88 as an underpair.... a River decision [Archive]

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PSW

07-06-2005, 12:14 PM

Party Poker 2/4 Hold'em (9 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

BB is a 39/4 after about 25 hands w/ agression factor of 1.25

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 8/images/graemlins/club.gif, 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
1 fold, Hero calls, MP2 calls, 3 folds, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (4 SB) T/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 4/images/graemlins/spade.gif, T/images/graemlins/club.gif (5 players)
SB checks, BB bets, Hero raises, MP2 folds, SB folds, BB calls.

Folding the flop didn't seem right as the SB had checked and the BB could just be stealing...

Turn: (4 BB) 2/images/graemlins/club.gif (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, BB calls.

Well, if he is checking, he doesn't have a T... or he is going to checkraise me... I have a problem fearing the checkraise...

River: (6 BB) A/images/graemlins/club.gif (3 players)
BB checks, Hero checks.

I have a problem fearing the checkraise. I probably should have bet as it was a RR flush, but he could also have been calling down w/ A4... Let me have it....

psw

Final Pot: 6 BB

baronzeus

07-06-2005, 12:21 PM

You can safely bet and fold to a raise here.

meep_42

07-06-2005, 12:42 PM

I like it. If BB was betting his spade draw on the turn, he may have hit his ace. I don't think a hand you beat is paying off a river bet (maybe 55-77), and I don't think you're folding a better hand.

-d

mtdoak

07-06-2005, 12:58 PM

easy check, he's not calling with anything that you beat IMHO.

Dagger78

07-06-2005, 02:10 PM

I think I'd play it the same way. I can't imagine many hands he'll call with that you beat.

Unless you know him to be VERY loose and passive, then I might bet figuring he'd call me with a weak 4 he caught out of the BB. This way you could also fold to a check-raise, but I would still need alot of hands on this guy to feel good about betting this river.