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Old 11-02-2005, 04:19 AM
soah soah is offline
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Default Re: Raising the river

Against this player I can never fold hand 2. He could easily have AA or JJ or AQ or complete trash.

I think the problem really boils down to the fact that barring tilt, I almost never raise the river as a bluff, so when I have strong non-nut hands I feel like I will only get called when beaten. Obviously though if this were the case then I should be raising as a bluff more often, but that doesn't sound appealing either.

It's also like you mentioned, I often believe my opponent is extremely weak or completely bluffing and I just call because if my read is right they will fold so raising has no value.

A good example of this came a long time ago in a 1/2 NL game. I had raised QQ, super-LAG called me. Flop was Qxx and he check/called and I was almost certain he had nothing (timing tells). He check/called again. The river completely a backdoor flush and he bet $100 into a $100 pot very quickly. I had $200 left. The only hand I lose to is the runner-runner flush. But I just called because I felt he either hand absolutely nothing, or a flush. He turned over ace high.
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