GTO Strategy: Special Turn Donk on A-Pair Board | UTG vs. BTN 3bet Pot
A GTO breakdown of the special turn donk strategy (node: xbc-xb?) on the A♥A♦7♠Q♥ board in UTG vs. BTN 3bet pot, analyzed street by street using GTOWizard solutions.
📝 Article level: Advanced | Assumes full understanding of all basics and intermediate content.
This article uses GTOWizard solutions to break down the special turn donk strategy (node: xbc-xb?) on the A♥A♦7♠Q♥ board in UTG vs. BTN 3bet pot. We analyze and verbalize the strategy from a GTO perspective on each street.
📝 Settings: GTOWizard NLH cash game 6max 100bb 50nl 2.5X-GTO
What You'll Learn
- Flop A♥A♦7♠ — Donk strategy, CB strategy, and response to CB
- Turn A♥A♦7♠Q♥ — Donk strategy, response to donk, DB strategy, and response to DB
🃏 Flop A♥A♦7♠ — Donk Strategy
UTG vs. BTN 3BP node : ?
【GTO】
No donk.
Donk boards are mainly J, T, 9-high boards where SC can make str. or 2p.
BTN: Trips+ accounts for 1/3 of the range, and UP also makes up about 1/4 — a strong position.
🃏 Flop A♥A♦7♠ — CB Strategy
UTG vs. BTN 3BP node : x?
【GTO】
IP 3BP Pair board:
- J-high or below → b50% or 75%
- Q-high or above → Range 33% is most common (or 33% & 50%)
【exploit】
Many players under-4bet, so UTG's range broadly includes KQs, KJs, KTs, and due to overcalling, QJs, QTs, AXs as well.
AXs make up a significant portion, making it somewhat questionable whether range CB is justified.
🃏 Flop A♥A♦7♠ — Response to CB
UTG vs. BTN 3BP node : xb?
【GTO】
This board is very tough for OOP, with fold frequency at 50%. Even TT and JJ are id.
XR Strategy:
- Value: 77, AKo, AQs
- Bluff: WP, 54s (BD)
【exploit】
Many players will likely call with pockets quite broadly.
🃏 Turn A♥A♦7♠Q♥ — Donk Strategy
UTG vs. BTN 3BP node : xbc-?
【GTO】
Due to high fold-to-CB, the range is heavily condensed.
AQs, AJs, ATs have donk frequency on turn cards (Q, J, T) where they make FH.
- UTG can construct a clean polar top
- Large donk sizing
Donk Strategy:
- Value: AQs, QQ, AKo
- Bluff: WP (44-22+α)
- ★Semi-Value: A5s, A4s
Since value is almost exclusively limited to QX, BTN's QX blocker effect is extremely strong. → UTG prepares A5s, A4s as value against that.
Using all WP as donk bluffs makes the range bluff-heavy.
🃏 Turn A♥A♦7♠Q♥ — Response to Donk
UTG vs. BTN 3BP node : xbc-b?
【GTO】
Even NFD can't call.
KK and some combo draws are id.
🃏 Turn A♥A♦7♠Q♥ — DB Strategy
UTG vs. BTN 3BP node : xbc-x?
【GTO】
Continue constructing a bet range that keeps pockets at id.
Since both players hold a large number of Trips+, large sizing is avoided and b33% is selected.
Bet frequency exists for everything outside of marginal QX and UP.
🃏 Turn A♥A♦7♠Q♥ — Response to DB
UTG vs. BTN 3BP node : xbc-xb?
【GTO】
Pockets that survived the flop CB become id again.
【exploit】
In practice, balancing across the flop and turn is difficult.
Some players may retain pockets broadly in the DB range.
📖 Abbreviations
| Abbreviation | Meaning |
|---|---|
| SC | Suited connector |
| 2p | Two pair |
| str | Straight |
| WP | Weak pair |
| UP | Under pair |
| BD | Backdoor |
| SD | Straight draw |
| FD | Flush draw |
| GSSD | Gut-shot straight draw |
| xr | Check-raise |
| id | Indifferent |
| UB | Under-bluff |
| BH | Bluff-heavy |
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