Token hand post (AKs)

[Nate tha' Great]

This hand had a quasi-interesting twist on the river. My plan was to go with choice #3. The river came another A, giving me trips, he bet into me again, I raised and he just called. He had T2 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] and HHIG.

The reason I say this is interesting is because the A looks like a good card for me, but it actually isn't, since now there are fewer A's out there for him to hold. It improves the absolute strength of my hand, but weakens its relative strength.

For example, suppose that I put his hand range (this is obviously a simplified example) at:

AK-AJs/o, ATs
KQs, KJs, KTs, QJs, QTs, JTs, J9s, T9s-76s (the s in this case indicates spades, not suited)

My equity on the turn against this hand range is 57%, but drops to 50% once another A comes on the river.

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In retrospect, I really feel like calling is the best play for the reasons that astroglide has described.