My god why did I check this river

[Paluka]

I have been making horrific checks lately in spots where I should bet. It is making me sick.

100/200 online game. The table is almost on all tilt. I don't know what did this to the, but they are all crazy right now.
Some psycho raises in the cutoff (I think we are playing 6-7 handed at this point), the button cold calls, I bet from the sb with AKo. They both call. Flop AJ6 rainbow. I bet, cutoff raises, button cold calls, I 3 bet, both call. Turn 3, no flush draws. I bet, cutoff folds, button calls. River brings a J. I check. Atrocious?

[Dick_Stone_777]

"If I bet this maniac is going to bet either way, whether he is tripped up or not, so I might as well check call and save a bet in case he does have it." Am I right?

If so, I would assume that you have been sucked out left in right in this crazy game you have described. I think the right play here is to bet.

[elmo]

I think its pretty bad. When I am playing in a loose game like this where you are going to be playing alot of hands against a psycho, I think giving a free showdown here is awful. I am comfortable calling a raise by a psycho here, which will be a bad ace/bluff as often as anything. I think the lag is going to call you with any pair, but I think its important to make him make a decision about calling with his KQ high gutshot that will sometimes be good.

I am more of a pounder in these games though, and I think that the effect of not giving a free showdown in this situation is worth giving up some value on this hand. That being said, I think your EV is higher if you bet. Believe it or not, even us LAGs realize that you are capable of checking TPTK here. I would be very hesitant to bet my 99 or Ax against you in this situation, but would likely be paying off a bet.

[Paluka]

The main reason I checked is because the original pre-flop raiser was the one that the whole table thought was crazy. When he raised the flop, I would think the button would 3 bet him with an ace to isolate. When he just called 2 cold it seemed more like he was just calling with a bit of something hoping that the cutoff was crazy and that I would give-up without an ace.

[IndieMatty]

Whats you read on the button? If he's reasonable he wouldn't call that turn with just a Jack.

[Rick Diesel]

I think that most of the time the jack is a good card for you. It counterfeits the A6 and A3 that I would guess are way more likely than just a J.

[Paluka]

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I think that most of the time the jack is a good card for you. It counterfeits the A6 and A3 that I would guess are way more likely than just a J.

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But those hands would raise me on the turn right?

[obi---one]

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I think that most of the time the jack is a good card for you. It counterfeits the A6 and A3 that I would guess are way more likely than just a J.

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Are u smoking crack? don't you think hero would have been given more action against a two pair hand.

oops, didn't see this post was already answered by paluka, but still that was a ridiculas statement

[34TheTruth34]

I think this river check is reasonable (maybe slightly bad) but certainly not horrific.

[URMeowed]

I agree. There are no legitimate draws, gutshot straight draw notwithstanding. Heads up, easy bet. With the straggler, a river check is reasonable. Plus, you give them a chance to flail. That said, I probably would have fired the river but cats are naturally aggressive animals.

Meow.

[wins_pot]

I'd bet it.
that said, I think I've lost a lot of money in the 100-200 by being taken off good hands, and I don' t think you can call a river raise.
also, there's always a chance he was being super-donkified and chasing with something like KT, in which case you might win an extra bet.