Dunno why, but I have a tendency to check rivers

[Gelford]

My NL makes me check rivers oop with marginal hands to protect myself/extract, since my whole stack is at stake.

But in limit is a leak right ?

Party Poker 1/2 Hold'em (6 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com

Preflop: Hero is SB with 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, BB calls.

Flop: (4 SB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, BB calls.

Turn: (3 BB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, BB calls.

River: (5 BB) Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, BB checks.

Final Pot: 5 BB

[TheWunderkind]

yes you have to valuebet until your opponent bets 100% of the Time...most ppl are happy to chk behindwith A high 33 or any lower Pair also chk raising make snot much sence since you dotn have the nuts

[yourface]

this is an easy value bet. I'm sure you have noticed by now just how lightly you are being called down. you are ahead almost all of the time here.

it is a pretty significant leak if you are always checking these.

[ILOVEPOKER929]

This is a huge leak. Stop checking these rivers or you will not be able to beat this game.

[Gelford]

So bet river and call a raise, right ?

[ILOVEPOKER929]

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So bet river and call a raise, right ?

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That depends on the opponent. Against many opponents you should fold. Just keep in mind though that betting the river is so important that it doesnt even matter if you dont know what to do if check/raised.

[sethypooh21]

The only reason this river would be scary is if there were two [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] on the flop - that the second one came on the turn makes his flop call with random ss hands pretty unlikely.

Very few 1/2 players are aggro enough for checking to induce to have value.

[jba]

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keep in mind though that betting the river is so important that it doesnt even matter if you dont know what to do if check/raised.

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you should read this over and over and over and over until you understand why