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Hey everyone. I've been spending the day trying to work out some tough spots I've been having at the table. I'm American so for me anyway, that means a real felt table. One of the toughest spots, for me anyway, is when I raise pre-flop and then get led into on the flop by a player who in a perfect world should be respecting my raise as a sign of strength. In poker parlance this is called a Donk Bet and there doesn't seem to be any consensus about what this means.
OOP vs a supposedly strong hand is just such a bad place to bluff that it has to mean something but rarely do I ever see anyone show up with a monster. I still have a substantial database of hand histories from the good ol' days to fall back on so I thought it might be fun to put together a little quiz. Below are 3 hands where a preflop raiser (not always me) is bet into on the flop. The hand is played out until no further action is possible and then you are given a choice of 4 possible hands. There's no trick. In each case, one of the hands is correct. I will post a total of 10 hands and then post the best scores in a few days. For now I'll just PM the correct answers to the players and in a week or so I'll post them in the thread.
I've got to go for now but I'll pick this up again later on tonight. GL
The Blinds are $2/$4
Villain UTG ($340) limps in UTG.
You’re on the CO ($270) and raise to $16 with
Both blinds fold and Villain call for $12 more.
{$42}
The flop comes and Villain leads out for $25.You put him on a flush draw or maybe top pair with an ace and make it $85 to go and he calls.
{$212}
The turn is a the. Villain checks. This isn’t a totally hamless card as it just made a possible straight but you haven’t heard back from him yet so having no reason to believe you’re not still good you stick in your last $185 and he calls ending the action.
What does he have?
A)
B)
C)
D)
The Blinds are $.50/$1.00
It folds around to a player in MP ($86.50) who opens for $3.50
Everyone folds except for the BB ($47.30) who calls.
{$7.50}
We have no info on either player.
The flop comes
The BB leads out for $1 and the pf raiser calls. Pot is $9.50
The turn is The BB again bets $1 and again, the OR just calls.
{$11.50}
The river is and the BB bets $1 for a third time.
What does he have?
A)
B)
C)
D)
It’s a $.10/.$25 rush Table at Full Tilt
Even though it’s a Rush table your HUD is working and a very tight 11/4/2 player with a full stack limps in UTG+2. You’ve got $20. You look down at on the CO and raise to $1. The limper calls. The pot is $2.35
The Flop comes and he donks it for $1.50
This flop nails his limping range but you have 2 overs and the nut flush draw. You might get him off a pair and this is a nice spot to semi-bluff so you re-pop it to $4.25. He calls and the pot is now $10.85.
The turn is the and he checks. You really should follow up with a half size bet but you take the free card and check behind.
The river is the which changes nothing but he bets $6.50. Could this be a busted flush draw? If he had a straight wouldn’t you have heard from him on the turn? You may have slowed down a top pair hand with the re-raise and then given it away by checking back the turn.
What the **** does he have?
A)
B)
C)
D)
OOP vs a supposedly strong hand is just such a bad place to bluff that it has to mean something but rarely do I ever see anyone show up with a monster. I still have a substantial database of hand histories from the good ol' days to fall back on so I thought it might be fun to put together a little quiz. Below are 3 hands where a preflop raiser (not always me) is bet into on the flop. The hand is played out until no further action is possible and then you are given a choice of 4 possible hands. There's no trick. In each case, one of the hands is correct. I will post a total of 10 hands and then post the best scores in a few days. For now I'll just PM the correct answers to the players and in a week or so I'll post them in the thread.
I've got to go for now but I'll pick this up again later on tonight. GL
The Blinds are $2/$4
Villain UTG ($340) limps in UTG.
You’re on the CO ($270) and raise to $16 with
Both blinds fold and Villain call for $12 more.
{$42}
The flop comes
and Villain leads out for $25.You put him on a flush draw or maybe top pair with an ace and make it $85 to go and he calls.{$212}
The turn is a the
. Villain checks. This isn’t a totally hamless card as it just made a possible straight but you haven’t heard back from him yet so having no reason to believe you’re not still good you stick in your last $185 and he calls ending the action.What does he have?
A)
B)
C)
D)
The Blinds are $.50/$1.00
It folds around to a player in MP ($86.50) who opens for $3.50
Everyone folds except for the BB ($47.30) who calls.
{$7.50}
We have no info on either player.
The flop comes
The BB leads out for $1 and the pf raiser calls. Pot is $9.50
The turn is
The BB again bets $1 and again, the OR just calls. {$11.50}
The river is
and the BB bets $1 for a third time.What does he have?
A)
B)
C)
D)
It’s a $.10/.$25 rush Table at Full Tilt
Even though it’s a Rush table your HUD is working and a very tight 11/4/2 player with a full stack limps in UTG+2. You’ve got $20. You look down at
on the CO and raise to $1. The limper calls. The pot is $2.35The Flop comes
and he donks it for $1.50This flop nails his limping range but you have 2 overs and the nut flush draw. You might get him off a pair and this is a nice spot to semi-bluff so you re-pop it to $4.25. He calls and the pot is now $10.85.
The turn is the
and he checks. You really should follow up with a half size bet but you take the free card and check behind.The river is the
which changes nothing but he bets $6.50. Could this be a busted flush draw? If he had a straight wouldn’t you have heard from him on the turn? You may have slowed down a top pair hand with the re-raise and then given it away by checking back the turn.What the **** does he have?
A)
B)
C)
D)
