2NL zoom 88

Posted 8 years agoEdited 8 years ago

Hello,

I'd like to hear your opinion guys about the river check in this hand http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/20167297_E569F270F4

This player's stack made me think he is a reg so i was worried about getting trapped with AA, KK or QQ on that board. However if he hadn't had those three he must have had AK so value betting there would be a great thing to do since he would probably not value bet after my two barrels and 3bet call. I know it's just 2NL, but there are some regs there.
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Posted 8 years ago
What was you reason for donking?

Once you do donk, to me this is this is 3 streets of value (bet folding the river). I think about $1.20 on the river and fold to a shove, expecting worse hands to call but never worse to raise.
Posted 8 years ago*
I donked because if I check raised him I would probably scare him off, if I checked he could check back with flush draw for free, if I check called I'm not sure he would bet again, so I thought donking would get me the most value from his possible AK and I would represent something like AK or KQ. Thanks for the answer though, the $1.20 bet/fold would be probably right to play since he must have had AK or better.
Posted 8 years ago
Pre: Standard.

Flop: I don't mind donking here but I think my preference is to check raise. Villain is going to have connected somewhat well with this board and will be c-betting it quite often, by check raising then we allow to potentially set up the hand to stack hands like AK.

Turn: After donking turn I agree with betting again. If we had check raised flop as I suggested I would be recommending the same line.

River: I see no need to slow down here, villain is going to show up with a ton of two pair combos and not many sets after his passive line so I'm betting big again here for value.
Posted 8 years ago
Flop: Check- raise. First of all, vitally important we make this pot as big as possible now vs his strong made hands; players at 2nl are not TPGK here. He *might* check back with his underpairs, but you're probably only getting 2 streets from those hands anyway if he's reasonable, so not a disaster. His flush draws, which he doesn't have many of anyway, will probably cbet. That said I don't hate a donk bet either.

Turn is fine.

Rive is a bet/fold, as said above. I think your mistake was to let your fear of getting raised slow you down. Remember that he's never bluffing here when he raises river, so having to bet/fold sucks, but it's no big deal. Bet/folding is your best friend when OOP at the micros.
Posted 8 years ago
Set mining pre is fine for the raise sizes.

Check raising would be my standard line on the flop, but I don't mind a donk bet when it's easy for villain to put you on a draw in this texture.

As played continuing to bet the turn and river for value is standard.

On the river I think I could find a fold to a shove expecting villain to just call down with nearly all of his two pair combos.