Overcard challenge

[elindauer]

Hi Nate,

Just saw this in the digest. Nice post.

Here's a sort of general case that I think warrants a raise in which you can be fairly sure you do not have the best hand. It just happened to me a few minutes ago.

You are on the button w/ AK. 5 limpers to you, you raise. 7 see the flop for 2 bets.

flop: J43

EP bets, two callers to you. You can't fold, as you are getting huge odds. So you raise, because your opponents are loose and passive. Your raise looks like it must be an overpair in this clearly protected pot, so the jacks slow down and go into check-call mode.


Results: Turn Q. Checked to you. You check.
River A. Checked to you. You bet, and get called by (to your surprise) only 1 hand, KQ.


So the general situation is: multiway raised pot preflop, loose passive opponents, good chance they will check to you on the turn.