NL 50 Stupid riverbets

[xeanatic]

I mostly end up calling those annoying small river bets. This probably is -EV alot because most of the villians seem to have a made hand. What are your thoughts about the small riverbets?

Poker Stars - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.25/$0.50 Blinds - 5 Players - (LegoPoker (http://www.legopoker.com) Hand History Converter (http://www.legopoker.com/hh))

SB: $44.90
BB: $24.85
UTG: $51.35
CO: $67.75
Hero (BTN): $49.25

Preflop: Hero is dealt A/images/graemlins/club.gif Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif (5 Players)
2 folds, <font color="red">Hero raises to $2.00</font>, SB folds, BB calls $1.50

Flop: ($4.25) K/images/graemlins/club.gif Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif (2 Players)
BB checks, <font color="red">Hero bets $3.00</font>, BB calls $3.00

Turn: ($10.25) 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero checks

River: ($10.25) 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif (2 Players)
<font color="red">BB bets $4.50</font>, Hero calls $4.50

Pot Size: $19.25

[amplify]

There's a reason they're called value bets.

[xeanatic]

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There's a reason they're called value bets.

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True but sometimes they are just bluffs.. and I wondered if other people just fold here..

[Rednas]

I bet/fold the turn with the flush draw out there fwiw.

[Daniel LeClaire]

Depends on the villain. Against an unknown I call here a lot. There are a ton of draws that missed. Some guys will even bet stuff like 77. Add in the decent pot odds and I think it definitely makes it a call.

I think most guys at uNL aren't going to showdown enough, especially in spots like these.

[traz]

depending on the villain I'll bet the turn or call the river, but my standard without reads is to just fold once I"m called on the flop

[Lego05]

I might call this one. Could easily be a missed draw.

[Buffalo Wings]

I call here sometimes. Since you checked the turn and showed weakness he could be trying to buy. Reads help as well, if he's real straightforward I'll usually let it go.

[ajmargarine]

What the heck, this is an INSTAcall after you check the turn.

[proudpapa]

What does the u in uNL stand for?

[yellowbastard]

How loose/ aggressive is villian? Think of all the missed flush draws and JT combos that have now missed.

[ajmargarine]

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What does the u in uNL stand for?

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micro

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[sww]

Very easy call although the easiness depends a bit on the looseness of the villain. Some players have only maybe KQ in their OOP calling range that includes K. Against those players I bet the turn and maybe against some others too. Also, if he had checked, you should have valuebetted about half a pot.

[DaycareInferno]

this is pretty much what i'm hoping for when i check a flop or turn behind with a marginal hand. if i'm not calling this, i'm not checking behind in the first place.

[yapee]

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I bet/fold the turn with the flush draw out there fwiw.

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Also mathematics rule our decisions and here it's enough to be good 25% of the time for it to be profitable. And there's quite a lot of things the villain may be betting here as the others mentioned.

It would be a whole lot different if the K and the A changed places - some villains play Ax religiously and refuse to fold it when they flop a pair.