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  • Flop Types — K72 rainbow

    Posted by arw on May 26, 2021 at 9:18 pm

    In this hand, the villain opens 2 bb from early position. I call from the bb with A3o.

    Both players have 30 bb.

    Flop is K72 rainbow.

    I check and the villain c-bets 2 bb into 4 bb.

    I decide to check-raise to 8 bb. Villain calls.

    Why did I check-raise this flop?

    This flop is really hard to nail. I doubt that any two pair combos (K7, K2, 72) exist in the opening range. The set combos (KK, 77, 22) represent 3 combos each for 9 total. The rest are one pair hands like (AK, KQ, KJ, KT, K9, A7, A2) are all possible. On the flop, these are known to have 12 combos each for 84 combos. When I check-raise, most of these hands will probably call. The villain will likely fold most pocket pairs and most ace highs.

    In hindsight, I really hate my check-raise.

    1) my hand is trash (A3o) on this board K72 rainbow.

    2) when called, they always have it and I’ve invested 10 bb with streets to come. I have 20 bb with a 20 bb pot and my hand is still likely trash.

    3) when they fold, I win a small pot of 6 bb.

    4) floating out of position is a bad idea also.

    fivebyfive replied 3 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • fivebyfive

    Administrator
    June 8, 2021 at 2:09 pm

    This is interesting, but I ultimately agree. Our A high can sometimes be good here and depending on the suit of the Ace we have a backdoor to an effective bluff. Because this is a hard flop to nail, I expect that when we call, the turn goes check check a lot. My approach on the turn would be to check call on any A or 3, to check raise on any paired 7 or 2 and cards below a 10 that give me 2 of the same suit as my Ace. And I would check fold to most other bets.

    If the turn goes check check, I have some opportunities to take the lead on the river depending on runout. If this board stays low and starts to get a little more connected, those are the rivers I most likely lead. On less advantageous runouts, I’m hoping to navigate toward a cheap Ace high showdown.

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