Shorthanded NL cash table. I've just sat down and this is like the third hand since so I have no read what so ever.


*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to HERO [9 8 ]
Sh-tbreak: folds
******: folds
Dink: calls $1
HERO: calls $0..50
VILLIAN: checks
*** FLOP *** [8 9 2 ]
HERO: checks
VILLIAN: bets $1
DINK: calls $1
HERO: raises $4 to $5
VILLIAN: calls $4
DINK: calls $4
*** TURN *** [8 9 2 ] [5 ]
HERO: bets $9
VILLIAN: raises $9 to $18
DINK: folds
HERO: calls $9
*** RIVER *** [8 9 2 5 ] [3 ]
HERO: checks
VILLIAN: bets $26
HERO:???

My thinking on this was he's got 6 7....that turn raise seemed really strong. Initially I thought maybe a set of 2's but he likely comes over the top on my flop raise then. After some thought I was pretty sure he had 6 7 or a set of 5's what would you do? Is it a wise fold with really only two hands that have me worried.

Bet more on the flop.

On the turn the min raise brings up alot of red flags. He most likely is not bluffing because he is asking for a call with a min raise. Easy fold for me here. 11.5 to 1 to improve to a full house and only getting 5 to 1 odds. Don't know the stack sizes but hard to see the implied odds here.

I say call

I think 2 pair is what he has here, something like 95, remember he was in the BB so we cant automatically assume a set or str8.

make a crying call



considering we have no read its possible he's doing this with 2 pair

it really looks like your beat but i would probably call anyway just to make him prove it

you must be from Missouri....

BB, his range of hands can be anything. he could have the nuts with 6/7, he could have a worse 2 pair, he could have a set, he could have an overpair ( 10's of jacks ) he could have top pair top kicker. The problem all comes back to the turn bet, you bet, he min raised you, thats when you need to do one of 2 things, either fold, or raise a sufficient amount to find out where you are in this hand, if he comes back over the top of you, well it might be time to get out ( im not sure how much you guys have so i dont know if im pot commiting you with your reraise of his min raise on the turn lol so... anyway, thats what i would done. Good Luck

2 pair is gonna reraise this on the flop after OPs raise. I don't see 2 pair here. I think its either a mini set or a draw 67 sooted.

Min raise on the turn is enough to scare me away.

I see 67/or set going the line he went. Pot is not laying you enough odds to draw to the fullhouse.

Tail between the legs after the turn min raise and on to the next hand.

What would you suggest betting on the flop? At this level short of jamming the pot it is often hard to push out drawing hands.

I folded on the river but feel as though if I was going to fold I should've done it on the turn. Even though his turned seemed strong...I called it partly to see if I'd fill up on the river and partly to see if he'd fire away again or was on a bluff/semi bluff.

He showed 6 7 off but I'm still not convinced I'd play the hand the same way again.

Min raise on the turn is definitly scary... good lay down op