They Hate to Fold The Triples

…so overbet-overbet it is:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $2 BB (5 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com

UTG ($518.95)
MP ($500)
Button ($538.90)
SB ($211.55)
Hero ($1162.75)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 7s, 7d.
2 folds, Button raises to $6, SB calls $5, Hero calls $4.

Flop: ($18.80) Qh, 3d, Qd (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $14.25, Button calls $14.25, SB folds.

Turn: ($47.30) 7c (2 players)
Hero bets $72.85, Button calls $72.85.

River: ($193) 9c (2 players)
Hero bets $333, Button calls $333.

Final Pot: $859
Results in white below:
Hero has 7s 7d (full house, sevens full of queens).
Button has Td Qs (three of a kind, queens).
Outcome: Hero wins $859.

6 thoughts on “They Hate to Fold The Triples”

    • Impossible to say. The thing is that against him I’m never bluffing and so he ought to fold, except that if he were a player capable of folding, then I either wouldn’t take this line or would sometimes be bluffing, in which case his hand is a pretty good bluff-catcher 😉

  1. was your turn bet sized to induce a shove by a Q or something else? it seems like if villain was on a flush draw you potentially lose value, although you may have some history working here I’m unaware of. either way, you played the river well. great line to exploit.

    • It was just sized to get called by a random Q. I don’t think a flush draw is going to give me much action when the board pairs anyway. Probably just check back turn and give up river unimproved if I check. No history- I just didn’t think he’d fold a Q or put much more money in the pot with less than a Q, so the only thing I was worried about was maxing value from his trips.

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