It freaking sucks to river the second nuts and have to make a crying call with it. I’m pretty surprised the guy wasn’t more aggressive with it when I showed so much weakness on the turn, but I can’t see what else he plays like this on the river, let alone what worse hand would call a raise.
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em, $10.00 BB (3 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
SB ($1314)
BB ($1000)
Hero (Button) ($1473)
Preflop: Hero is Button with 6
, 5
Hero bets $20, 1 fold, BB calls $10
Flop: ($45) J, 7
, K (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks
Turn: ($45) 4 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $15, BB calls $15
River: ($75) 8
(2 players)
BB bets $60, Hero calls $60
Total pot: $195 | Rake: $1
Results:
Hero had 6, 5 (straight, eight high).
BB had 10, 9 (straight, Jack high).
Outcome: BB won $194
How about a hand like 87 or J8? Or does the fact that he didn’t lead the turn rule those out for you? Maybe he gets to river with a hand like 88. Those are the only hands I could see potentially calling a river raise, so you are probably right that there isn’t much point to raising.
Why no continuation bet at the flop (disclaimer: I can’t see any of the suits, so I don’t know if you had any flush potential)
Really impressive. My gut reaction is to value-raise this river, but if we assume he leads Kx hands on the turn, I guess his river leading range is only 88, J8, and weirdly played hands.