Bodog 5/10 full-ring how should I milk my rivered straight?

[4betaboutit]

I'm holding KQo in MP, one limper before me. I raise it up to $40, CO calls, limper calls. Flop comes 10-J-8 rainbow. EP checks, I check, CO raises to $40. EP check-raises to $120. He has $120 left. I call, CO calls.

Turn comes a blank (I think it was a 3, board still rainbow), EP pushes the rest of his chips in ($120), I call and CO calls.

River comes a 9. The pot is $855, and I have CO covered for his remaining chips (about $650). What's my action?

[4betaboutit]

I lead for $500. Villain folded, claiming he had flopped top two. In hindsight, I think leading for $300 is optimal, since you're still likely to pick up a call from non-straight hands, and if he has a straight he will likely re-raise all-in.

[iceman5]

Actually, optimal would be to fold the flop to the check raise.

[billyjex]

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Actually, optimal would be to fold the flop to the check raise.

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I agree.

I would just push the river, pots huge and people don't like to fold good hands in big pots

[RealMagnetic]

I don't want him just flat calling with a Q on the river so i bet allin. I wouldn't have claled all those huge bets though with just a straight draw, esp since if you flat call the short stack's bet what do you do if the oter guy reraises a whole lot and you are forced to fold your straight draw after just calling that big bet?

[Lucky]

I bet 400 on river, hope he raises with Q.

Also, I bet that flop when its checked to me. As it was played, i fold to c/r on flop.

[Rotating Rabbit]

I voted for the 300 option.

My reasoning was that he looks like he has a 9 thats been given terrific odds throughout. Which probably means he is highly likely to have rivered 2 pair. Also if he had a strong made hand I would have expected him to raise somewhere a lot of the time. He could have JQ or something of course, but if you bet 300 a lot of the time a bad player will stick the rest in.

[GimmeDaWatch]

I like all-in as well. He would have to suck pretty bad to
a) call $300 without a Q (especially since u would have to be bluffing a dry side pot) or b)raise the rest of his chips with a lone Q and expect a call from a worse hand. AQ is also a very legitimate potential holding, as it would be double-gutted on the flop and I dont see how a single Q can fold to your all-in bet with the pot being as big as it is. How he doesn;t raise the turn w/top 2 is beyond me, your check cold-call on the flop must have freaked him out a little bit.

[Rotating Rabbit]

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How he doesn;t raise the turn w/top 2 is beyond me

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He would have to suck pretty bad to...
...call $300 without a Q ...raise with a lone Q

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