3.1 - Turn - Turn Probes

Question 1

What is the action that describes a Turn Probe?

Answer 1

X-X,B

Question 2

What is the Turn Probe Flush Turn sizing?

Answer 2

B33, OOP has polarity advantage, but not by much. This bet is also hard for IP to defend.

Question 3

What is the Turn Probe Board Pair sizing?

Answer 3

B100, OOP has the polarity advantage on board pairs.

Question 4

What is the Turn Probe Straight sizing?

Answer 4

B67, OOP has smaller polarity advantage, so don’t want to narrow ranges too much.

Question 5

What is the Turn Probe Low Brick sizing?

Answer 5

B100, IP is capped and we want to push polarity advantage.

Question 6

What is the Turn Probe High Brick sizing?

Answer 6

B67, IP is capped but a high brick brings the threat of an overfull, so going B100 on both turn and river becomes marginal.

Question 7

When facing a Turn Probe, what type of hand are IP players are calling too much and not raising enough?

Answer 7

Players are raising the strong hands and weaker bluffs but are calling too much the strong semi-bluffs that would have more EV with raises.