River Genius

[aslowjoe]

Yeah Right! What about the river calls or lack of. Or any other comments.
SB is TAG
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Preflop: Hero is Button with A/images/graemlins/spade.gif, K/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB 3-bets</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero caps</font>, SB calls.

Flop: (9 SB) 9/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 5/images/graemlins/club.gif, J/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB 3-bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero caps</font>, SB calls.

Turn: (8.50 BB) T/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, Hero calls.

River: (10.50 BB) 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: 11.50 BB


MP is a unknown
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Preflop: Hero is BB with 7/images/graemlins/club.gif, T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
UTG calls, MP calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (4 SB) 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 9/images/graemlins/heart.gif, T/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, UTG folds, MP calls, SB calls.

Turn: (3.50 BB) 4/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP raises</font>, SB folds, Hero calls.

River: (7.50 BB) 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP bets</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 9.50 BBParty Poker 5/10 Hold'em (6 max, 6 handed)


Button is 58/4/.83
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Preflop: Hero is UTG with A/images/graemlins/spade.gif, K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Button calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, BB calls.

Flop: (6.40 SB) 7/images/graemlins/club.gif, 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 7/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises</font>, BB folds, Hero calls.

Turn: (5.20 BB) T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets</font>, Hero calls.

River: (7.20 BB) 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: 8.20 BB

[Subfallen]

Hand #1: Why cap the flop? I would often just call after he bets into my pre-flop cap.

Hand #2: If you call this turn, you need to call the river IMO. (I.e. if you are this sure he has a 9/44, you didn't have the odds to draw to a T in the first place.)

Hand #3: Looks fine.

[mperich]

Hand 1: Dont cap flop, once I get to the river here also I usually dont fold for 1 more. Its close in this hand tho.

Hand 2: Fold turn or call river. At 5/10 I probably fold turn.

Hand 3 I probably call the river here too.

-Mike

[aslowjoe]

Thanks for the response guys. I am still a little fuzzy on these. 1st hand I capped to see if he was going to lead the turn maybe take a free one, just trying to get a better read. SB is a good player probable 2plus2. Was it you? Folded the river because I couldn't see him playing a draw that hard with just overs.

[RunDownHouse]

My first instinct was also to cap the flop in Hand 1, because if he then just checks to me on the turn I can get a showdown for just 1BB, plus maybe spiking a pair. But then I thought more about how much I really want a showdown UI v. the SB, who likely has at least a pair when he 3bets, and decided that I didn't really want a showdown UI after all.

For a while I was in a phase of raising for cheap showdowns and free cards, but lately I've been realizing that in some situations, a free card or cheap showdown will likely not improve my chances of winning the hand UI, and my chances of unimproving are too slim to draw to. I think realizing this, and calling the 3bet/folding the turn in situations like this hand instead of capping, has improved my game.