Rivered Straight Line Check

Chicos75 · #1 09-11-2007, 10:46 PM

$3 Rebuy After Rebuy Period
150 From the Money

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t800 (9 handed) internettexasholdem.com

MP2 (t22770)
Hero (t71337)
CO (t40245)
Button (t28736)
SB (t36828)
BB (t60524)
UTG (t12245)
UTG+1 (t17360)
MP1 (t14850)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
4 folds, Hero raises to t2400, 3 folds, BB calls t1600.

Flop: (t4600) J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t3000, BB calls t3000.

Turn: (t10600) 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB bets t2400, Hero calls t2400.

River: (t15400) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB bets t1600, Hero calls t1600.

Final Pot: t18600

bobbycharles · #2 09-11-2007, 11:14 PM

his river bet is suspiciously small, without a read, I think you played it ok. If he hit his flush, he did a nice job taking you to value town.

erc007 · #3 09-12-2007, 12:01 AM

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$3 Rebuy After Rebuy Period
150 From the Money

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t800 (9 handed) internettexasholdem.com

MP2 (t22770)
Hero (t71337)
CO (t40245)
Button (t28736)
SB (t36828)
BB (t60524)
UTG (t12245)
UTG+1 (t17360)
MP1 (t14850)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
4 folds, Hero raises to t2400, 3 folds, BB calls t1600.

Flop: (t4600) J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t3000, BB calls t3000.

Turn: (t10600) 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB bets t2400, Hero calls t2400.

River: (t15400) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB bets t1600, Hero calls t1600.

Final Pot: t18600

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I don't like pre...not so sure about flop either. I think i check behind flop b/c there are so many hands (mostly draws) that BB can c/r, and i don't think this hand can take the heat. His turn bet is so lame it's either a flush or something like AdTx. Folding the turn to a 1/4 pot bet might be kinda weak here...but this is the way some players bet their big hands.

What are u thinking when u call the turn? You're obv behind now. I don't think your redraw to a diamond is good very often, trips are no good...and if you don't have any implied odds when u hit your gutshot.

I'd fold preflop...as played prob check behind on flop.
As played fold turn...easy call on river.

SuperUberBob · #4 09-12-2007, 12:02 AM

I don't think it's too bad. If he got the flush, then oh well.

BrandiFan · #5 09-12-2007, 12:23 AM

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I don't think it's too bad. If he got the flush, then oh well.

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levAA · #6 09-12-2007, 02:21 AM

well done

Rocco · #7 09-12-2007, 11:14 AM

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If he hit his flush, he did a nice job taking you to value town.

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O rly? How's making a small turn bet and a ridiculously small river bet taking someone to valuetown? Villain didn't even take Hero halfway there... I, and I guess Hero too, would've called a larger river bet.

Hero: You played it fine, of course. Can't muck against those tiny bets.

DarrenX · #8 09-12-2007, 01:44 PM

Am I the only one raising the river? This looks suspiciously like a blocking bet from someone who's playing the board. It certainly doesn't look like someone who hit a turn flush. I like a raise to 8K.

aznmofo247 · #9 09-12-2007, 01:50 PM

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I don't like pre...not so sure about flop either. I think i check behind flop b/c there are so many hands (mostly draws) that BB can c/r, and i don't think this hand can take the heat. His turn bet is so lame it's either a flush or something like AdTx. Folding the turn to a 1/4 pot bet might be kinda weak here...but this is the way some players bet their big hands.

What are u thinking when u call the turn? You're obv behind now. I don't think your redraw to a diamond is good very often, trips are no good...and if you don't have any implied odds when u hit your gutshot.

I'd fold preflop...as played prob check behind on flop.
As played fold turn...easy call on river.

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I think a fold preflop is a little bit too tight. Its folded around to you in mid position and you have a deep stack and a decent hand to play with your stack. You got exactly what you wanted after you raised, position and 1 opponent to the flop. Checking behind on the flop is bad imo. If you were to check behind when you thought your opponent is drawing, you are making a big mistake. You want your opponent to make a mistake by calling without proper odds. checking behind gives a free card to beat you. Yes he can checkraise you but you cant play poker scared like this. when you play scared and think that when you bet you will always be checkraised off your hand, you will never succeed in poker. Aggression is a huge factor in every poker players success. Hero has TPGK and should get some value out of the hand.

The turn bet was odd. Depending on your read i would flat call or raise. You cant fold for such a small bet. The river bet seemed like a blocking bet. Maybe he had TP also and was scared of being bet off his hand. If villian played his flush like this, i would definitly take a note on this odd play. If villian did have a flush he didnt get as much value on his hand as he could have. I think your play was fine if you didnt have a read on villian.

mflip · #10 09-12-2007, 02:23 PM

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Am I the only one raising the river? This looks suspiciously like a blocking bet from someone who's playing the board. It certainly doesn't look like someone who hit a turn flush. I like a raise to 8K.

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Raising the river only works if you think he'll call and play the board hoping for a chop or if you think he will fold other Q's or small flushes. Personally, I don't think either applies here so I don't like raising the river.