A lot of players, even at higher stakes struggle to fold hands that seem like the nuts, even on bad run outs. In this hand, I exploited this by betting 30x pot on the river, so what do you think of this concept and hand?
(I don’t know if you can see his hand btw, but he had a flush on the river, which is why he called)
I like how you checked the turn and let your villain stay committed. I would have done the same, and then JAMMED HIM when that heart fell on the river.
But I might not have shared my hand on the forum because I would never want to seem pretentious. I mean, after all, you were high stacked and he was second, and challenging you with a strong hand.
You were nutted with the boat and trapped the flush. A great hand. Villain was aggressive and played it well, defending a flush against a high stack bet on the river.
It was a great hand. We have all had many like it. Who was it that said, “A great player is measured not by the hands he wins, but by the hands he folds?” At higher levels, this is more important.
So what is your question, exactly? Or are you just trying to boast? Please clarify.
It is a problem to share just to boast, I agree. And it hurts advice. In this case, I am trying to be educational. People are often unable to fold very good hands like flushes and so forth. So, when they have a lot of really strong hands possible, you can exploit that by betting ridiculously high, and they will overcall.
I agree with your assertion that people find it hard to fold good hands and many do get caught out defending top pair. I find it pays off to bet way over the pot after flop if you have top 2 pair, a straight or a flush say queen high or under. the lower the entry fee for tourney the more likely i am to employ this strategy.