A6o from SB

[vetman81]

Villain in this hand is LPP, but has given up his BB quite a few times.


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Preflop: Hero is SB with A/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 6/images/graemlins/club.gif.
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, BB calls.

Flop: (4 SB) Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif, T/images/graemlins/spade.gif, J/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, BB calls.

Turn: (3 BB) 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, BB checks.

River: (3 BB) 7/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">BB bets</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 5 BB

[J.R.]

if you had something like KK on an A turn maybe, but here not only is your hand vulnerable to lots of river cards if best but your opponent is loose and passive, which means:

1) there is a fair chance you are ahead, so the turn bet is for value,

2) its extremely unlikely he will check-raise with a worse hand so you can fold and put in the same bet you will if you check the turn and call the river.**

3) you won't induce a bluff from him on the river by checking behind, so you lose value as compared to checking the turn yet consistenly pay him off when his hand is best.




**Although you do lose the chance to draw to 5 outs (three As and two 6s) by folding to the check-raise, which is worth maybe 5/46*5, or .54 big bets (assuming he calls your river raise and you win a 5 BB pot), ther are 2 factors which greatly outwiegh this negative side ot a turn bet

1) given this guys looseness the vast majority of the time (maybe 60% of the time) your hand will be best on the turn and you either get value from him calling a bet (you equity is probably around 80%, as on average he probably has 8ish outs when he calls your turn bet and is behind. Plus, even though he is loose he may be a habitual flop peeler (some loose guys can't resist but duck on the big bet street without hitting) who will fold a hand with 3 outs (i.e. one overcard), which is worth .26 BB (3/46*4), and

2) as he is passive he doesn't check-raise your turn bet most of the time when he holds a btter hand (many/most one pair hands and perhaps some two pair hands) than you on the turn, so he doesn't punish you for value betting thinly, allowing you improve when behind (You'd have to fold to a turn check-raise given the pot size- 6- isnlt enough to draw to 5 outs).