AQ - How do I play it against a donkey

[Arbogast]

I would call. Why push him off a worse hand or a draw?

If the turn doesn't complete a draw, I bet around 3/4 of the pot and pray he calls.

If the turn completes a draw, it would depend on my read.

[4_2_it]

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I would call. Why push him off a worse hand or a draw?

If the turn doesn't complete a draw, I bet around 3/4 of the pot and pray he calls.

If the turn completes a draw, it would depend on my read.

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This is read dependent. Yes, you want him to stay if he is drawing (unless he has K [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]T [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] or J [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]T [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]) The goal is to get as much of his money in the middle before the scare cards come since you usually do not know if villain is chasing a straight or a flush (here it was both which is bad luck). Here, OP thought villain was on a bluff or semi-bluff.

On a less scary board I think you can call and let villain continue to massacre himself, but with this board there are too many scare cards which would kill your future action.

Go with your read and make a large re-raise here. Maybe even all your chips but $200 might be good too. The pot's plenty large at this point to where you'll be happy to take it down. You have to ask yourself, "Is the next card more likely to break me or my opponent?". The obvious answer is that it's much more likely to break you. Drop the hammer and take it down.