T♥9♥ BB vs BTN, turn on T♠ 7♣ 2♣ 9♦, 60 bb
The spot
- You: BB
- Opponent: BTN
- Your hand: T♥9♥
- Board: T♠ 7♣ 2♣ 9♦
- Effective stack: 60 bb
- Pot: 7 bb
Hero arrives on turn with equity and blocker leverage.
What action realizes the most EV in solver baseline?
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Best play: Call
Why
Turn T7 2 9 with hero T9 out of position (BB versus BTN): hero holds two pair, tens and nines. Out of position against the button, calling keeps villains worse pairs, top pairs, and bluffs in rather than blowing them off the pot, and avoids reopening the action with a hand that does not need to grow the pot this big out of position. Two pair is comfortably ahead, so calling realizes that edge while letting villain keep barreling lighter holdings.
Key idea
Out of position, two pair can call to keep villains bluffs and worse value in rather than raising them out.
Common mistake
Raising two pair out of position and folding out the lighter hands that would keep barreling.