You're a Bunch of Factors

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Today's:

Background

Blinds: $1/$2

In this hand in an online six-max game, you raise under the gun to $8 with . Everyone folds to the blinds and they both come along. Three-handed to a flop. The blinds check and you bet $18; the small blind folds but the big blind calls. The turn comes the and the BB checks. You bet $40 and the BB calls. The river comes the and the BB bets $100. Your read on the big blind is that he is a solid regular.

What should you do? Fold, raise or call?

(Answer is on the site I linked, multiple choice)

Call.

Raising wouldn't give you anything - you'd only be called with a better hand.

I'd be thinking the BB has missed their flush draw and is betting on the Q as an out (hoping I think he's on KT).

I'd be raising. On the hope he's holding 72 diamonds

call

i have the player on pocket kings, and trying to scare you off your ace

Has to be a call, raise is only likely to loose you money (well if it was NPL some players who are well behind might call ), as the guy is a solid regular he is likely only to call with a made set or straight and fold with anything else. If you raise you also open yourself up for a re-raise and then what would you do?

If the BB had Kings - he would have (hopefully) re-raised the $8

Was about to say the same as Steve - pushing back (although we have no idea on stack sizes) will only be called by a better hand.

I think both the raiser and BB had about 500 to start the hand with.

raising would be pointless in my opinion due to the fact he could be betting with the nuts or a hand that beats you, could very easily have a set with the way that hand been played out possibly jacks, and didnt raise/bet earlier due to he was scared of flush draw, so probably a reluctant call.

Correct Answer:

Call. Your hand improves to two pair but raising does not accomplish anything. The big blind is very rarely going to call a raise with anything worse. Since the stacks are deep, you should flat-call and see a showdown.

Current Results:
Fold (7%) Raise (35%) Call (57%)