[Iamthegreatest]

20/40 live at the Mirage a couple weeks ago…

UTG is a young Vegas local who plays decently (Nothing special though). Button is a complete donk (calls raises very loose). The SB is fairly new to the table. I think I’ve played with him before but I’m not sure. Anyway, he’s only been sitting for a little over an orbit and hasn’t really played a hand yet. He carries himself like he knows what he’s doing (most likely semi-pro player). The game is 7 handed.

UTG raises. Fold. I smooth call with TT (Most of the time I 3 bet here but I decided to make a variation play). Fold. Button cold calls. SB 3 bets. BB folds. UTG 4 bets. Call. Call. Call.

Flop comes down KT6. Check. UTG bets. I raise. Fold. SB check 3 bets. Call. Call.

Turn 6. SB checks. UTG checks. I bet. SB check raises. Fold. I call.

River J. SB bets. I raise. SB 3 bets. I puke…then fold.


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The reason I’m posting this is because my friend, who was also at the table, basically told me I was retarded for not raising the turn and that people on here would agree with him and laugh at me if I posted this hand. I think it would have been pretty feeble of me not to have put in one more raise somewhere here with the third nuts so I’m raising one more time somewhere. My buddy seemed to think that if you’re going to raise you have to raise on the turn. He thought I made a huge mistake by not raising but given the action and the type of player I was up against I think I played it fine. I waited till the river to raise because I thought this line would maximize the amount of money that I’d win if I was ahead. What do you guys think? (I'm really mostly interested in where to put in the last raise to shut my friend up :-P but if anyone sees something wrong with the river play or anywhere else I welcome comments there too, I suppose some arguments could be made for calling since the pot is enormous but anyway…)