re: Poker & $2 NLHE 6-max: The hand that cost me my profit
Preflop
Just fold. I am also not a fan of mini-raising in general, except when very short stacked in tournaments.
Flop
Bet for value.
Turn
Bet larger for value, not just a mini-bet.
River
Whenever you are facing a bet from your opponent, you need to think about, what he is representing and put him on a range, before deciding your action. He is obviously saying, he improved, which mean either trips or a full house, since the board is now paired.
But trips are not leading for 2 times the pot, when there is not just a flush but also a 1-liner to a straight on the board. So he is saying, he has a full house, which mean, your hand is now a bluff catcher.
This mean, that calling and folding are both reasonable options, but raising is completely out of the question. His range is polarized, as its called. You are either beat, or he is bluffing, and if he is bluffing, he is of course not going to call a raise.
I would pretty much never see the river like this, but if I did, I would find it difficult to fold. So I would not blame you for calling here, but raising is honestly totally insane, and even more so, when you also call off his 3-bet.
He is not doing this with trips, and he is not doing it with a worse flush or a straight either, because if he had that, you would have heard from him on the turn. He would not just check-call your mini-bet with a straight or flush and then go crazy, when the board pair on the river.
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