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Re: AK Help
Check the turn.
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Re: AK Help
either bet more on the turn or check it
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Check the turn. [/ QUOTE ] check/call? Maybe, but you are giving up a lot of value to donk calling you down with a weaker king, which happens quite often at this level. I think as a previous poster mentioned it is very read dependent, without a read I would would probably bet 2/3 pot and fold to a reraise. I think hero has defined his hand, and most opponents will not give their opponents the credit for laying down TPTK, so a bluff reraise is unlikely. |
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Check the turn. [/ QUOTE ] Although I generally feel that this is overused on this forum, in this hand I agree. |
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Re: AK Help
Why in the world do you check the turn here? Opponent has shown no strength, he can easily be on the str8 draw or a worse pair. The turn card is a total blank. Do you check-call? Checking seems to just telegraph weakness and let you get blown off the hand by a worse hand. If you knew villain was a donk would you still check the turn?
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Why in the world do you check the turn here? Opponent has shown no strength, he can easily be on the str8 draw or a worse pair./../ Checking seems to just telegraph weakness and let you get blown off the hand by a worse hand. [/ QUOTE ] Yes, this is true except you don't get blown off cause you call. Checking behind on the turn with TPTK or an overpair is a very basic NL concept which really should be understood if you want to play at any kind of stakes. The advantages are basically: 1) You keep the pot small with a mediocre hand. 2)You feign weakness, inducing him to bluff a missed draw in the river. This might well be more +EV than charging the draws on the turn. 3)You feign weakness and get a nice value bet in on the river against a K or maybe Q, which will often be dropped by a tightish opponent. [ QUOTE ] If you knew villain was a donk would you still check the turn? [/ QUOTE ] Depends what sort of donk. I bet this turn against a calling station with very few moves, but against an aggro donk I am likely to check because a checkraise puts me in an ugly -EV spot where I am liable to make a mistake. Other factors that might cause you to bet the turn is an aggro table image, a more drawy board etcetera, but checking behind with TPTK is very much ABC play. |
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Re: AK Help
Very nice post Emil. How would you handle the type of opponent who almost always calls your continuation bet? Do you still check, and hope he will bluff?
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