J9s 4-way pot

SixMaxSucks · #1 06-12-2006, 04:43 PM

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Preflop: Hero is SB with 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
2 folds, CO calls, Button calls, Hero completes, BB checks.

Flop: (4 SB) 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (4 players)
Hero bets, BB calls, CO raises, Button folds, Hero calls, BB calls.

Turn: (5 BB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 players)
Hero bets, BB calls, CO calls.

River: (8 BB) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, CO checks.

Final Pot: 8 BB

PotLuckPete · #2 06-12-2006, 04:49 PM

River: I'm betting and folding to a raise

On the flop, CO's raise could represent anything.. A3, A8, 78s, TJ, maybe even flush draw.

You bet the turn and you're not raised... villians either are both on draws, middle pair, or one draw and one middle pair.

On the river, the flush draw hit but straight didn't. If a flush was hit, and we check, they will bet and we'll most likely look it up. I much rather bet it, and have hands like A8, J8, A4 etc.. look us up. If we're raised, we are gone.

Ainex · #3 06-12-2006, 04:58 PM

I play it the same except I bet/fold the river. PotLuckPete pretty much said it all.

Nick C · #4 06-12-2006, 05:34 PM

3-betting the flop seems like an option. CO doesn't really have to have a massive draw or anything, and putting immediate pressure on BB could have its advantages.

On the river, I like a bet-fold. Your hand is hardly a monster, though, I'll admit, so it's not just worse hands that are going to call you. But it will be better hands that tend to bet, in this 3-way pot.

One advantage to checking is that if by some chance it comes back two to you, you can get away cheaply. But I don't think this will happen very often.

Disconnected · #5 06-12-2006, 05:42 PM

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3-betting the flop seems like an option. CO doesn't really have to have a massive draw or anything, and putting immediate pressure on BB could have its advantages.

On the river, I like a bet-fold. Your hand is hardly a monster, though, I'll admit, so it's not just worse hands that are going to call you. But it will be better hands that tend to bet, in this 3-way pot.

One advantage to checking is that if by some chance it comes back two to you, you can get away cheaply. But I don't think this will happen very often.

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I think another advantage of checking the river is that if BB bets and CO calls, we can probably fold, at least I wouldn't like our chances having to make an overcall here.

However, I think betting is still probably better, since no worse hands will bet, but many who have called so far will call, and we can pretty confidently fold to a raise.