willocpoker
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That is what I ended up doing and the opponent turned over KQo. Your point makes sense about getting raised, which is part of the reason I checked behind. Way too much showdown value to risk having to fold.
Feb. 20, 2017 | 9:40 p.m.
Pretty early on a Sunday $22 MTT, I'm trying to figure out a table's range against my perceived range. We are an orbit into the table and all players are >45 bbs deep. AT 75/150/15, EP opens to 322 and CO calls. I have JcJh on the button and make it 1,054. CO calls and based on that I don't put him on anything worse than 77 and pretty much all suited broadway cards.
Flop is Kd4c2c, he checks and I check behind mainly to maintain pot control and give him a chance to barrel future streets with a smaller pair or Ace highs. Turn is 3s and he snap-bets half pot. Based on my plan, this is fine although I know weaker players tend to bet quickly and use that type of sizing but I think I'm still ahead of most of his range.
River is 5s and completes the wheel. He checks and I tank over my options. I think my hand is still good most of the time but based on what my squeezing range is from the button and the fact that I want to set up future bluffs with these types of hands, should I be betting river or checking behind because of how much showdown value I have against my opponent's range? Happy to have thoughts on this.
Your thinking on the turn pretty much sums up what we should be doing on the river. I don't think he snaps the turn with any bluffs unless he was being super cagey, which based on the limited sample is possible. The river card is the worst card we can see and checking back still gives us a nice pot and a chance to see his hand for future encounters. Unfortunately, the table broke two levels later but this is far from an uncommon scenario, imo. Thank you for the feedback.
March 4, 2017 | 8:35 p.m.