Tough Spot Early, 27.50 MTT on Stars

qpac09 · #1 08-16-2007, 08:40 PM

river bet was an attempted blocking bet. Do you Call or Fold?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

UTG (t2930)
UTG+1 (t2940)
MP1 (t2920)
Hero (t3210)
MP3 (t3000)
CO (t2940)
Button (t3030)
SB (t3060)
BB (t2970)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
3 folds, Hero raises to t60, 2 folds, Button calls t60, 2 folds.

Flop: (t150) 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets t100, Button calls t100.

Turn: (t350) A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets t250, Button calls t250.

River: (t850) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets t200, Button raises to t1100, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t1250

zizazziza · #2 08-16-2007, 09:22 PM

why bet the 200 on the river? you will get raised her too often. Either make a std raise between 400-600 or c/c

illini43 · #3 08-17-2007, 03:40 AM

Your river bet is small and it makes you look weak, I would snap-call the raise.

If you are betting, I would bet in the 500-650 range.

I think c/c a reasonable bet is good here too. You pick off some bluffs and occasionally save some chips when he has a flush/KJ/slowplayed set.

Rocco · #4 08-17-2007, 03:54 AM

I check/call this river pretty much always. People just love to bluff bet when checked to on drawy boards. Sure, you'll miss out on some value bets, but in the long run, all the money you make by calling bluffs, will make up for it. The decision is read dependant though. Against passive players, go for a value bet, and check/call against aggressive players.

In this situation, snap-call the raise!