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[avi]

I butchered this hand. I truly have no diea on how to extract value from accidental nutses like this one when OOP. How would you have played it?
Assume villain is a crazy bluffy donk who would bet all kinds of marginal hands into you when oop and bluffed off most of his stack into you early in the match, but seems to have tightened up now.

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Button (t745)
Avi (SB) (t2255)

Avi's M: 50.11

Preflop: Avi is SB with ,
Button calls t15, Avi checks

Flop: (t60) , , (2 players)
Avi checks, Button checks

Turn: (t60) (2 players)
Avi checks, Button checks

River: (t60) (2 players)
Avi bets t60, Button calls t60

[nsidestrate]

This is not really my game, but I'll not let that stop me.

I'm cool with checking the flop, although I would often bet. I'd bet the turn, and if somehow I didn't, I'd overbet the river to look more bluffy. It is hard, because you have to put it in context of how you have both been playing, but I tend to bluff more, so I can value bet like a madman.

[avi]

Tnx for the reply, its the being oop thing that minimizes the value I get.

I'm scared to bet for the opponent to fold. I'm defo working on that now.

[chrisjp]

Bet into him on the flop. You've got to bet your draws so he doesn't figure out that you only bet made hands. You are fine to take it right down there; you only have Ace High. If he has a pair you have 12 outs assuming he has one pair and so you are only a slight dog if you can get a free card on the turn if you miss.

If you bet the flop and he calls then you can check the turn to try to trap him. If he checks behind he then might call you on the river thinking you are bluffing, esp when he has a spade in his hand.

Chris

[ImBetterDude]

On flops like this, I'm betting out 2/3 pot on average about 50% of the time, checking other 50%.

I'm betting turn 100%. Opponent either has a flush and (especially heads up) will pay us off almost always, or he's got air or a weaker hand than a flush and will not call now or on river. SO...that being said, why not bet the turn and make money those times that he's got a weaker flush?

[Radford]

I'm probably just leading out on the flop. As played, i definetly bet the turn. I'm not going two streets without betting. You want to get some money into pot.

[kidwithadream]

I would have bet out on all streets...you definitely got to make his lower draws pay...plus if he want to raise our bet; I more happy to get it in on flop vs this villain.