I get a lot of questions/comments about my underbetting, which is understandable since it’s one of the more non-standard plays in my arsenal. I think this hand illustrates one of the many advantages of such a play, which is inducing spazziness from hands that otherwise wouldn’t give you action.
Villain is extremely aggressive, and up to this point I’d been letting him push me off of a lot of small pots:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $4.00 BB (2 handed) – Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
BB ($419.10)
Hero (SB) ($428)
Preflop: Hero is SB with 6
, 6
Hero bets $12, BB raises to $38, Hero calls $26
Flop: ($76) 6
, K, 5 (2 players)
BB bets $52, Hero calls $52
Turn: ($180) K (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks
River: ($180) 10 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $68, BB raises to $329.10 (All-In), Hero calls $261.10
Total pot: $838.20 | Rake: $0.50
Results:
Hero had 6, 6 (full house, sixes over Kings).
BB had 8, A (one pair, Kings).
Outcome: Hero won $837.70
I Love this play! I have been reading a lot about “underbetting” when holding the “virtual” nuts and using it. Like you state, if you have an agressive villian, it can lead to them giving you the rest of the stack. Well done. Good to see you are back playing and posting on a reg basis now.
What does your WSOP schedule look like?
looks alot closer to a c/c than a c/shove for villain.
I assume you are bet/calling Tx with this size as well?