A♣Q♣ CO vs BB, turn on K♦ 6♠ 2♥ T♣, 105 bb
The spot
- You: CO
- Opponent: BB
- Your hand: A♣Q♣
- Board: K♦ 6♠ 2♥ T♣
- Effective stack: 105 bb
- Pot: 8.5 bb
Villain range is partially capped after passive turn sequence.
Choose the strongest turn strategy.
See the answer
Best play: Call
Why
The T♣ turn on K♦ 6♠ 2♥ adds a broadway card and a gutshot for you while keeping the king as the top card. Your A♣Q♣ is ace-high with no pair, but it now has a gutshot to Broadway (a J makes T‑J‑Q‑K‑A) plus two clean overcards and a backdoor club flush, so it is a hand with live equity rather than air. Facing the BB's bet, calling is correct: you have the right price to draw to the nut straight and outdraw worse, you keep dominated bluffs in, and you avoid raising a no-pair hand that folds out nothing better and gets you in trouble.
Key idea
Ace-high with a gutshot to the nuts and overcards is a call, not a raise: take the price to draw and keep bluffs in.
Common mistake
Bluff-raising ace-high here: you fold out nothing that beats you and turn a hand with real draw equity into a costly bluff.