Call or Fold: Would You Fold the Second Nuts?

It’s great to make a hand as strong as the second nuts. That is until you face enormous aggression from a tight player! Check out this epic hand of the day and decide what you would do once your powerhouse hand is reduced to a mere bluff-catcher. Our hero has J9 suited on the button and even though he is behind the range of a tight under-the-gun player, he opts to call because stacks are deep and he is confident he can outplay his opponent with position. The K-Q-8 rainbow board does not produce any fireworks as both players check. On the 5 of diamonds turn, our hero picks up a flush draw to go with his gutshot, and when it is checked to him, he decides to semi-bluff (although he could have bet larger to apply more pressure). The villain calls. When the 10 of spades hits on the river and the villain leads, it appears that everything has worked out perfectly! Hero has a clear raise, and likely should have sized bigger to get value from hands like 10-10 and Q-10s. Almost instantly after min-raising the river, the villain jams all-in. He is representing AJ for the nuts, and he has very few bluffs or overplayed value hands the way the hand has played out. Hero is blocking AJ, but blocking does not remove the combinations entirely. Even ifthe villain does not open AJ off-suit from UTG, his range is likely AJ suited and nothing else when he takes this line on the river. Our hero makes a hero fold, but it’s also likely the correct fold, even with the second nuts.

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