[5NL] A5o, blind vs blind, facing river min raise.

Originally Posted by griffey24

Just to play devil's advocate, would you open T8o in SB vs the same villain?

By the above logic, with T8o, villain will be playing all Axx hands incorrectly, and all 8xx,Txx flops incorrectly - since you're running the assumption that he will assume we have Ax?

My standard is to steal with this particular hand. I would fold if villain was 3betting me a ton, or just generally being very difficult post.

Stealing this probably depends a lot on our reads of villain, and our dynamic overall.

wat, if the flop is Axx villain is way more likely to fold then if the flop is Txx. Ofcourse this is true. The problem with T8o is it absolutely never wins at showdown if we brick and A5o actually has some equity.

I think if villain is 3bing you a tonne you should be more willing to open Axo since it blocks a tonne of their 3bing/calling range although you can argue it's not enough of it and the 5 blocks too much of their folding range etc. but that just depends on what they are 3bing/calling.

Anyway villain is clearly being super stubborn post and never folding v us is going to be pretty damn correct when we have this hand. If this was 600NL I'd definitely be opening v the exact same villain but it isn't and their is uncapped rake.

edit: Also I would be 4-5xing v this villain if I'm opening, 3xing is just leaving money on the table