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River checkraise from a donk

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  1. #1

    Default River checkraise from a donk

    Villain is a huge donk, raising anywhere from 6 to 25x the BB preflop, chasing any draw, and bluffs huge on the river. I got my stack from picking off his bluffs with top pair a few times. I've never seen him checkraise on the river before, and I have no idea what to do. Raise? Fold? Snapcall?



    PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

    MP ($86.40)
    CO ($100)
    Hero ($227.75)
    SB ($373.70)
    BB ($100)
    UTG ($67.80)

    Preflop: Hero is Button with 4, 7.
    1 fold, MP calls $1, 1 fold, Hero raises to $5, SB calls $4.50, 1 fold, MP calls $4.

    Flop: ($16) 2, 6, 8 (3 players)
    SB checks, MP checks, Hero bets $12, SB calls $12, MP folds.

    Turn: ($40) 2 (2 players)
    SB checks, Hero checks.

    River: ($40) T (2 players)
    SB checks, Hero bets $25, SB raises to $148, Hero :{
  2. #2
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    I'd respect donk check-raises.
    With your reads, if he lead out, I'd be calling for sure.


    I'd respect it, with a tiny flush on a paired board. You'll catch him next time he leads out.
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  3. #3
    Paired board and weak flush. I would dump it at that price.
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    drop it fast. You;ll have better opportunities to go stack vs stack if villain is as bad as you say...
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    easy fold.
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    I forgot to mention that villain min-reraises me almost every time preflop (and shows down Q3s,53s, and the like). I believe he is tilting and trying to win his hundred+ back from me. Also, he has tried to bluff me on the river EVERY time; this is just the first checkraise. A couple reasons I called.
  7. #7
    Paired board makes this laydown quite easy.

    Unpaired board and something like T high flush would be a really gross spot.
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  8. #8
    He showed 75 of diamonds ship it. I don't think it was that bad of a call; the line was just too weird to lay it down.
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    Against an average player with neutral table images, easy fold.

    But in this case, the guy is clearly an unorthodox maniac. I think you are getting about 2.5:1 pot odds, so it comes down to that gut feeling based on table image on whether you are more than 30% sure he is bluffing.

    I think I would probably fold and wait for the inevitable "better situation".
    The last thing I would want to see here is for the maniac to take the pot and then leave the table delighted with his huge stack.
    pocket Jacks eh?

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