How's my line?

[rockin]

This is from a 180/4


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

MP2 (t7135)
MP3 (t2570)
CO (t1215)
Button (t1260)
SB (t5785)
Hero (t7970)
UTG (t3307)
UTG+1 (t1038)
MP1 (t3770)

Preflop: Hero is BB with T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, MP2 calls t150, MP3 calls t150, CO calls t150, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (t750) K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks, MP2 checks, MP3 checks, CO checks.

Turn: (t750) Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 bets t150</font>, MP3 calls t150, CO folds, SB folds, Hero calls t150.

River: (t1200) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 bets t300</font>, MP3 calls t300, Hero calls t300.

Final Pot: t2100


Raise the river? Raise preflop? Really didnt want to get involved in a large multi-way preflop OOP. In these 180/4's, you can't really narrow the field down with raising unless it is HUGE. So how's my line?

[footnbaseball]

I think you played it fine. The smooth calling is a little fishy although since there was no raise on the river I think you're probably good here. If it were me, I would have bet out on the turn though. You probably have the best hand, time to start building a pot so that a J can pay you off big on the river.

The way you played it I would probably raise on the river. But a call isn't a bad play I think, just a little more conservative.

[rockin]

My concern with betting the river was what J would pay me off? Any J in the hand at this point is ahead of me, except JT or AJ. Any hands that don't have a J, probably don't call to a decent sized raise. So basically, I was thinking I'd be re-opening action for anyone ahead of me and chasing away anyone behind. The river bet from villain was SOOOOO small, but this is a 180/4, and some of these guys value bet really small.

[nath]

I guess it's fine, although I'd see myself sticking in a raise here somewhere on turn or river. I just wouldn't be able to help it-- I'm not giving anyone credit for filling up yet, and in a 4/180 people will value bet Kx and even Qx here.