1+0.10 - blocking on river

[johnnydrama]

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t60 (7 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com

CO (t2060)
Button (t1620)
SB (t1080)
Hero (t2440)
UTG (t3080)
MP1 (t2635)
MP2 (t2085)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, CO calls t60, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (t180) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t70</font>, CO calls t70, SB folds.

Turn: (t320) 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t250</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to t500</font>, Hero calls t250.

River: (t1320) J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t600</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to t1430 (All-In)</font>, Hero ????.

No real read to mention, early and I was playing other games as well.

Flop a nice 2 pair and put out a feeler to hopefully build decent pot.

Min raises always through me. I'm hoping here he has a worse 2 pair at best, drawing likely but what good would a min raise do him? Ugly river. I figure I can't check, so I block with 600.

Is this a good spot to block or is the pot too big in relation to villian's remaining stack?

Hero ????

[Kevin8423]

Shove over his turn raise.

As played on the river I'm shoving, you have a very strong hand especially against what he could be playing. I don't think a flush is a big part of his range at all and neither is a set.

[Jbrochu]

Bet more on the flop - something between 3/4 and pot. The turn bet is good now shove over his raise. As played on the turn I would check/call river most of the time. As played on river you're pot committed so call.

[Jbrochu]

One other thing here is your blocking bet is too big. It's actually more like the size of a value bet. A blocking bet should be sized to allow you to do one of two things: get to showdown cheaply, or throw away the hand if you get raised.

Your bet size basically commits you to this pot.

(Another thing about blocking bets is good players can usually see right through them now and are likely to shove over it. At high stakes you can probably protect yourself from this by micro-betting the nuts on the river once-in-a-while, but at low stakes you would be giving up too much value doing this and villain might not even notice and/or you don't play him often enough in the future.)

[wulfpacker21]

bet more on the flop your giving almost positive odds to chase there flush and im sure in a $1 sng they are going to chase there flush .... shove the turn

[AMT]

you really need to bet more on the flop, at least 120. Get value out of top 2! the ranges at a 1.10 sng are so ridiculously wide that your goal should be to stack here. AS played on the turn, again, shove over his raise...he seems to like his hand, yours beats his range and is really strong, so put it all in. If he does have a draw, make him make the big mistake of putting it all in with it.

What is the point of your river blocking bet? not only do you likely still have the best of it, but if he does have a flush the blocking bet serves zero purpose; hes going to shove over anything anyways.

[osh]

Flop bet is too weak.

Agreeing with strategy og moving all-in after reraise on the turn.

[Ghostwriter0]

all-in on the turn.

how did it end?

[SvenM]

Would you also say there should be a higher flop bet if there are no two spades on the board?

I allways think im gonna chase opp away if i bet higher in such a situation.

[Jbrochu]

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Would you also say there should be a higher flop bet if there are no two spades on the board?

I allways think im gonna chase opp away if i bet higher in such a situation.

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In this particular case if the cards remain the same but it's a rainbow flop I would still bet 3/4 to full pot on the flop. You're looking to build the pot against an opponent with a naked Ace and if your bet chases them both away you were unlikely to get action with the smaller bet anyway.