2 pair - a little lost

JKratzer · #1 06-21-2006, 06:00 PM

utg is 30/1/1. mp is unknown.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

Hero ($664)
Button ($203)
SB ($247.10)
BB ($691.90)
UTG ($543.90)
MP ($123.90)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $3.
UTG calls $6, MP calls $6, Hero calls $6, 1 fold, SB (poster) completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($30) K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, MP checks, Hero bets $25, SB calls $25, BB folds, UTG calls $25, MP calls $25.

Turn: ($130) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (4 players)
SB checks, UTG checks, MP calls $92.90 (All-In), Hero raises to $185.8, SB folds, UTG calls $185.80.

River: ($594.50) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players, 1 all-in)
UTG checks, Hero bets $328

preflop could be a raise, i kind of like calling in this situation though. flop standard. turn, what should i do when mp goes all-in? i don't want to just call because i give good odds for a draw there, but pushing seems a bit much. minraise ok here? then on the river the draws missed, is there any point in betting? should i bet smaller or is a push correct?

jkratzer

spino1i · #2 06-21-2006, 06:01 PM

He's either drawing or has a monster. I doubt he calls this though. I prolly would check.

mj12 · #3 06-21-2006, 06:21 PM

I like how you played this. I think AX of diamonds A3 or a big draw are his most likely holdings, other possible but less likely holdings are k9 and aq/aj/a10 if he is passive. His turn call probably means he will call your bet if he had hand ( AXd will prob fold but he has other made hands enough to make those calls more profitable IMO)
edit- just looked at his stats you provided, AK is a definite possibility but i still make same river bet

have it all · #4 06-21-2006, 06:37 PM

why not push the river?

JKratzer · #5 06-21-2006, 06:39 PM

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utg had $328 left. it was basically a push.

Big_Jim · #6 06-21-2006, 06:41 PM

Looks fine.

Just push river, though. It's not as scary as betting exactly his stack.

have it all · #7 06-21-2006, 06:46 PM

sorry, was counting your stack and wondered why you left $100ish.

i think by the nature of a push it gets called more than the bet you made. i play on a different site so take it as you will.

cts · #8 06-21-2006, 07:24 PM

Yeah if I'm putting someone else all-in HU, I just push myself. The only time I'll bet exactly their stack is if I'm bluffing and it's a player I've never played with before. A move I actually like to do as a bluff is bet all of their stack except for $0.01, like if they had $300 left and I was bluffing I'd bet $299.99 cause it looks like a mean, salt-in-the-wound, value bet.

A lot of players have some pretty nasty tells when it comes to betting exactly their opponent's stack vs. pushing.

Ok enough of that rant, I thought the hand was played fine.

FGators · #9 06-21-2006, 07:28 PM

how terrible is a check on the end?

Big_Jim · #10 06-21-2006, 07:30 PM

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I don't think it's terrible, but I think that there is definitely value in a river bet.