I like checking turn with the intention of jamming most rivers if he checks back. Don't like doing that on an A or K, though. You say you consider this a 2-street hand; what would be an example of a 3-street hand?

ltcolumbo said:

I am never folding to a river shove here.  If you are going to play JT this way and you hit the lotto, what are you putting him on that you fold to?  Jx?  that would have to be the case J and willing to call a 4 bet.  Not sure if AJ does that here.  AA?  I know you are DEEP but why would he not 5 bet pre and also later not bet the checked turn?  (that's awfully tricky isnt it?) 

 

I would like to hear more from Foucault on why he would NOT jam on the Ace?  I want to know what nuance I am missing there. 

Could you also just jam the turn?  Its about 1.28x pot.

Your range is too strong on an A river. When your opponent calls the shove on a blank, he is hoping to see AK/AQ. When you shove an A, you just don't have enough bluffs available to you to give your opponent any incentive to call.

To rephrase your question “what are you putting him on that you fold to?”, what are you putting him on that you beat? As played, what is the hand that checks back turn and then shoves over your river bet that is weaker than JT?

Riar said:

Foucault said:

I like checking turn with the intention of jamming most rivers if he checks back. Don't like doing that on an A or K, though. You say you consider this a 2-street hand; what would be an example of a 3-street hand?

would you jam otr with AK in this spot (im assuming you play it the same way pf and otf and ott) ? or we dont need to balance it given how rare this spot is ?

Balance isn't about how often the situation comes up, it's about how well you can predict your opponent's response. Yes, I do think jamming a few combos of AK (all of them will result in overbluffing) is good if you don't expect him to call overly wide.