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AQ vs tag, river bluff?
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Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. <font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, CO calls. Flop: (7.50 SB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font> CO checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, CO calls. Turn: (4.75 BB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font> CO checks, Hero checks. River: (4.75 BB) 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font> CO checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, CO calls. Final Pot: 6.75 BB. villain is a 16/10 tag. |
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Re: AQ vs tag, river bluff?
i'm not sure what a tag has that you beat. AT will fold the flop. a small pp would bet the river. AK would cap preflop.
so i'm guessing this tag is a bit weak. I'd just check it through, expecting to see QT or AK. |
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Re: AQ vs tag, river bluff?
btw, you shouldn't be betting this as a bluff. if you're going to bet it, it's for value.
also, i forgot to consider position. your relative positions make AT a lot more likely. I think this is a razor thin value bet. I can't imagine a pair not betting this river. And i think villian will have AT & KQ a bit more often then AK |
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Re: AQ vs tag, river bluff?
I can't imagine you'll get a better hand to fold by betting this river (especially since your turn check through screams weakness), so I don't try to bluff at this pot.
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Re: AQ vs tag, river bluff?
The only point of this bet would be to fold exactly AK, as villain is not folding a pair on that ragged a board. In a pot of less than 7 bets, villain does not: a) have AK; and b) intend to fold AK often enough to make the play even close to worthwhile.
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Re: AQ vs tag, river bluff?
"The only point of this bet would be to fold exactly AK"
What about getting AT or KQ to call? |
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Re: AQ vs tag, river bluff?
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"The only point of this bet would be to fold exactly AK" What about getting AT or KQ to call? [/ QUOTE ] It's very unlikely you're getting a call from K high considering you three-bet pre-flop. AT may very rarely call, but that's only one hand, and, again, not enough of a consideration to make betting correct. |
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Re: AQ vs tag, river bluff?
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Quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The only point of this bet would be to fold exactly AK" What about getting AT or KQ to call? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's very unlikely you're getting a call from K high considering you three-bet pre-flop. AT may very rarely call, but that's only one hand, and, again, not enough of a consideration to make betting correct. [/ QUOTE ] I don't think you're considering everything here. First off, villian played his hand poorly no what he has. It's not a terrible line only if he has exactly ATo. A pp should bet so he probably doesn't have that. AK would cap so he probably doesn't have that. Honestly, AT and KQ make the most sense. AK makes more sense than a pair. Statisically, villian has hero beat here 42/66 times, all else being equal. However, I, personally, think that the 24 possible combos of AT & KQ are more likely than the 42 combos of AK and a pair. So after further study, I think a value bet is extremely thin if not -ev. |
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Re: AQ vs tag, river bluff?
JT,
1. Often opponents will not bet a pair here, because many opponents think the sole point of the river is to induce bluffs and don't like value-betting. 2. You need to severely discount AT and KQ in your range because very often those hands will not call a river bet. It's not what percentage of hands we're beating that's important. It's the percentage of hands we're beating when we get called. |
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Re: AQ vs tag, river bluff?
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JT, 1. Often opponents will not bet a pair here, because many opponents think the sole point of the river is to induce bluffs and don't like value-betting. 2. You need to severely discount AT and KQ in your range because very often those hands will not call a river bet. It's not what percentage of hands we're beating that's important. It's the percentage of hands we're beating when we get called. [/ QUOTE ] As usual, you make excellent points. I do think, however, that AT will always call a river bet and KQ, sometimes. As for a pair not betting after the turn got checked through, that's just crazy. I no longer play full ring, but my lord man, what the heck. |
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