River Value Bet?

[GTSamIAm]

Should I gone for the river value bet? I bet the turn to prevent free cards for flush draws. My logic at the time of river checking is thinking no hand is going to call me that I beat with the flush draw. My range of calling hands was K good kicker to A moderate kicker. A bad range to value bet into. Is this thinking correct?

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Preflop: Hero is SB with K/images/graemlins/club.gif, J/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, CO calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero completes, BB checks.

Flop: (4 SB) A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif, K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
Hero checks, BB checks, UTG+1 checks, CO checks.

Turn: (2 BB) 6/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, BB folds, UTG+1 calls, CO calls.

River: (5 BB) 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Hero checks, UTG+1 checks, CO checks.

Final Pot: 5 BB

[Nfinity]

I'm thinking maybe a raise Pre-Flop is in order.

I like everything else. The pot is really small on the River, and while I don't think your behind enough to not bet out, because of the small pot your probably folding to a raise. I believe a check/call is in order.

[davelin]

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I bet the turn to prevent free cards for flush draws.

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Or because with the flop checked around your pair of K's may be best. I'd bet the river.

[davelin]

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I'm thinking maybe a raise Pre-Flop is in order.

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I disagree.

[GTSamIAm]

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Or because with the flop checked around your pair of K's may be best.

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I agree. For clarification, what range of hands are calling the river?

[davelin]

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Or because with the flop checked around your pair of K's may be best.

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I agree. For clarification, what range of hands are calling the river?

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A worse kicker, an 8, 7, 6 or pocket pair.

[GTSamIAm]

Weak aces aren't in there?

[Nfinity]

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Weak aces aren't in there?

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An average micro-limit player would have bet that flop when checked to with an Ace.

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I'm thinking maybe a raise Pre-Flop is in order.

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I disagree.


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I understand what your saying I think. IF we do have an edge here, then it's probably pretty small. I was thinking more along the lines of driving out the BB, or at least not giving him a cheap flop, but the idea of getting a cheap flop with KJo yourself probably outweighs that logic.

For the record are you just calling KQo here as well?

Are you folding to a River raise?

[AngelicPenguin]

I don't think UTG+1 or CO has an A because I think they would have bet the flop. Once BB dumps the turn (my only weak A candidate), I'm betting the river.

[davelin]

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Weak aces aren't in there?

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Sure it's possible but given the flop action not likely.

[Duerig]

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My range of calling hands was K good kicker to A moderate kicker.

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I disagree with this. I think a K with a bad kicker and many pocket pairs call this river.

I think any A would have bet the flop. And any K with a better kicker would have probably raise pf. I may be a bit swayed by the results though. In the future, you should probably cut the hand off before the river when you ask a question like this. Anyway, I think you're ahead, and I would bet this river.