re: Poker & $2 NLHE 6-max: Herocalling river with AA
Preflop
There is nothing really wrong with raising 2,5X, but at 2NL you can certainly get away with a larger size and still get plenty of action.
Flop and turn
I like betting, and I like your sizing, even though its always a bit scary to have an overpair in a 4-way pot. You are just kind of praying, that nobody sucked out on you on the flop, while trying to get value from draws and worse one pair hands.
River
Its difficult to not be results oriented after seeing his hand, but I think, this is a long term losing call against the population in the micros. I agree, his only value hand is a straight, but the issue is, its exceptionally easy to have a straight, when there is a 1-liner on the board. He defended his blind against a small raise, so he can certainly have all combos of J9, T9 and 98, and those hands would play exactly like this.
This is 36 combos already, and while he could be bluffing, you need to find a lot of bluff combos, when he can have so many combos for value. If its only missed clubs, there are simply not enough to those, especially since you have Ac blocking some of those missed flush draws, which you want him to have.
I also don’t read anything particularly into his bet size. It is very common for bad players to make a very large bet, when they have the nuts, because they want to get paid. Donk betting also makes complete sense on a card, that completely change the texture of the board. If he does have a 9, he kind of has to lead out, because if he check, you are just going to check behind with so many hands including this one.
It worked this time, but in general I will say, that the way to a high winrate and also less variance and less tilt in the micros is to not make hero calls like this. Usually people have, what they say, they have, and you don’t get rewarded for being the table sheriff.
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