When You Can Only Win By Betting.....

[tehmatt]

And your opponent knows it... [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] I was donking around at 50NL when I encountered this guy. He's "the bettor." Always bets when checked to when a perceived scare card hit. He bets strong, too. I had seen him go all-in on what I suspected were complete bluffs. I figured a set was a pretty good bluff catching hand. I was hoping he hit this river, but I think you'll laugh when you see the results - I did.

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
5 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $43.20
CO: $0
Button: $40.80
Hero: $59.35
BB: $80.85

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is SB with 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
UTG folds, <font color="#cc3333">Button raises to $1</font>, Hero calls $0.75.

Flop: 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($2.5, 3 players)
Hero checks, <font color="#cc3333">Button bets $2.5</font>, <font color="#cc3333">Hero raises to $5</font>, Button calls $2.5.

Turn: 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($12.5, 3 players)
<font color="#cc3333">Hero bets $7</font>, Button calls $7.

River: A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($26.5, 3 players)
Hero checks so that the poor unsuspecting donkey may bluff off all his chips and...., <font color="#cc3333">Button obliges and is all-in $27.8</font>, Hero beats villain to the pot and calls $27.8.

Results:
Final pot: $82.1
Button showed 4s 5h
Hero showed 4c 4h

At first I was getting ready to puke because I thought he had the ass end of the straight. Then, I realized he was just a silly donkey who couldn't just check behind when he knew there was no way he was ahead.

[private joker]

Your flop play looks like a K. His pot-size bet at the end isn't so bad, because a K will have a hard time fading that board.

[tehmatt]

You really think it looks like a scared K on the river? That's pretty much what I was going for.

[jman220]

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Then, I realized he was just a silly donkey who couldn't just check behind when he knew there was no way he was ahead

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I have no problem with his river push seeing as how the hand played out thus far.

[tehmatt]

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Then, I realized he was just a silly donkey who couldn't just check behind when he knew there was no way he was ahead

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I have no problem with his river push seeing as how the hand played out thus far.

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I don't like bringing strategy into BBV, but is this a push you routinely make with a hand like KTo?