8. I know it seems really cautious, but there is the problem we create by playing hands like this from out of position. If villain bets, you are in a tough spot and will have to decide if he is bluffing the river. I am making a crying call most of the time, but this is very villain dependent.
 
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I think that you should not c bet the flop. I would advocate going for a check raise here. You need to have check raise hands that are not the nuts, a gut shot is a good candidate. I would prefer to also have a backdoor flush draw to go with it, but hey, work with what you have got. By only check raising flops with flush draws, sets, 2 pair, you are very polarized. Check raising a dryish board like this screams set. So when an opponent does wake up with a monster, check raise folding a gut shot is a lot easier than check raise folding top pair or an open ender
 
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