He could also be betting certain hands for thin-value/protection – 55-KK which he didn’t want to re-raise pre-flop. Perhaps he might bluff at this pot with hands that have equity against our non-Ace range. Villain might hold some bluff type hands too.Against these hands we are way behind, having little chance to improve to the best hand. Any Ace beats us because of our kicker issues, and villain could also hold 44 for the flopped boat.
He could certainly have some strong value hands.Think about the range of hands villain might call with pre-flop and then donk-bet the flop.Why is this a way-ahead / way-behind situation? Let’s look at an example of a WAWB situation. WAWB situations need to be played carefully – you want to limit your losses when you are way-behind but still make some profit when you are way-ahead. It describes a situation where you are either a huge favourite or a huge underdog in a hand, but don't necessarily know which.
