A river raise with a marginal hand

[jrobb83]

No reads on the players involved.

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Preflop: Hero is UTG+2 with T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
UTG calls, <font color="666666">1 fold</font>, Hero calls, <font color="666666">1 fold</font>, MP2 calls, <font color="666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="CC3333">CO raises</font>, <font color="666666">2 folds</font>, BB calls, UTG calls, Hero calls, MP2 calls.

Flop: (10.50 SB) 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(5 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="CC3333">UTG bets</font>, Hero calls, MP2 calls, <font color="CC3333">CO raises</font>, BB folds, UTG calls, <font color="CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, MP2 calls, <font color="CC3333">CO caps</font>, UTG calls, Hero calls, MP2 calls.

Turn: (13.25 BB) 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
UTG checks, Hero checks, MP2 checks, CO checks.

River: (13.25 BB) T/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">UTG bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, MP2 folds, CO folds, <font color="CC3333">UTG 3-bets</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 19.25 BB
<font color="green">Main Pot: 19.25 BB, between UTG and Hero.</font>

[Stu Pidasso]

Go for the overcalls instead.

Stu

[daveymck]

Interesting river, looks like he either has an overpair A10 or 78s and has made the straight. Going off the betting patterns I am more likely thinking its the straight.

However I like your river raise but the trouble you have is it looks like a bluff you piled the bets in on the flop didnt bet the turn but now come out raising on the river. So its quite possible his reraise is a bluff or cos he has A9 or similar and thinks he is best.

I think I owuld have purely called on the river here but am interested in see how the results pan out.

[jrobb83]

He had 87s and made the straight on the turn.

The reason I raised is because the bet out after the turn got checked through looked fishy, but I didn't want an overcall by a better T.