I bluff hu

[holla]

Game # 586391678 - Texas Hold'em No Limit EUR 1/2 - Table "Haverhill"

Players(max 2):
mega-aalio (EUR 384,05 in seat 1)
NowOnTilt (EUR 460,40 in seat 2)

Dealer: NowOnTilt
Big Blind: mega-aalio (2,00)
Small Blind: NowOnTilt (1,00)

mega-aalio was dealt: A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] - J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

NowOnTilt Raise (5,00)
mega-aalio Raise (18,00)
NowOnTilt Call (14,00)

Flop Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] - 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] - 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]

mega-aalio Check
NowOnTilt Bet (31,00)
mega-aalio Call (31,00)

Turn Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] - 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] - 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]- 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]

mega-aalio Check
NowOnTilt Check

River Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]- 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] - 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]- 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]- 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

mega-aalio Check
NowOnTilt Bet (75,00)
mega-aalio All-In (333,05)
NowOnTilt Call (258,05)

mega-aalio shows: Ac - Jh (high card ace)
NowOnTilt shows: Ad - Qc (a pair of queens)

NowOnTilt wins: EUR 767,35 (with a pair of queens)
Rake: EUR 0,75

Game ended 2007-06-11 02:34:21 GMT+01:00


He called reraises very often. He also seemed to be pretty aggro post-flop. I had usually bet the flop after reraising but this time I did not want to get raised. I had also been somewhat trappy.

[holla]

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[thac]

If you're gonna call this flop, you need to bet the scare card, not check the turn, and then check the river. You're NEVER playing a flush like that, and if you do, you're losing a lot of value.

[Grunch]

I guess there are really two questions here:

1) Is bluffing here a good idea?
2) Did you execute a bluff well?

And the answers IMO are

1) There's no way we can tell you. This is HU, which is about 90% read-based. You obviously thought it was a good time to bluff, so who are we to challenge you?

2) No, I don't think you did. You're not representing anything but a bluff. If you had AQ, he probably wouldn't expect you to play it this way. It probably looks to him like you don't want a call. And so, of course he will call.

[Isura]

Preflop I do both, but prefer the call 200bb deep if they are decent. Bet the flop. But since you didn't, fold. Strassa said a while ago that bluff c/r on the river are not planned, where as people plan it out when they c/r the river for value. Most don't check/call the flop with a draw after they reraise preflop. Your hand looks like weak 1 pair until the river, where is looks like air. This is risky because I think the villain can have a strong hand often even though they checked the turn.

[Isura]

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If you're gonna call this flop, you need to bet the scare card, not check the turn, and then check the river. You're NEVER playing a flush like that, and if you do, you're losing a lot of value.

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even more importantly, OP is never playing a flush this way on the flop.

edit: I mean, it is okay to check a FD on this flop, but I do it to c/r for balancing and mixing my range for that line.

[thac]

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If you're gonna call this flop, you need to bet the scare card, not check the turn, and then check the river. You're NEVER playing a flush like that, and if you do, you're losing a lot of value.

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even more importantly, OP is never playing a flush this way on the flop.

edit: I mean, it is okay to check a FD on this flop, but I do it to c/r for balancing and mixing my range for that line.

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Yeah, very true. Good point Isura!

[CastlesMadeASand]

this whole hand is bad.

[keikiwai]

a river check raise is very good, if you want tp to call you... so in your case it's spew (i often cr the river w/ strong hands i want to get called when i want to get my whole stack in but don't think a bet will get rr-ed)

i'd often bet the flop, since you just called you could lead turn and push river

but really if you check the flop, you should prob. fold

[EddieRooo]

I hate the check call on the flop