($22) Trying to induce a bluff-raise on the river with a min-bet

[ilya]

And/or to protect me from having to show my hand. And/or to try to get a bit of value.

Yes I should probably have bet on the turn, but given that I didn't, what do you think of the little river bet? I just feel so confident that I have the best hand here (& that if I don't cos someone has JJ, I'm not getting raised) that I don't see much downside to betting.

***** Hand History for Game 2732603694 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:15845809 Level:2 Blinds(15/30) - Sunday, September 18, 10:18:10 EDT 2005
Table Table 13837 (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 7
Seat 2: alhan22 ( $700 )
Seat 3: c_cabe1 ( $685 )
Seat 5: budskin7 ( $2277 )
Seat 6: Sovjet_Star ( $710 )
Seat 7: StneColdCall ( $730 )
Seat 9: K_O_Z ( $1858 )
Seat 10: Tucky33 ( $1040 )
Trny:15845809 Level:2
Blinds(15/30)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to StneColdCall [ Td Th ]
c_cabe1 folds.
budskin7 calls [30].
Sovjet_Star folds.
StneColdCall calls [30].
K_O_Z folds.
>You have options at $1000 Daily Guaranteed(460634) Table #5 Table!.
Tucky33 calls [15].
alhan22 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qd, 6c, 7d ]
Tucky33 checks.
alhan22 checks.
StneColdCall checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5h ]
Tucky33 checks.
alhan22 checks.
budskin7 checks.
StneColdCall checks.
** Dealing River ** [ Qc ]
Tucky33 checks.
alhan22 checks.
budskin7 checks.
StneColdCall bets [30].

[Exitonly]

why woudl you think anyone had JJ? and why no raise preflop?

well i think you should have had bet earlier but since you waited till the river i think this is a good line to take.. i did something like this yeesterday, and just tossed ina min bet at the end after a lot of checked.. guyy came over the top w/ absolutely nothign and it worked well.

So, yea i think that minbet is alright.

[ilya]

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why woudl you think anyone had JJ? and why no raise preflop?

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cos people sometimes limp in with JJ and then check down their nut underpair in a multiway pot. don't get me wrong, i don't think it's at all likely.

I didn't raise cos there was a nice multiway pot brewing and I was looking forward to stacking someone when I flopped my set. Since my implied odds are so good, I'd rather take this line, where I stand to win a lot while risking little. If I raise I either win a tiny pot or have a potentially quite tricky flop to play. Also, I really don't want to give anyone a chance to blow me off my hand by re-raising preflop.

[ilya]

Sorry guys, I meant to post this in the 1-table forum. Wow I'm tired.

[Dave D]

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why woudl you think anyone had JJ? and why no raise preflop?

well i think you should have had bet earlier but since you waited till the river i think this is a good line to take.. i did something like this yeesterday, and just tossed ina min bet at the end after a lot of checked.. guyy came over the top w/ absolutely nothign and it worked well.

So, yea i think that minbet is alright.

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