A♣Q♣ BTN vs BB, turn on Q♠ 9♦ 4♣ 2♠, 80 bb
The spot
- You: BTN
- Opponent: BB
- Your hand: A♣Q♣
- Board: Q♠ 9♦ 4♣ 2♠
- Effective stack: 80 bb
- Pot: 13 bb
Hero arrives on turn with equity and blocker leverage.
What action realizes the most EV in solver baseline?
See the answer
Best play: Call
Why
The 2♠ turn is a blank that changes little; the board stays Q-high with no straight or flush completing for the BB. Your A♣Q♣ is top pair top kicker (queens with the ace kicker), the strongest one-pair hand possible here but still vulnerable to the few sets and two-pair combos the BB can have. Calling is the disciplined in-position line versus a turn bet: you keep the BB's worse Qx, draws, and bluffs in, control the pot, and avoid raising into a range that only continues with hands that beat you.
Key idea
Top pair top kicker on a blank turn calls to keep worse hands in — raising only isolates you against the stuff that beats you.
Common mistake
Raising TPTK on a blank turn — it folds out all the worse hands and gets action only from sets and two pair.