Range balancing NFD when not A high fd
•Edited 8 years ago
Was looking at this hypothetical spot today and realised that with my, and probably everyone's strategy, we have very few if any flush draws if we check the flop. I typically check back some nfd when I have say AhKh on a 982 board as we will also be ahead of a lot of villains range and can then cooler him flush v flush if it comes in and we have checked. But what about on this board:
Ah8h2d
Say we open this range OTB
and BB calls.
What are peoples thoughts on checking back KhQh KhJh and then some hands like Kh3h-5h? The K doesn't block any of villains calling range other than nfd so its fe won't be as high as JhTh which blocks more fd combos, AJ AT TT maybe JJ sometimes.
I really don't want to check back our weaker fd as these can't really rely on turning a pair and bluff catching without having to bet river, compared to KhXh which can turn 2nd pair call OTT and check river and win enough of the time.
That being said, KhQh is going to be a pretty good hand to ebt OTF with BDSD + FD + OC to to worse than JJ.
Also I'm seeing I bet this flop a lot and ok it's a board that we have an equity advantage on with more and better Ax combos, but I feel we can be exploited if we just cbet this flop a tonne (even if it isn't likely!)