Archive for October 26th, 2009
Even on the River, Your Bluffing Range Matters
October 26th, 2009 | Author: foucault
…because sometimes, you aren’t bluffing:
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em, $20.00 BB (2 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
BB ($14268.50)
Hero (SB) ($4179.50)
Preflop: Hero is SB with 7
, Q
Hero bets $60, BB calls $40
Flop: ($120) K, J
, J
(2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $77, BB calls $77
Turn: ($274) 8 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks
River: ($274) 2 (2 players)
BB bets $210, Hero calls $210
Total pot: $694 | Rake: $0.50
Results:
Hero had 7, Q (one pair, Jacks).
BB had Q, 9 (one pair, Jacks).
Outcome: BB won $693.50
Although I didn’t recognize his name, this guy played very well, and it didn’t take me long to quit him. He’d been making a lot of good, thin value check-raises on dry flops like this, and he very rarely folded them. Thus, I thought his flop call represented either very marginal showdown value or a float with the intention of bluffing the river. Turns out it was both, which is really as it should be. I think he doesn’t turn Ax into a bluff on the river, which is why I call with Q-high, but I think this is exactly the right way for him to play Q9.
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