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  1. #1

    Default What line do you take here?

    I was talking to a friend about a hand he played during a WSOP qualifier and we got into a discussion regarding the best line to take on the turn and river in the below hand. This was a $227 (I think) main event qualifier on Stars that had approx. 8000 runners. At the time of this hand there were just over 1K people left and the blinds were 1,200/2,400.

    Hero starts the hand with approx. 50K in chips, is just under the SB and has the BB barely covered so all stacks are relatively even.

    Both villians in this hand appear competent with no major reads on either of them.

    Please note that all bet and stack sizes are approximate and rounded to even numbers for simplicity.

    Hero is on the button with and raises to 3,600. Both blinds call.

    Pot is now approx - 11K
    Flop hits with - both blinds check, hero cbets 10K, SB calls and BB folds

    Turn is and SB checks again.

    What line do you take here and why.
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  2. #2
    I assume we are far away from a seat?

    I shove. If he has a better FD and folds great, if he has a worse FD I doubt he'll fold since he almost always has a pair or straight draw to go with it. If he has Tx or worse he may fold but I don't think he was going to go crazy on the river with it anyway so checking just gives him a free card to beat you.

    If we check we probably have to pay off blank rivers, plus we have to decide what to do if he shoves like the 7c. Either way we're probably going to call too much, fold too much, or miss value.

    If he has a better made hand and managed to check it twice on this board, good for him and let's go spade.
  3. #3
    Yes, we are far away from a seat.

    How do you feel about a standard bet with the intent of calling a shove? Maybe villian spazzes with a hand like T9 or is this a clear shove?
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  4. #4
    I think he can give up on river if he calls 15 but we never can. If he'll spazz over a 13k bet or w/e surely he'll do it more if you check so I would rather go that route.
  5. #5
    so shove>check>standard bet?
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