25NL: River blank, whats my move?

[PJo336]

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Hold'em Cash Game
$0.10/$0.25 Blinds
6 Players
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SB: $25
<font color="black">BB: $45</font>
UTG: $14
<u>MP: $25.20</u>
<u>Hero (CO): $24.55</u>
BTN: $15.70

<font color="black">Preflop:</font> Hero is dealt K/images/graemlins/club.gif 8/images/graemlins/club.gif (6 Players)
UTG folds, <font color="red">MP raises to $0.50</font>, Hero calls $0.50, 2 folds, BB calls $0.25

<font color="black">Flop:</font> ($1.60) K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif T/images/graemlins/heart.gif 2/images/graemlins/club.gif (3 Players)
BB checks, <font color="red">MP bets $0.75</font>, Hero calls $0.75, BB folds

<font color="black">Turn:</font> ($3.10) 5/images/graemlins/club.gif (2 Players)
<font color="red">MP bets $1.25</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to $4</font>, MP calls $2.75

<font color="black">River:</font> ($11.10) 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif (2 Players)
MP checks

You could say check but now my hand sucks and I dont think I can win at showdown

[LOwrestling2001]

what's with the turn raise, your hand is not very strong, the board is dry, no need to charge any draws. no need to build a big pot w/ a marginal hand either, you would also hate it if MP came over the top and you had to fold. your hand actually DOES have showdown value, after all u have TP. as played check behind on the river, as no better hands are folding to a river bet.

[PJo336]

Yeh, you are right, the turn is a little screwey. Would anyone consider the 5 on the river a good bluffing card?

[RobAtticus]

What exactly where you trying to achieve on the turn? Just getting control of the pot?

Your raise, either lends itself to looking like a set that was slowplayed, or just bluff/semibluff. The 5 of clubs does not really help any hand that calls a raise preflop, so raising on that card doesn't seem to define your hand to your opponent, which makes it less likely your river bet will accurately represent a hand that makes him fold.

However, you might still be able to get away with betting $5-$6 here on the end, making it look like a set betting for value, or something like KT. It's entirely likely he has QJ here too and folds to such a bet (but you beat that hand at showdown anyway).

As played though, you should just check behind, you might get a split. I double hands you cannot beat (AK, KQ, KJ, KT) are folding to any bet you make on the river.

[rakeback123]

K8 preflop to a mid position raise. i dump this.

[PJo336]

Yeh I was trying to grab control, but you are correct, that card really doesnt define anything. Thank you for your input

[NoahL]

Fold Pf. As played, call call, check. I bet hes got KJ.

[PJo336]

Im one off the button and the button is tight as hell. Im too laggy to drop this hand to a small raise with pos to a big stack. Implied odds anyone?

[kolotoure]

Preflop - If I decide I want to play this hand I am 3-betting it preflop

Flop - Standard

Turn - I don't mind this because it gets you a free showdown when you miss and if you hit you can extract more value because the pot will be bigger

[PJo336]

[ QUOTE ]
Preflop - If I decide I want to play this hand I am 3-betting it preflop

Flop - Standard

Turn - I don't mind this because it gets you a free showdown when you miss and if you hit you can extract more value because the pot will be bigger

[/ QUOTE ]

Thats true, advantage to the semi bluff

[kolotoure]

I think you have very little FE here fwiw