OK, not much love for this one, I better post the second part before the thread is forgotten.
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (6 handed)
Hand History Converter Tool from
FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)
BB ($91.33)
Hero ($66.41)
MP ($0)
CO ($60.66)
Button ($50)
SB ($49)
Preflop: Hero is UTG with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. Hero posts a blind of $0.50.
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2 folds</font>, SB completes, <font color="#CC3333">Hero (poster) raises to $1.25</font>, SB calls $1.
Flop: ($3) 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $2.5</font>, SB calls $2.50.
Turn: ($8) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $5</font>, SB calls $5.
River: ($18) 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $10</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises to $30</font>, Hero calls $20.
Final Pot: $78
Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
SB has Qs 9s (one pair, nines).
BB doesn't show.
Hero has Ad Ac (one pair, aces).
MP doesn't show.
Outcome: Hero wins $78. </font>
(for some reason stupid converter thinks I was UTG and it was 4 handed post flop. I was BB and HU post flop)
The reason I posted this - it sure felt like I was making a bad call on the river. Was it? How am I supposed to play this hand differently?
- SB is actually unknown, 5 hands at the table. That makes me unknown to him as well.
- I though about checking behind on the river "for pot control" but I would lose huge amounts of value doing so
- river bet size is such that worse hands can still call. Do villains see this as such weakness that they raise bluff because of that? Should that affect my bet sizing?
- what range should I put SB on when he raises on the river?