Interested to know if you guys thought this qualified as a hero call or not! Live game, blinds 50p/£1. I'd not been hitting anything all night, and had been making some cracking folds, but my buy in had gone from £150 down to about £80 by this hand.

I'd only seen two showdowns with villian (I'd folded top pair to his bottom set and he showed) and he'd been beat out of a £60 pot pre-flop showing 78 suited.

Onto the hand...

I was on the button, one limper from MP, villain limped in Hijack and came to me with 10,10. I raised £6, MP folded and villain called. (£14 in the pot)

Flop was 2 J 6 rainbow.

Villain bet £5, I called.

Turn 2 J 6 J (different suits - no possibility of flush)

Villain bet £5, I called.

River 2 J 6 J J

Then villain did a very strange thing.... pot was £34, he went all in and had me covered (so I had probably another £40 or so to put in)


thoughts please gentlemen.....

Any other opinions? I'm keen to know if this was an obvious call, obvious fold, or borderline....

I agree ^^ I call. How many hands does he really have here? I'm pretty sure Qs+ raise pre, so I don't think he's got a better boat.

I can definitely see him limping in with Jx (AJ, KJ, QJ, JT, etc), but there is only one J in the deck (and does he really limp/call?). So unlikely in my opinion that I call. Bad beat if he's got it obv.

After looking at the hand again, it's almost like he's blocker betting....like he's got 9s, 8s, 7s, etc...just trying to get to showdown...maybe his shove is for thin value verses A / K high? Plenty of those hands in your range I'm sure on the button.

Gentlemen, you've made me feel much better. I put him on a lower pair to be honest...it was exactly the kind of bet that made me think he's just hit a worse boat than me.

I called...he showed A J for quads!

I was beating myself up over that for days afterwards!

It's funny how lines become obvious after the event...I was furious with myself for paying him off....I felt like he had a jack all the way through, but the river J made me think, there's no way he's got one...what are the chances?! Do you not think it's worth the call to catch all those pairs lower than 10's? He definately didnt have QQ - AA... I could imagine him doing the same with a raggy 6....

I really think the call is fine -- one J left in the deck and I truly think a better boat (which means better pair) 3-bets pre.

And 'thin value' in this case can easily be against ace or king high, considering the board -- or even against small pairs. So I really don't know if you could fold a boat here. You would really need a solid read IMO.

This is not a hero call.......... lol.
Snapcall, try not to break your mouse/wrist/table. (I do know it's live-aments)