Have you ever seen such a playstyle?

[PocketKris]

Got everyone surprised. (Note: This hand was played in an online tournament!)​

In this thread I want to share with you one of the funniest hands I ever participated in. Here is the story:

Last night I found myself in a four-way pot that turned into one of the more peculiar hands I’ve played in recent memory.


I opened up with , sitting in HJ, and faced a 3.8BB raise from MP. With suited Broadway and position, I decided to flat. The CO and BTN came along for the ride, and we went four-handed to the flop.


Flop comes dry, one heart, not really a pot to bet—just one of those boards that screams caution. Surprisingly, it checked around. No one wanted to stir the pot just yet.


Turn brings life: a fourth heart hits the board, giving me a flush draw. I saw an opportunity to apply some pressure and fired 4.7BB. To my surprise, everyone called. Now the pot’s bloated, tension rising, and I’m hoping for that river magic.


River bricks—no heart, no help. We all check through.


And then comes the twist: BTN flips over three of a kind.


No protection, no aggression, just a flat call on the turn with a made set. In a four-way pot. After a bet and two calls. 🤯


It’s one of those plays that makes you pause and reassess your assumptions. Was it a trap? Was it fear of a flush? Or just a passive line that paid off?


Either way, it was a reminder that not all monsters come out roaring—some just lurk quietly and let you hang yourself.


Curious to hear your thoughts: how would you have played this from BTN’s perspective? And was my turn bet the right move given the dynamics?

 

[najisami]

That river completed a straight, so the BT probably got scared and wanted a cheap showdown.
I think that bet on the turn was right, just to get a feel of what's going on (Or eventually take it down right there).

 

[SPANKYSN]

Your turn bet was fine…winner was probably trapping.

 

[PocketKris]

That river completed a straight, so the BT probably got scared and wanted a cheap showdown.
I think that bet on the turn was right, just to get a feel of what's going on (Or eventually take it down right there).

The thing is everyone played aggressively and after 3 checks and it was obvious that no one had anything. How would you have played this hand as the BTN?

 

[najisami]

The thing is everyone played aggressively and after 3 checks and it was obvious that no one had anything. How would you have played this hand as the BTN?

I already answered that.
Turn: BT hit trips, you bet for him, he called (He could've raised too...).
River: 9 completed a straight. It checked to him, he checked. He probably preferred closing the action to getting raised and having to deal with pressure.

 

[Aleksandr1991]

BTN with A8 thought that a street was closed on the river, that someone could have J10 in their arms

 

[Goggelheimer]

Got everyone surprised. (Note: This hand was played in an online tournament!)​

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In this thread I want to share with you one of the funniest hands I ever participated in. Here is the story:

Last night I found myself in a four-way pot that turned into one of the more peculiar hands I’ve played in recent memory.


I opened up with , sitting in HJ, and faced a 3.8BB raise from MP. With suited Broadway and position, I decided to flat. The CO and BTN came along for the ride, and we went four-handed to the flop.


Flop comes dry, one heart, not really a pot to bet—just one of those boards that screams caution. Surprisingly, it checked around. No one wanted to stir the pot just yet.


Turn brings life: a fourth heart hits the board, giving me a flush draw. I saw an opportunity to apply some pressure and fired 4.7BB. To my surprise, everyone called. Now the pot’s bloated, tension rising, and I’m hoping for that river magic.


River bricks—no heart, no help. We all check through.


And then comes the twist: BTN flips over three of a kind.


No protection, no aggression, just a flat call on the turn with a made set. In a four-way pot. After a bet and two calls. 🤯


It’s one of those plays that makes you pause and reassess your assumptions. Was it a trap? Was it fear of a flush? Or just a passive line that paid off?


Either way, it was a reminder that not all monsters come out roaring—some just lurk quietly and let you hang yourself.


Curious to hear your thoughts: how would you have played this from BTN’s perspective? And was my turn bet the right move given the dynamics?

Well, this hand is from the German EXCLUSIVE - Freeroll Liga.

It is a monster donkament freeroll.

 

[Rldetheflop]

Not a fan of the pre flop call here. UTG+1 you almost never ahead. What if AA hits the flop you're in big trouble

Possible straight on flop as well as another possibility on the river

Otherwise I play the same.

 

[fundiver199]

Preflop
Is a 3,8BB open normal for this game and this player? If yes I guess, both ATs and A8s have enough implied odds to call this deep, but if not I would just fold both hands.

Flop
A clear check for AhTh, but As8s should bet for value and protection, since it flopped TPTK, and everyone else have shown weakness by checking. It does not have to be a big bet, but checking behind and giving everyone a free card is to passive.

Turn
Its ok for AhTh to bet now, and as played As8s should raise for value with trips top kicker.

River
As played AhTh should check with intention to fold, and As8s should bet for value.

Showdown
As8s missed out on value, which is one of the mistakes, you will see commonly in freerolls and micro stakes games.

 

[Goggelheimer]

Preflop
Is a 3,8BB open normal for this game and this player? If yes I guess, both ATs and A8s have enough implied odds to call this deep, but if not I would just fold both hands.

As said above, it is a donkament Freeroll.

Raise (RFI) size vary from 2 Bb to 10Bb (I have seen 16 Bb also), since the tournament starts with 200 Bb.

Relatively normal play can only be expected after about 2/3 - 3/4 of the field has been eliminated and the late reg time is over.
Even then, you find players with VPIP values of about 60+.

 

[hardongear]

Preflop
Is a 3,8BB open normal for this game and this player? If yes I guess, both ATs and A8s have enough implied odds to call this deep, but if not I would just fold both hands.

Flop
A clear check for AhTh, but As8s should bet for value and protection, since it flopped TPTK, and everyone else have shown weakness by checking. It does not have to be a big bet, but checking behind and giving everyone a free card is to passive.

Turn
Its ok for AhTh to bet now, and as played As8s should raise for value with trips top kicker.

River
As played AhTh should check with intention to fold, and As8s should bet for value.

Showdown
As8s missed out on value, which is one of the mistakes, you will see commonly in freerolls and micro stakes games.

Pretty much all of this is the way I'd played it as well with one change. After the river made a possible straight and we're 4 way I'd likely be very happy to get to a showdown checking. If there was only 3 of us making the river I'd risk a value bet.

I'm likely wrong thou based on what a solver/GTO says on that river. Not that it matters in a freeroll or at micro stakes.

Cheers!!!

 

[hardongear]

65 was a straight already on the flop, and how often does a random fish check JT on the river, when they just got there? In my opinion not very often. So when everyone check the river, I would bet A8 for value all day long and then fold, if someone should decide to go for a check-raise.

Oh I think you're line of thinking is no doubt right.......it's a bingo/freeroll MTT with 4 runners. These donks could have anything and play it anyway on whim. They don't make reasonable or make common plays.

With that said I've never won a freeroll in 20 years now. Played my share way back, eventually gave up on bingo lmao. It's impossible to put these guys on anything and they're wild as hell in the way they play. Making anything possible.

Cheers!!!