BlackThunder
Rising Star
Bronze Level
I'm sitting 2nd out of 10 players in a $1 deep stack tourney on the bubble of the final table. The blinds are 2,000/4,000 with an ante of 400 and I have a stack of 123,127.
-I raise AK of clubs UTG+1 to 8,000
-It folds to the big blind and they flat call
-The Flop is A spades, J spades, 4 hearts
-big blind checks and I bet 12,000 into a 20,000 pot and big blind calls
-Turn comes a 4 of diamonds, big blind bets out 23,757 I call
- River comes a J of hearts and big blind bets 70,325 (I have about 80k chips)
- I tank..... I considered the villain having a missed flush draw but I didn't know why they would donk out on the turn. I don't have them on jacks because there is a jack on the river and that hand is probably doing some three betting. I thought that a 4 made the most since considering they donk bet on the turn although I did raise UTG +1. Overall this bet looked strong and felt strong because of the timing of the bet (they bet almost instantly on the turn and river) but I did have top pair with top kicker. I did think that a bluff here wouldn't make much sense but Doug Polk said that if you use this logic to justify a fold then a bluff in this spot would always make sense because you would always fold. So I call......
-The Villain reveals Q of spades and 4 of clubs
In this hand i'm wondering if I just get stacked in this spot or if it's reasonable to lay it down based upon gut feeling of the timing being almost instantly when the villain bets. What is the profitable play in the long term?
I'm very curious about what you may have to say about this hand and what I can do in the future to improve my game and bring it to the next level. Thanks for your advice it is greatly appreciated!
-I raise AK of clubs UTG+1 to 8,000
-It folds to the big blind and they flat call
-The Flop is A spades, J spades, 4 hearts
-big blind checks and I bet 12,000 into a 20,000 pot and big blind calls
-Turn comes a 4 of diamonds, big blind bets out 23,757 I call
- River comes a J of hearts and big blind bets 70,325 (I have about 80k chips)
- I tank..... I considered the villain having a missed flush draw but I didn't know why they would donk out on the turn. I don't have them on jacks because there is a jack on the river and that hand is probably doing some three betting. I thought that a 4 made the most since considering they donk bet on the turn although I did raise UTG +1. Overall this bet looked strong and felt strong because of the timing of the bet (they bet almost instantly on the turn and river) but I did have top pair with top kicker. I did think that a bluff here wouldn't make much sense but Doug Polk said that if you use this logic to justify a fold then a bluff in this spot would always make sense because you would always fold. So I call......
-The Villain reveals Q of spades and 4 of clubs
In this hand i'm wondering if I just get stacked in this spot or if it's reasonable to lay it down based upon gut feeling of the timing being almost instantly when the villain bets. What is the profitable play in the long term?
I'm very curious about what you may have to say about this hand and what I can do in the future to improve my game and bring it to the next level. Thanks for your advice it is greatly appreciated!
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