A8s SB on K64r: Fire The River Bluff

Hero
A♠8♠
Position
SB vs LJ
Pot
Single-Raised Pot
Flop
4♦ 6♥ K♠

When our flop semi-bluff bricks out, our river blocker makes this a prime candidate to follow through with a bet rather than check-folding.

Flop Analysis

Auto-played to reach this drill spot — you didn't act here, so it isn't scored.

Flop Analysis

Auto-played to reach this drill spot — you didn't act here, so it isn't scored.

Turn Analysis

Checking is standard after our flop raise gets called. The turn brings no equity for our specific hand, so we slow down and re-evaluate.

River Analysis

We should fire a river bet here to complete our bluff line rather than checking. Having shown flop aggression and checked through on the turn, our hand sits near the bottom of our range with ideal blockers to deny showdown value.

Note: Checking misses a high-frequency river bluff; our 8 blocks nut straights like 87, making this an optimal combo to bet.

River Analysis

Once we check and face a heavy 60% pot bet, folding our ace-high is trivial with zero showdown value.

Key Concepts

  • 5.6
  • Villain Slight Advantage
  • OOP
  • Dry Board
  • LEAN TOWARD CHECK