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Aggro young V applies turn pressure at 1/3

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6583 posts · member since May 2023
4mo ago

1/3, $500 max BI, 9-handed. Rake is 10% up to $5, plus $1 or $2 drop. No promos during this session. Saturday evening.

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22 February 2026 at 09:51 PM
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1747 posts · member since Apr 2025
4mo ago
by docvail

Yeah, that's kind of the central debate here, I think - how much people bluff here. Lately I've been finding myself in spots where I think I've been over-estimating my opponents' aggression, especially when my line may have induced.

I think in game it's easy to look for reasons to call and the human brain being as it is always finds reasons to call BUT I think the highlighted below is accurate and something I've said in other threads as well as this one. People just don't bluff enough and in some spots people NEVER have bluffs.

by submersible

i mean alot of people just dont have any bluffs in complex spots

i dont really view the world through that lens though

no the tedious stuff is the math / theory behind different bet sizes. dont have it in me to post an essay

by BullyEyelash

Hope to see ya'll in the stud & o8 events this summer!

Won't be playing these events unfortunately, but should be there this summer, really depends on the next few months and how Trump is with Canada. Sadly.

by PresidentDeuce

Bet/fold is the answer to this whole thread. You clowns have been chirping at each other for three pages now when the perfect strategy can be encapsulated in two words.

As arguably the biggest bet/fold advocate on this forum, I conclude it's not. I don't expect you to understand this though, you play 2nl.

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4mo ago
by Pablito

I conclude it's not..

Scintillating analysis

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NittyOldMan1 avatarNittyOldMan1
4mo ago
by PresidentDeuce

Do you ever bet/fold?

Ever?

quit trolling...

GreatWhiteFish avatarGreatWhiteFish
4mo ago

Preflop: Hand is borderline between a GTO open and a fold (with a smaller GTO open size). Definitely in theory if you're using this large of a sizing A2s would be a fold. That being said if you think you have an edge on the table I think your open is fine.

Flop: Check is good. You don't need much protection with the highest pair, and any other ace beats you. This is a clear moderate made hand that plays well as a check.

Turn: I would check again, planning to check call. You need some aces in your check check range to protect your give ups, and you still lose to any ace. I think you want to bet your best aces on the flop (AK, AQ, AJ, maybe AT). After the flop checks through I would be betting most of the medium aces on the turn (AT if it didn't bet flop, A9, maybe A8). I would check again with the worst aces that aren't two pair, like this hand.

As played I probably exploitatively fold to the turn raise against most players. If you think they're capable of bluff raising this spot, then a call would be the right play, but it's a generally under bluffed spot.

River: As played up to this point, check and evaluate. With another ace on the board you improved to beat some two pair combos. The number of your opponent's value combos that include an ace are also drastically reduced when another one appears on the board.

If you face a big bet you still basically have a bluffcatcher. I probably make a crying call against a smaller bet, and try to get a read if he bets bigger. ...

Dan GK
4mo ago

I think your play up to the turn is fine. I would fold the turn. I understand why you called, but this seems like a super under-bluffed spot. Is he really checking back a draw on the flop and then raising the turn with it? Is he really turning a weak pair (JT, 65s) into a bluff? I don't think so. Looks like A5 or 55 or 54s. I see people check back stuff like AJ or 44 to raise turn as a trap sometimes too. That seems way more likely than a bluff.

As played, check the river and hope he checks back 54s. I don't see what donking would accomplish. Don't love check/calling here, so probably planning on check/folding for any reasonable size....