QQ in SB

[Saborion]

0.5/1. Pretty tight table. 10-handed. No read on anyone.
I`m dealt Q /images/graemlins/diamond.gif Q /images/graemlins/heart.gif in the SB.

MP3 limps, I raise and he calls.
2 to the flop.

[7 /images/graemlins/heart.gif J /images/graemlins/club.gif 6 /images/graemlins/club.gif] 2.5 BB.
I bet, MP3 calls.
2 to the turn.

T /images/graemlins/heart.gif [7 /images/graemlins/heart.gif J /images/graemlins/club.gif 6 /images/graemlins/club.gif] 3.5 BB.
I bet, MP3 calls.
2 to the river.

8 /images/graemlins/heart.gif [T /images/graemlins/heart.gif 7 /images/graemlins/heart.gif J /images/graemlins/club.gif 6 /images/graemlins/club.gif] 5.5 BB.
I bet, MP3 raise, I call.

[JDErickson]

Looks fine to me

[scotnt73]

looks good well played-you prob lost but its not because you did anything wrong. You gotta call the river here.

[Joe Tall]

Sorry you lost his hand, Sab.

I'd bet this river also but I can't see you winning this hand, eventhough I'd call too online. /images/graemlins/frown.gif

Peace,
JT

[WarmonkEd]

would it have been better to check-call the river instead?

[scotnt73]

he could have just as easily been going for the flush. No sense in seeing monsters. We haveve bet every round and the guy has done nothing but call.

[Joe Tall]

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would it have been better to check-call the river instead?

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In hindsight, obviously, yes. I thought about this hand a bit and I think betting the river is still the best play.

You'll find that top pair on the flop will call you down more often than a runner-runner flush/str8 will raise.

Good question.

Welcome to the forum,
Joe Tall

[Adde]

I think checking the river is a far better play here.

By checking you either:

- Lose one bet if he checks and you win.
- Save one bet if he planned to raise a bet from you.
- Win one bet if your check induce a bluff bet.

By betting you either:

- Lose one bet if he raises.
- Win one bet if he calls and your hand is best.

It might be a close call between checking and betting, but with more ways to profit (2 vs 1) and, more important, since the reward for your opponent to run a successful bluff is so big (the whole pot!), I think it is likely that you will succeed in inducing a bluff, especially with the board you described. Thus, checking is the best play in my book.



Adde

[Saborion]

MP3 flips over K /images/graemlins/club.gif J /images/graemlins/spade.gif and I take it down.

The question still remains, should I have check-called the river...

[Saborion]

I didn`t lose it.