A friend shared this hand with me, and I thought it was a solid example of a good, creative line. The small bet on the flop helps him draw cheaply, establishes who if anyone is interested in the pot, and depending on what happens with regard to (2) possibly sets up a multi-barrel bluff. With only one opponent on the turn and his hand presumably not good enough to raise, Hero turns up the heat with a larger bluff. By calling that bet, Villain makes clear that he has a good hand, so when Hero rivers his straight, he overbets the pot for value. Great examples of creative bet sizing!
PokerStars: Hold’em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD)
Table ‘Warck VI’ 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: UTG ($125 in chips)
Seat 2: CO ($71.10 in chips)
Seat 3: .BN ($50 in chips)
Seat 5: SB ($50 in chips)
Seat 6: HERO ($89.59 in chips)
universal ki will be allowed to play after the button
SB: posts small blind $0.25
HERO: posts big blind $0.50
UTG: posts the ante $0.10
CO: posts the ante $0.10
.BN: posts the ante $0.10
SB: posts the ante $0.10
HERO: posts the ante $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to HERO [9s Jh]
UTG: raises $0.75 to $1.25
CO: calls $1.25
.BN: calls $1.25
SB: folds
HERO: calls $0.75
*** FLOP *** [Td Qs 3d]
HERO: bets $1.50
UTG: folds
CO: calls $1.50
.BN: folds
*** TURN *** [Td Qs 3d] [3h]
HERO: bets $6
CO: calls $6
*** RIVER *** [Td Qs 3d 3h] [Ks]
HERO: bets $23
CO: calls $23
Sorry it’s not converted, I couldn’t get it to work in the converter. Also sorry to say I don’t know what Villain ended up calling with.
but still… opening J9o utg? :p
Hero called BB and donked flop, though I agree the flat pre is probably -EV.
I do like the river bet as played
Nits. I call all day here.
Yeah but you’re not your student, and J9o is going to turn you a minuscule profit OOP if you play very well, and is probably -EV over any decent sample for most SSNL Players.
I think calling pre is a leak MW here with bad relative position.
EDIT: I noticed its a smaller than normal preflop raise (less than 3x) which makes calling a bit more justifiable.