Kentucky
Two Pair
The sort of meaningless, uninteresting hand that happens many times a session - or maybe that's the problem...
This is 10NL. Hero is new to the table (it's my third hand) so have no specific reads and sit in the Button with 117BB stack and look down at
. It folds around to me and I raise to 3BB. V in the Small Blind, with 95BB stack, calls.
Flop comes down
.
V in SB checks, Hero bets 2BB
V calls.
Turn is - 
Check-Check
River is - 
V bets 4BB, Hero Folds.
My thought process through the hand was that the low board is in my set of Range-Bet flops as overall it's better for me - though it is close. I expect SB to have mostly middling cards, maybe the same number of A-rag/K-rag that made a pair as I do raising from the button. We'll both have sets and over pairs to the flop and I will have all the premium pairs, suited broadway, etc. I'm not really sure how many combo's V is calling from SB vs. Button (It's probably supposed to be none
) so I may have the wider/weaker range with more trash in it. Anyway, I C-bet 2BB into the 7BB pot with my 2 overs and BDFD.
V calls which should eliminate some trash from his range and discounts stronger hands at some frequency (Over pairs, 2 pairs, sets, straights). No improvement for Hero on the turn so I take my free River which probably signals my give-up.
River doesn't help me either but am I supposed to call here? Is Q high good 20% of the time? In game I presumed he must have hit something but even at the time it just felt frustratingly weak and passive, with no good option. Now I'm wondering if this spot is over bluffed. If V had hit a pair on the flop would they not check call River? Or do 8s and Js hit that middling SB calling range? Is Bet, Check IP the cheapest way to see the river?
What am I supposed to do with these kinds of hands? Is this just a whiff, or is it me that stinks?
This is 10NL. Hero is new to the table (it's my third hand) so have no specific reads and sit in the Button with 117BB stack and look down at
. It folds around to me and I raise to 3BB. V in the Small Blind, with 95BB stack, calls.Flop comes down
.V in SB checks, Hero bets 2BB
V calls.
Turn is
- Check-Check
River is
- V bets 4BB, Hero Folds.
My thought process through the hand was that the low board is in my set of Range-Bet flops as overall it's better for me - though it is close. I expect SB to have mostly middling cards, maybe the same number of A-rag/K-rag that made a pair as I do raising from the button. We'll both have sets and over pairs to the flop and I will have all the premium pairs, suited broadway, etc. I'm not really sure how many combo's V is calling from SB vs. Button (It's probably supposed to be none
) so I may have the wider/weaker range with more trash in it. Anyway, I C-bet 2BB into the 7BB pot with my 2 overs and BDFD.V calls which should eliminate some trash from his range and discounts stronger hands at some frequency (Over pairs, 2 pairs, sets, straights). No improvement for Hero on the turn so I take my free River which probably signals my give-up.
River doesn't help me either but am I supposed to call here? Is Q high good 20% of the time? In game I presumed he must have hit something but even at the time it just felt frustratingly weak and passive, with no good option. Now I'm wondering if this spot is over bluffed. If V had hit a pair on the flop would they not check call River? Or do 8s and Js hit that middling SB calling range? Is Bet, Check IP the cheapest way to see the river?
What am I supposed to do with these kinds of hands? Is this just a whiff, or is it me that stinks?
