Huge Laydown

[Virox]

Party $20

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (10 handed)

UTG (t800)
UTG+1 (t800)
UTG+2 (t800)
Hero (t800)
MP2 (t800)
MP3 (t800)
CO (t800)
Button (t800)
SB (t800)
BB (t800)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with J/images/graemlins/heart.gif, K/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
UTG calls t15, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 calls t15, Hero calls t15, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, CO calls t15, Button calls t15, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t105) 7/images/graemlins/heart.gif, T/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 4/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(7 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="CC3333">BB bets t15</font>, UTG folds, <font color="CC3333">UTG+2 raises to t30</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t125</font>, CO folds, Button folds, SB folds, BB folds, UTG+2 calls t95.

Turn: (t370) Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
UTG+2 checks, Hero checks.

River: (t370) K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">UTG+2 bets t660 (All-In)</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t1030
<font color="green">Main Pot: t370 (t370), won by UTG+2.</font>
<font color="green">Pot 2: t660 (t660), returned to UTG+2.</font>

Is this laydown correct?
Should I have bet the turn?

/Virox

[trumpman84]

Bet the turn, without betting the turn, he could be making that move with any two cards on the river..you can't just assume the Ah is out there...make them tell you they have it.
If you ask me, the river all-in just looks like a bluff as he'd bet smaller to induce a call if he had the nuts. But then again, some people overbet like that to make it look like a bluff when they have the goods, which is another good reason to get some info on the turn.

[Virox]

My original plan was to check the turn and on the river:

1. If he's got the Ace he would make a small to medium bet to get me to call, I call.
2. If he is going to try to steal the pot he will probably make a medium sized bet, I call.
3. If he checks, I bet and folds to a large reraise.

I never thought he would go all-in, that totally put me in a bad position. And you're right, betting the turn is clearly the safest way to play.