#19: Black Betting and Thin Flush Value
This week Bart takes a look at some special situations where block betting the river from up front may be the correct play and breaks down a super thin value bet he recently made demonstrating the importance of proper flush hand reading on 4 flush runouts.
Hand 1 Bart's Qh 9d Hand at 1:48:00 of Lodge Live stream from Nov 27th
https://youtu.be/Y0FTqAqO-7A?t=6480
Bart opens HJ Qh 9d $75, Jwin calls, CO (9.4k eff) $190
FLOP: Ad 7d 6s -Bart bets $100, call. $390
TURN: Qd x/x $390
RIVER: Td Bart bets $200.. could the alternative be a block to induce a raise if the Kd is rarely possible in our opponents' hand?
Dec 04, 2021
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Bart Hanson
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Professional Cash game trainer Bart Hanson has been producing strategy content for over fifteen years. He first started on Live at the Bike! back in 2005, then moved on to host "Cash Plays" on Poker Road, then "Deuce Plays" on Deuces Cracked and then to CrushLivePoker in 2012.
In his career as a professional poker player, Bart Hanson has:
-6 WSOP Final Tables
-Over 15 years of experience at the table
-Over $1,000,000 in tournament earnings
-Multiple appearances on ESPN and Poker Night in America
-4th place finish in 2019 WSOP Monster Stack