PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $6.00 BB (3 handed) – Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
Hero (Button) ($618)
SB ($1774.20)
BB ($690)
Preflop: Hero is Button with 6
, K
Hero bets $15, SB calls $12, 1 fold
Flop: ($36) 2
, A
, 9 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $22, SB calls $22
Turn: ($80) 4 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks
River: ($80) 3 (2 players)
SB bets $52, Hero raises to $181, 1 fold
Total pot: $184 | Rake: $1
Results:
Hero didn’t show 6, K (nothing).
Outcome: Hero won $183
I can get away with this for two reasons:
1. In general, a player who is betting or raising will have a wider range than one who is calling. This is because you can bet with a hand or as a bluff, but it’s a lot harder to call as a bluff. Both as a result of calling pre-flop and of calling the flop, Villain will rarely have a straight on the river. There are a lot more 5’s (not to mention 76 or 33) in my range than in Villain’s.
2. This is an uncommon spot to bluff. I think it will seem to Villain that if I wanted to bluff with my hand, the “standard” way would be to fire a second barrel on the turn. Thus, I expect to get some undeserved credit here.
Or, he was bluff calling the flop and my K-high was good all along 😉