$10 NLHE 6-max: $10 NLHE 6-max: Top two pairs with nut flush blocker raised on river

[Rajten]

$10 NLHE 6-max: $10 NLHE 6-max: Top two pairs with nut flush blocker raised on river

Hello everyone, Do you call in in this situation? I have no reads about opponent.
Am I nit, or do you apreciate fold? On the one hand I have strong hand with good blocker, but on the another hand, his raise on river looks strong.

partypoker, Hold'em No Limit - $0.05/$0.10 - 6 players
Replay this hand on Upswing Poker - https://upswingpoker.com/replayer/69A4ZRslI

Player3 (UTG): $10.00 (100 bb)
Hero (MP): $18.16 (182 bb)
Player5 (CO): $10.48 (105 bb)
Player6 (BU): $10.00 (100 bb)
Player1 (SB): $10.00 (100 bb)
Player2 (BB): $12.16 (122 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.15) Hero (Hero) is MP with A♠ K♥
1 fold, Hero (MP) raises to $0.30, 1 fold, Player6 (BU) calls $0.30, 2 players fold

Flop: ($0.75) 3♠ 9♥ A♣ (2 players)
Hero (MP) bets $0.50, Player6 (BU) calls $0.50

Turn: ($1.75) 4♠ (2 players)
Hero (MP) bets $1, Player6 (BU) calls $1

River: ($3.75) K♠ (2 players)
Hero (MP) bets $2.70, Player6 (BU) raises to $8.20 (all-in), Hero (MP) folds

Total pot: $9.15 (Rake: $0.45)
Player6 (BU) wins $8.70

 

[atcj13]

Sets definitely make a lot of sense for the opponent here. Flop and turn are both really dry, so no real reason to raise if you are bluffing.

 

[gustav197poker]

The river raise was fairly standard. A size of 3.03 times your third barrel is an acceptable call. Not only do you block the flush, you also block top sets and double top pairs. Really any low or medium scale set should raise on the turn for protection. But assuming that villain to raise in the river, he must do so for a size larger than 3X. This is because than polarized attack ratio, it represents a wider range that allows inducing open calls, but at the same time it also protects the average value and blocks bluffs in the hero range. For NL10 we have many catchy hands that could to call a polarized bet. For example: AQ; AJ; AT; A4; A3; KQ; KJ; K9. Because the bluffs catchers range is broader in micro stakes and the passive river biases, they tend to block fold equity in continuous attack ranges (3 barrels of continuation).
On the other hand, if river depolarizations occur as in this case, hero should have a strong margin of hands to call. But the hero has better price for the showdown and a lower cost of being wrong. Possibly this last factor is not very taken into account in micro stakes, so the determining point here is the readings we have of the villain. Without readings we could really call this river because we have a good price for showdown.
Greetings.

 

[Sidetracked]

I would call, but not love it.

The flush was back doored.

You're behind sets and the one unlikely straight.

 

[run187]

He/She had the monster that is 25 of spades . I don't think you bet enough to chase away any limps with said hand ..

 

[yoejslattery]

I think I would call as well but not be thrilled. Sets are definitely possible i could only see the flush if they hit a pair on the flop as well. So I agree that overall, you beat too many hands and at micro stakes it could be a weird bluff or a smaller two pair.

On the other hand, I don't think many people would bluff your 3rd barrel in microstakes. I mostly only see value raises on the river.

 

[Aballinamion]

Hello everyone, Do you call in in this situation? I have no reads about opponent.
Am I nit, or do you apreciate fold? On the one hand I have strong hand with good blocker, but on the another hand, his raise on river looks strong.

partypoker, Hold'em No Limit - $0.05/$0.10 - 6 players
Replay this hand on Upswing Poker - https://upswingpoker.com/replayer/69A4ZRslI

Player3 (UTG): $10.00 (100 bb)
Hero (MP): $18.16 (182 bb)
Player5 (CO): $10.48 (105 bb)
Player6 (BU): $10.00 (100 bb)
Player1 (SB): $10.00 (100 bb)
Player2 (BB): $12.16 (122 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.15) Hero (Hero) is MP with A♠ K♥
1 fold, Hero (MP) raises to $0.30, 1 fold, Player6 (BU) calls $0.30, 2 players fold

Flop: ($0.75) 3♠ 9♥ A♣ (2 players)
Hero (MP) bets $0.50, Player6 (BU) calls $0.50

Turn: ($1.75) 4♠ (2 players)
Hero (MP) bets $1, Player6 (BU) calls $1

River: ($3.75) K♠ (2 players)
Hero (MP) bets $2.70, Player6 (BU) raises to $8.20 (all-in), Hero (MP) folds

Total pot: $9.15 (Rake: $0.45)
Player6 (BU) wins $8.70

One option is to be checking OTF or betting less: by betting 2/3 pot, it is very clear that we only do it with AK, AQ, A9, 99, AA, 33 and maybe A3 if we do open these baby ace combos from EP.
If we are going to c-bet this flop we can go very safe for 1/3 pot to 1/2 pot with a great part of our range that open from UTG/EP (not our entire range!).
OF course that hitting TPTK in this scenario is so good but we must ask which hands continue paying 2/3 pot OTF on such a dry scenario.
OTT you should bet for value, which means, protect your whole range that opens from EP, now BTN can have weaker aces that can continue calling, plus a couple of SDs and FDs as well:
Betting 1/2 pot OTT give marvelous odds for Villain to continue calling/floating.
OTR I would not c-bet, because this King is not good for our range at all, since we gave good price for flush draws to continue OTT.

Regards;

Carlos 'Aballinamion' Barbosa