8♠7♠ SB vs BTN, turn on K♦ 6♠ 2♥ T♣, 65 bb
The spot
- You: SB
- Opponent: BTN
- Your hand: 8♠7♠
- Board: K♦ 6♠ 2♥ T♣
- Effective stack: 65 bb
- Pot: 13 bb
Turn card shifts nut advantage and action returns to hero.
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Best play: Check
Why
The T♣ turn on K♦6♠2♥ adds broadway/straight material that favors the BTN's range, which is uncapped with Kx and overpairs while you are capped here. With 8♠7♠ you have only 8-high and a gutshot (a 9 makes 7‑8‑9‑T) — no pair, no real showdown value. Out of position the BTN can keep barreling, so you simply check and give up: there is nothing to value-bet, no fold-equity story strong enough to check‑raise into the range that beats you, and calling a turn bet on air OOP just bleeds chips.
Key idea
Out of position with no pair and only a gutshot on a card that helps the IP range, just check and let it go.
Common mistake
Check-raising 8-high as a bluff into the BTN's uncapped Kx/overpair range gets called or 3‑bet and torches chips with almost no fold equity.