PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $10.00 BB (9 handed) – Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
MP2 ($723.55)
MP3 ($1002)
CO ($928)
Button ($995)
SB ($1000)
BB ($1717.50)
UTG ($585)
Hero (UTG+1) ($1015)
MP1 ($1239)
Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with A
, A
1 fold, Hero raises to $30, 6 folds, BB calls $20
Flop: ($65) 10
, 5, 5 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $45, BB calls $45
Turn: ($155) 5
(2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $123, BB raises to $246
This guy was a total fish, but when he threw out that turn min-check-raise against an early position raiser, I threw up in my mouth. I just knew he had quads. Anyway, I talked myself down from that ridiculous conclusion- his tiny river bet helped:
Hero calls $123
River: ($647) 8 (2 players)
BB bets $260, Hero raises to $694 (All-In), BB calls $434
Total pot: $2035 | Rake: $3
Results:
BB mucked Q, Q (full house, fives over Queens).
Hero had A, A (full house, fives over Aces).
Outcome: Hero won $2032
Min turn check-raises are scary. It definitely means he thinks he has the best hand. But vs. a donk, that includes KK-JJ and maybe AT, which is enough to put you ahead of his range even if it includes TT and a bunch of random fives. 100 bbs deep, I don’t think it can ever be too bad to go broke there. Would you just call down the river bet if you were 200 bbs deep? Raise/fold?
Against this guy, probably raise-call-puke if 200 BB deep. Against a better but not too good player, raise-fold. But then again, you’d never see the min-check-raise from such a player. Against a great player, just call river.