Q-High No Good

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Seat 0: VaMtnGal ($647.90) –
Seat 3: urbandb888 ($3836.55) –

PRE-FLOP:

VaMtnGal posts small blind $10
urbandb888 posts BIG blind $25
Dealt To: urbandb888

CALL VaMtnGal ($25)
CHECK urbandb888

FLOP:

Pot: $60

CHECK urbandb888
CHECK VaMtnGal

TURN:

Pot: $60

CHECK urbandb888
CHECK VaMtnGal

RIVER:

Pot: $60

CHECK urbandb888
BET VaMtnGal ($50)
CALL urbandb888 ($50)

SHOWDOWN:
VaMtnGal:

MUCK urbandb888

VaMtnGal collected $149 from main pot with a pair of tens

SUMMARY:
Total pot: $150 Rake: $1

Final Board:

Seat 0: Kd 7s Tc 6c Th: a pair of tens. – Net Gain/Loss: ($74)

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This is why you shouldn’t try to impose logic on the monkeys (see my recent article Level-Headed Thinking). I was pretty sure she would not have checked a T on the flop nor a 6 or 7 on the turn, and I didn’t think she would pot the river if she paired the deuce or had A high. I’m certainly never folding A-high here, and I don’t imagine she expected me too, ie she wasn’t trying to bluff. I think she just decided she had the best hand, and, without even considering my calling range, was going to bet it. And I outmaneuvered myself by trying to impose second-level thinking on a first-level player. I stacked her later, though, so it’s all good.

2 thoughts on “Q-High No Good”

  1. Obviously I was wrong in this case, but generally I don’t think people are betting A- and K-high in river spots like this in the first place. If I did, I would fold- check-raising isn’t a very believable line. But most people are just going to take the free showdown with a hand whose high card value is often good.

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