Flop Analysis
We have bottom pair and the best Ace-high kicker, making this a mandatory call against a half-pot continuation bet. We need to realize our equity and protect our range in position.
While bottom pair is a mandatory flop and turn continue, the river runout completes too many straights to justify a hero call against a triple-barrel.
We have bottom pair and the best Ace-high kicker, making this a mandatory call against a half-pot continuation bet. We need to realize our equity and protect our range in position.
The Jack is a dynamic card that gives us a gutshot to the nuts, keeping this hand firmly in the calling range despite the increasing pressure.
Folding is the preferred play here. The 8s completes several straights (any 9 now makes a straight), and our bottom pair has plummeted in relative value.
Note: Calling the river is a mistake; the board is too connected and UTG's triple-barrel range is heavily weighted toward straights and top pairs that have us crushed.