Classy Plays - Great River Calls

[GaF]

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[robsterling]

Re: Classy Plays - Great River Calls Ok this if you take it on face value, is awful looking lol. But, the villain here had a vpip of 70.83% and a flop AF of 2.4, turn of 3.2 and river of 5.5. So I new for him to just be calling me down, he wasn't strong, as the hands I'd played against me he would always make a raise if he had hit somewhere and test my c-bets, but he did call down with draws and bluff if he missed a lot, explaining his high river aggression factor. Also in this hand, if he hits an 8 on the flop he raises, possibly with a 7 too, same on the turn, as he knows I c-bet a lot. I know he isn't checking both the flop and turn with a made hand. Then on the river the board pairs, perfect for one of his bluffs, he bets the pot, I don't see why he would be betting the pot with a full house here, because he would be losing value. I imagine this could be a split, he could have been drawing, or he could have a low enough pair, pocket or not, for my A to be the best hand. And I think I could be at least splitting about the 33% this would need to be profitable. It's not pretty but it worked! Maybe I shouldn't have checked the turn, but I wasn't completely sure, but his pot bets on the river I know were often bluffs. Table Cygnus 03 9-max (Real Money) Seat 7 is the button Total number of active players : 9 Seat 1: elliptic ( $46.02 ) Seat 2: J Robinson ( $52 ) Seat 3: vazlad07 ( $201.82 ) Seat 4: negri ( $165.40 ) Seat 5: Equill ( $72.20 ) Seat 6: pronath ( $13.55 ) Seat 7: str1 ( $34.60 ) Seat 8: zwieback ( $45.80 ) Seat 9: cougey ( $28.77 ) zwieback posts small blind [$0.25] cougey posts big blind [$0.50] ** Dealing down cards ** Dealt to str1 [ As, Qc ] elliptic folds J Robinson folds vazlad07 calls [$0.50] negri calls [$0.50] Equill folds pronath calls [$0.50] str1 raises to [$3] zwieback folds cougey folds vazlad07 folds negri calls [$2.50] pronath folds ** Dealing Flop ** [ 7s, 4h, 8d ] negri checks str1 bets [$5.60] negri calls [$5.60] ** Dealing Turn ** [ 7c ] negri checks str1 checks ** Dealing River ** [ 8h ] negri bets [$18.95] str1 calls [$18.95] ** Showdown ** negri shows [ 6c, 9c ] two pair, Eights and Sevens str1 shows [ As, Qc ] two pair, Eights and Sevens ** Hand Conclusion ** str1 wins $54.05 from main pot with two pair, Eights and Sevens ************ Game 266542794 ends ************