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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (6 handed)
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CO ($114.65)
Button ($65)
Hero ($47.25)
BB ($50)
UTG ($110.15)
MP ($73.65)
Preflop: Hero is SB with 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
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1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP raises to $1</font>, <font color="#666666">
1 fold</font>, Button calls $1, Hero calls $0.75, BB calls $0.50.
Flop: ($4) 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
Hero checks, BB checks, MP checks, Button checks.
Turn: ($4) 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $3</font>, BB folds, <font color="#CC3333">MP raises to $6</font>, Button folds,hero?
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Meh, with 4 to the flop checking isn't that bad. Betting folds everyone a lot of the time, but not building a pot isn't great and neither is a free card. It's part of why being OOP is worst than being IP.
I'm not too afraid of being beaten. I think I like calling the turn and check-raising a non-spade river. You risk missing out if he doesn't value bet a K on the river, but I think you get the most value out of his one pair hands this way as long as giving him another chance to bluff if he has nothing.
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flop is a must-bet IMO, esp at 50NL you think anyone is folding a FD or KX here?
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No, but they bet those hands a lot anyway and they fold when they don't have that. Sometimes nice things happen like BB bets, MP and Button call and you can get into a really big pot with flush draw and a king or two.
Anyway, I think you're right and I always bet when there's a flop like this because something like AK is so likely to get stacked. I just don't think on the whole checking cost that much.