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Bluffing with Ace King

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mporter123:

AMRN:
With such a big draw, I too would take the small ball line on the flop. When he leads the turn, it becomes player dependant to some degree - is he bluffing, or betting to inflate the pot for value....  if you raise here, you may make him fold a better hand which is always nice, but then you won"t get the added value of a river bet should you monster draw get there. You also re-open the betting to allow him to shove, and i don"t think you"re ever calling a shove in this spot..... so imo flatting flop and turn in position is fine.

when he checks the river, I agree with your view that you rarely have the best hand here and can"t win with a check behind, so a bet to steal is fine. The call/call/bet line doesn"t look particularly strong, and most thinking players (and all fish) will call your river bet with marginal hands assuming the river didn"t improve the draws.

EDIT: If the suits in your hand were the other way round, I be doing all that I could to get the lot in on the flop.

LongshanksED:
What bet can you make at a bluff? Villian has looked Strong throughout and will probably call most bets you make. Even a shove I think will be looked up, kinda hoping he has the same hand but with the ace of diamonds and missed also

Think I"m spewy checking behind and having a look to see what he called you with pre as you look beat to almost anything

thinsy147:
I would have done exactly the same on the flop and turn. His check on the river as I see it is really saying only one thing:

"I"ve tried to get you off it twice but you won"t go"

If he had a decent hand wouldn"t he make some sort of bet on the river? Even a small one to get paid off! But, being early on in the game I would have probably checked behind on the river! If he was trying it on with a missed  ad draw you still have possibilities of winning the pot. If he has the better hand you"ve learned something and still have chips to build from.

Later on in the tournament the hand may well play out completely different before a flop even came!!

I Q8Holds I:
Agree with post above dont think bluffing river will work as i think hes check calling a 10/low flush check behind and hope he has a lame Adx

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