A-high River Checkraise

Danenania · #1 10-23-2005, 03:44 AM

Villain is Trufant. My read on him is 30/20 (6-handed stats) and generally a bit too loose and aggro postflop, though capable of folding when he knows he's beat. Prior to this hand I had played 3-handed with him and a huge fish for a pretty long time, maybe 30 minutes. I utterly destroyed him during this time whenever we clashed (mostly by running hot). He's probably lost at least 25 BB's to me directly and I think he's likely on subtle tilt. It seems like he initially viewed me as a borderline maniac but now is realizing that I was just getting smashed by the deck and am actually a tag player.

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Preflop: Hero is SB with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
UTG raises, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, BB calls, UTG calls.

Flop: (9 SB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
Hero bets, BB raises, UTG folds, Hero calls.

Turn: (6.50 BB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets, Hero calls.

River: (8.50 BB) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets, Hero raises...

Jeff W · #2 10-23-2005, 03:50 AM

#1: I was discussing Trufant w/ Josh the other day. He is no longer a 30/20. He is 40/30/2.5 in my database over a giant sample.

Wierd transformation.

#2: The river check-raise is sweet. You pick off his bluff and you bluff him off a middle pair often enough to make this profitable.

helpmeout · #3 10-23-2005, 03:52 AM

That guy is a pretty funky player, he iso raised my UTG limp in a ring game with A2s (what an insult).

He also likes to raise suited connectors UTG, I think this river raise is good though.

I'm sure he is capable of folding something like 87s here, although that is a pretty slim value bet against a preflop 3bettor who has called the flop and turn.

Danenania · #4 10-23-2005, 04:06 AM

That is pretty strange. I have him at 30/20 over 437 hands today. Average players per hand exactly 6. I guess maybe I was forcing him to play tighter because he was directly to my left and a huge fish with a 0 PFR was directly to my right.

As for the hand, what other rivers do you think I could checkraise? The K seemed just about perfect. How about a Q or T? These are a little more in his playing zone but I should still get some bluff equity out of them. I planned to check/fold a river diamond, btw, and check/call a blank.

Danenania · #5 10-23-2005, 04:09 AM

Yeah, he did do some funky things versus me as well but most of those happened after this hand so I didn't want to include that info in the read. He seems to tilt pretty often...not badly but often.

Jeff W · #6 10-23-2005, 04:09 AM

Danenania · #7 10-23-2005, 04:12 AM

Hmm, maybe your presence excites him.

Jeff W · #8 10-23-2005, 04:18 AM

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I can't tell you how many times that donkey has 3-bet me w/ 86o and flopped a straight. I love taking money from him.

Danenania · #9 10-23-2005, 04:31 AM

As for the hand, what other rivers do you think I could checkraise? The K seemed just about perfect. How about a Q or T? These are a little more in his playing zone but I should still get some bluff equity out of them. I planned to check/fold a river diamond, btw, and check/call a blank. I guess if I improved I would have checkraised a J and led an A.

NLSoldier · #10 10-23-2005, 04:44 AM

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I can't tell you how many times that donkey has 3-bet me w/ 86o and flopped a straight. I hate losing all my money to him.

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