100NL - TT makes a set, did I scare him out of the pot?

Slap My Jack · #1 03-12-2006, 03:53 PM

No reads.

This was what I wanted to pull off: Get his stack.

This is how I wanted to do it: Look like the flop missed me, hence the weak flop reraise. Hence the overbet on the turn relative to my flop raise (but I understand it really wasn't an overbet.) And I wanted the push to look desperate.

How would you have played this?

And it is possible he was just drawing to something, but he did think on the river for a bit before folding. I thought he had jacks or something. Maybe top pair.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (6 handed) converter

BB ($96.50)
UTG ($92.65)
MP :#A500AF(Villain)/ ($56.80)
CO ($102.55)
Hero ($86.50)
SB ($40.65)

Preflop: Hero is Button with T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
1 fold, MP :#A500AF(Villain)/ calls $1, 1 fold, Hero raises to $4, 2 folds, MP :#A500AF(Villain)/ calls $3.

Flop: ($9.50) 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
Villain bets $2, Hero raises to $6, Villain calls $4.

Turn: ($21.50) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Villain checks, Hero bets $15, Villain calls $15.

River: ($51.50) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Villain checks, Hero bets $61.5 (All-In), Villain folds.

Final Pot: $113

Cormia · #2 03-12-2006, 03:57 PM

My money says he had 98 or 88. The flop weak lead is generally a monster or a draw in my experience. I'm fairly sure you weren't getting much more out of him.

DFB · #3 03-12-2006, 04:00 PM

Maybe he thinks you hit trip fours and were just overbetting a low pair, or perhaps two pair on the flop and rivered a boat? No flush, no viable straight. Perhaps your bet on the turn set him up to fold on the river.

Slap My Jack · #4 03-12-2006, 04:01 PM

I don't think he was fake thinking on the river though.

Cormia · #5 03-12-2006, 04:04 PM

I'm guessing its more a "wtf is this guy doing?" sort of thought.

Mr.K · #6 03-12-2006, 04:05 PM

You are ahead nearly 100% of the time here. YOu may find more value by repeating your $15 bet on the river. It will be called much more often than all-in, and he may even raise you (since not upping your bet is a sign of weakness), which would be great. I think your betting on flop and turn is fine, though uncreative. Sometimes the "standard" line is definitely the best, and here I think it probably is. NH.

the machine · #7 03-12-2006, 04:12 PM

yeah i think you did, this is a standard value bet situation of 20 - 30 and hope a worse hand calls you

spanshcastlemagc · #8 03-12-2006, 04:49 PM

i like a weak bet here, something he might call, if hes strong enough to call your all-in bet then he might be strong enough to raise a small river bet, if he has nothing hes folding either way, but he might be able to call a small bet with a marginal hand, overall i think a bet around 20-25 might work best here