On Folding the River

[WillMagic]

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Hey Deranged,

This is a concept that is also at play when Hero is in position with a decent hand and villain randomly donks the river. Since he usually has either a really good hand or a complete bluff, there is often not much reason to raise. Maybe an example?

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It's funny...I think of it at another level entirely. Most players think like you do and are really, reluctant to raise river donks, but entirely happy to call them with as ace-high, because they see them as bluffs/nuts. So often I find myself bet/folding random rivers OOP into people with weak pairs, when I think their range is something like AK-AJ unimproved and decent top pair/mid pp hands. It doesn't even matter that they've had the lead the whole way.

Will