Moxie Mike
Full House
Full ring $1/$2 NLHE 8 handed. Full disclosure I am (EDIT: NOT) the hero in this hand so there's no point in discussing hero's play before the river (unless you want to). Relevant stacks are:
BB: $55
Hero UTG+1: $220
Button: $190
Reads:
BB is a well-dressed, chatty nice guy in his early 40's who likes to make small raises preflop, sees a lot of flops and make thin calls. He is often short stacked and winds up all in well before the river. He likes to buy in for $100 at a time and doesn't reload until he's felted. He's on his second bullet in about 30 mins at the table.
Button: Has been at the table for 2+ hours, has played rather tight and hasn't shown down a hand to this point. He's called a couple PFRs in position and limped into a few hands here and there only to fold on the flop. His one preflop raise won only the blinds. He straddles his button every time for $5 every time.
$5 Straddle is on - BB calls, Hero calls with
. Two others call and the Button checks his option.
5 players take a flop of
.
BB leads out for $16. Hero calls. Folds around to the button, who raises to $56.
BB calls for less, Hero calls $40.
Turn is
.
Hero checks, Button shoves for his last $129 with no hesitation. Pot is $317.
Hero's move? Easy call? Grit your teeth and call? Easy fold?
Hypothetical side discussion: How does this decision change if the river is a complete blank, or is the
instead of the ?
BB: $55
Hero UTG+1: $220
Button: $190
Reads:
BB is a well-dressed, chatty nice guy in his early 40's who likes to make small raises preflop, sees a lot of flops and make thin calls. He is often short stacked and winds up all in well before the river. He likes to buy in for $100 at a time and doesn't reload until he's felted. He's on his second bullet in about 30 mins at the table.
Button: Has been at the table for 2+ hours, has played rather tight and hasn't shown down a hand to this point. He's called a couple PFRs in position and limped into a few hands here and there only to fold on the flop. His one preflop raise won only the blinds. He straddles his button every time for $5 every time.
$5 Straddle is on - BB calls, Hero calls with
. Two others call and the Button checks his option.5 players take a flop of
.BB leads out for $16. Hero calls. Folds around to the button, who raises to $56.
BB calls for less, Hero calls $40.
Turn is
.Hero checks, Button shoves for his last $129 with no hesitation. Pot is $317.
Hero's move? Easy call? Grit your teeth and call? Easy fold?
Hypothetical side discussion: How does this decision change if the river is a complete blank, or is the
instead of the ?
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with some chance he has 
or perhaps 
for a flopped nut straight. UTG+1 ended up calling. I didn't win.
