hit a set in the blinds...

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Villain is a strong player and has a stack of about $400 and has been doing a lot of raising from late position. My stack is $120. Although he does a lot of preflop raising his postflop play is solid and I haven't seen him bluff. My play has been solid but I have shown a couple bluffs.

Villain raises to $4 from late position again. Everyone else folds I call from the BB with pocket fives.

Pot is $8

Flop comes 5,6,9 with two diamonds. I check my set. Villain bets $4, I raise to $10 he calls.

Pot is $28

Turn card is Ace clubs.

I bet $14. Villain raises to $30. I call.

Pot is now $58 and I have about $70 left.

River is a blank, I check and Villain bets $50. I call.

Results will be posted later. What do you think of my play?

[jba]

this is pretty much a limit only forum, but wtf? why arent you sticking the rest of your stack in? you really think you're an underdog on the river?

I probably bet/3bet the flop, and bet more on the turn. if he's solid he probably gets away without an ace there for 14 so maximize. once he pops you I just shove it all in there.

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whoops my apologies I posted this in the wrong forum...

anyway he showed 78 he flopped the nuts. I was actually going to lay down to his raise on the turn because I put him on an overpair with the flop action and thought he might have hit a set of aces on the turn. At this point I think there are only two hands he was likely to have, a set of aces or AK diamonds. I felt in my gut I was beaten, but called him down in the hopes he was playing AK diamonds. There is no point pushing on the turn, he does not get that deep into a hand and fold. So I just check and call and hope he leaves me some of my stack if he indeed has the aces. If I'm lucky the flush card might come on the river and slow him down. And if hte flush card comes and he makes a big bet I have an easy laydown.

As it turns out my instinct was right about his strength, just not the specific hand he had.

[djoyce003]

your play is fairly bad because you aren't all-in with a set. Why are you slowplaying a set on a coordinated flushy board? You should have led the flop, led the turn, and for god's sakes checkraise the river all in.

[shpanko]

Yeah with a set shorthanded I feel like you should be getting all in here. Villain was representing AK or aces up on the turn. When he raises I reraise all in. You can't always worry that your opponent has a set of aces or flopped the nut straight. You are playing short-handed. A set will be good 99 percent of the time. Sorry that you lost the hand to a straight but this looks like scared poker to me. I get all in on the turn after he raises.

[kolotoure]

1. Push Turn
2. Stop being results orientated
3. BBV is down the street

[coleco]

you are losing money no matter what in this hand

[ValarMorghulis]

Is there any similarity between this hand and the one Isura posted in which dbitel argued for a check-fold on the river?

[beavens]

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Is there any similarity between this hand and the one Isura posted in which dbitel argued for a check-fold on the river?

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what reason can you give for a c-f???

[ValarMorghulis]

I can't really see a check fold, but the hands seem similar in that:

Hand

Villain is a good player and the preflop raiser.
Hero hits bottom set.
Hero check raises villain. Villain calls.
An ace hits on the turn and villain continues to show strength.

Dbitel had some strong arguments for a check fold on the river and I just wondered whether they were applicable for this hand.

Comparing them further, I think the hands are different enough that even if check-fold was correct in that one it wouldn't be in this one.