T♦9♦ BTN vs BB, turn on K♦ 6♠ 2♥ T♣, 65 bb
The spot
- You: BTN
- Opponent: BB
- Your hand: T♦9♦
- Board: K♦ 6♠ 2♥ T♣
- Effective stack: 65 bb
- Pot: 7 bb
Turn card shifts nut advantage and action returns to hero.
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Best play: Call
Why
The T♣ turn pairs hero rather than the K-high board, so the BB's range still leads with kings and air while hero picks up a real piece. With T♦9♦ on K♦6♠2♥|T♣ you now hold second pair (tens) with a backdoor diamond — a medium-strength bluff‑catcher that beats the BB's missed broadways and floats but loses to king-x. Calling realizes that showdown equity at a good price and keeps the BB's bluffs in, whereas raising would only fold out worse and get called by better, so flat-call is correct.
Key idea
Second pair on a high board is a bluff‑catcher: call to keep the bettor's bluffs in rather than raising into their value.
Common mistake
Raising second pair turns a bluff‑catcher into a bluff, folding out worse and getting stacked by king-x.