$5.25 NLHE MTT: GG Online - Bounty Hunters | A10 in MP

[mariussica88]

BB has only 12 hands played: VPIP 36 PFR 18 Post Flop AGG 1 no info on FLOP and TURN C-bet.

Is checking the river ok? Could I bet here?



GG Poker - 400/800 Ante 120 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3

CO: 39,880 (49.9 bb)
BTN: 25,959 (32.4 bb)
SB: 74,171 (92.7 bb)
BB: 110,985 (138.7 bb)
UTG: 33,276 (41.6 bb)
UTG+1: 38,788 (48.5 bb)
Hero (MP): 21,010 (26.3 bb)
MP+1: 51,135 (63.9 bb)

8 players post ante of 120, SB posts 400, BB posts 800

Pre Flop: (pot: 2,160) Hero has
2 folds, Hero raises to 2,000, 4 folds, BB calls 1,200

Flop: (5,360, 2 players)
BB bets 2,680, Hero calls 2,680

Turn: (10,720, 2 players)
BB bets 3,538, Hero calls 3,538

River: (17,796, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

Results: 17,796 pot (0 rake)
Final Board:

 

[IADaveMark]

It's a little scary to be the river for a few reasons.

1. Villain donk bets the flop... which happens to be pretty good flop for a BB range. Why Did he hit that board? Is he afraid of the 2 clubs and wants to take it down sooner?
2. Villain donk bets the turn... 6 got there, JT go there. Still 2 clubs.
3. Villain checks the river (that happened to pair you). Why slow down now? Because now the clubs got there (and he doesn't have it) or because he does have the clubs and you had shown interest in continuing and he is hoping to chk/raise?

The bottom line is, top/top isn't terribly sexy on that board with that betting progression. Sure, villain could have a 9, 8, or 5 and the board got worse for him as well. But he could also have a 6, J, or clubs—all of which crush you. You are getting a healthy pot if you win. Don't put more on the line because of all the things that could go wrong. I'm cool with the check on the river.

 

[fundiver199]

Preflop
Normally ATo is the worst offsuit ace, we open from this seat, and if we expect to get 3-bet a lot, we could choose to just let it go, given that we are sitting on a pretty short stack. But as a default this is fine, whereas A9o would be to loose.

Flop
Typically I dont give a ton of respect to donk bets. But against an essentially unknown opponent I can see letting this one go. It would be better, if you had a bit more going on, like having A of clubs, so that you had the nut backdoor flushdraw. But here you really only have overcards, which are not always going to be good, and the potential for a backdoor straight. So I dont think, this is a slam dunk call, but ok you called, and lets see a turn.

Turn
You picked up an OESD, and facing a bet of less than half pot, I think, this is a much more clear call than the flop. You could perhaps even consider raising as a bluff, but in general we dont want to try to bluff someone, who have 5 times as many chips, as we do, and especially not in a bounty tournament.

River
With 4 to a straight (any J or 6 has it) and 3 to a flush, you definitely can not bet for value with top pair, and you have to much showdown value to turn your hand into a bluff. So definitely the right decision to check back and hope to get shown a hand like A9/K9/Q9, that you sucked out on.

 

[mariussica88]

Thank you for your feedback. I agree with what you guys said here, that's why I posted the hand without the results. I just wanted to know if I was playing ok since what I noticed especially on GGPoker tournaments that the Big stacks are playing very loose and aggressive. I think he was targeting my bounty.

So this is the hand:

GG Poker - 400/800 Ante 120 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3

CO: 39,880 (49.9 bb)
BTN: 25,959 (32.4 bb)
SB: 74,171 (92.7 bb)
BB: 110,985 (138.7 bb)
UTG: 33,276 (41.6 bb)
UTG+1: 38,788 (48.5 bb)
Hero (MP): 21,010 (26.3 bb)
MP+1: 51,135 (63.9 bb)

8 players post ante of 120, SB posts 400, BB posts 800

Pre Flop: (pot: 2,160) Hero has
2 folds, Hero raises to 2,000, 4 folds, BB calls 1,200

Flop: (5,360, 2 players)
BB bets 2,680, Hero calls 2,680

Turn: (10,720, 2 players)
BB bets 3,538, Hero calls 3,538

River: (17,796, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

Results: 17,796 pot (0 rake)
Final Board:

BB shows : (High Card, King)
(Pre 35%, Flop 26%, Turn 14%)

Hero shows : (One Pair, Tens)
(Pre 65%, Flop 74%, Turn 86%)

Hero wins 17,796

 

[fundiver199]

Thanks for sharing the results. If he is donking out with absolutely nothing, then you obviously cant fold AT high on the flop. So seeing his hand validate your flop line. But its not like, he would have called a river bet with K high, so checking back river is still fine. He on the other hand should have taken advantage of the scary runout and the fact, he held the second nut blocker, to empty the clip and put you to the test for all your chips. That would have been a very tough call for you to make even having improved to top pair.