Big River Decision With Two Pair: Would You Stack Off?

In poker tournaments, most of the money is made (and lost) at the final table.

However, in cash games, it’s hard to pinpoint consistently where errors creep into your game. Whether you’re making a decision to open pre-flop, or to call down on the river, it’s important to analyze your decisions afterward to learn from the experience.

“One of the issues that occurs when we play too loose preflop, is that we face way more tough decisions postflop,” says WPT Global Ambassador Fintan Hand.

A prime example is this hand, which was played at $.50/$1/$2 with a $.50 ante on WPT Global.

Be sure to click through the hand below, and work through the three questions that follow:

The Takeaway

Fintan Hand has a good rule that all players should take into account when looking at hands like this.

“A good rule is: When villain has clear value hands in his range and it’s very difficult to find bluffs, folding is often the correct play.”

“Especially vs overbets.”

How did you do? Check out the QuintAce solver below or head to WPT Global if you want to put what you’ve learned into practice!

_{Hand Study · By Tim Ulmer, with commentary from Fintan Hand · Analysis powered by the QuintAce solver.}

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