Villain has been at the table for ~3 orbits and has done nothing to earn my attention. I always tag good and exceptionally bad players, so my read on him for this hand is typical Tribeca donk.
One limper to me in MP and I (~$11.00) pop it to 0.20 with TT. This is my typical raise and it usually gets no more than two callers. In this case, only SB (~$4.00) calls.
Flop (~0.45) comes 73Q with 2 clubs. FWIW, I have the Tc. SB insta-bets a weak 0.08.
For typical Tribeca Donks at this level, this means "Flush Draw". Sometimes it means a weak Q. Sometimes it means he hit an interesting spot while scratching his ass. Usually it's a FD though, so I decide to pop it up to 0.60. He calls. I now believe strongly he's on a FD.
Turn (~$1.85) comes the Qc, now 3 clubs and 2 Q's on the board. Unless he was scratching his ass with his flop bet, he just hit something I'm very unhappy with. He thinks a few seconds and checks. That's typical Tribeca donk speak for "I hit my flush". Mike Caro in his book of tells says to figure out what actors want you to do and do the opposite. I've been betting all the way, he wants me to bet again so he can raise me out of my shorts, so I check in hopes of hitting my 2-outer on the river.
River (~$1.85) brings the 9c, putting 4 on the board (and the Tc in my hand). SB takes about 2 seconds to push a hair over $3.
It took me a while to figure out what to do.
What would your thought process be and what would you do? What is he holding?Statistics: Posted by BigPhish — Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:53 pm
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