Standard Line w/ 66?

Villain is not a complete idiot and has the intellect to fold when he is beat. Is this standard against such a villain?

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em, $.10 BB (6 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

BB ($3.30)
UTG ($4.75)
MP ($4.50)
CO ($5.35)
Hero ($10.15)
SB ($5)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 6, 6.
2 folds, CO raises to $0.35, Hero calls $0.35, 2 folds.

Flop: ($0.85) 3, K, 2 (2 players)
CO bets $0.5, Hero calls $0.50.

Turn: ($1.85) 5 (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $1.7

Looks good, fold to c/r obviously, fold to any significant river donk if you don't improve.

Nice float.

Originally Posted by martindcx1e

Villain is not a complete idiot

The fact that he is bought in short suggests otherwise.

Originally Posted by Renton

Originally Posted by martindcx1e

Villain is not a complete idiot

The fact that he is bought in short suggests otherwise.

I don't think buying in short is necessarily an indication that someone is an idiot. Sometimes on tighter tables i buy in short and cut off my opponents' implied odds to call and it makes certain opponents not mind playing with you on a marginal hand. I almost never do this though, but I'm just saying that I don't think buying in short automatically = complete donk.

Originally Posted by Renton

Originally Posted by martindcx1e

Villain is not a complete idiot

The fact that he is bought in short suggests otherwise.

I think he had lost down to that amount. Either way he was kind of an idiot, just not complete, and I had seen him fold before (unlike soooo many others).

Originally Posted by Fnord

Nice float.

So that's what a float is!

Originally Posted by martindcx1e

Originally Posted by Fnord

Nice float.

So that's what a float is!

at this level, I call it "G n P - ground and pound". Play decent hands and just pound until they fold of give you their stack.

Just for reference, are you trying to bluff him out of a TPLK or do you expect to win if it comes to a showdown?

Originally Posted by jackvance

Just for reference, are you trying to bluff him out of a TPLK

I see no reason to think our opponent has anything

I figured this possibility since it reeks of a c-bet when he folds the turn.. but since OP said "(opp) has the intellect to fold when he is beat" made me think he wanted to go for a bluff? Maybe misread that.

Now this is a bluff....

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (9 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

MP3 ($94.40)
CO ($68.50)
Button ($69.30)
SB ($210.95)
BB ($122.45)
UTG ($80.40)
UTG+1 ($43.25)
MP1 ($199.65)
Fnord ($121.40)

Preflop: Fnord is MP2 with 9, J.
3 folds, Fnord raises to $3, 4 folds, BB calls $2.

Flop: ($6.50) 9, Q, 8 (2 players)
BB checks, Fnord checks.

Turn: ($6.50) 6 (2 players)
BB checks, Fnord bets $4, BB raises to $12, Fnord calls $8.

River: ($30.50) 8 (2 players)
BB bets $11, Fnord calls $11.

Final Pot: $52.50

Results in white below:
BB has Js Kc (one pair, eights).
Fnord has 9h Jh (two pair, nines and eights).
Outcome: Fnord wins $52.50.

Weird line. So he got a gut shot, couple of more outs on his K (and his J, but he probably didn't count those).. he tried to bluff having the flush after the turn, you didn't buy it, tried another bluff on the river which only made you commit to 1/5 so wasn't very convincing and you called it.

Hm, sounds about right?