Bet the River?

[Sarge85]

.50/1.00 Multipoker

Dealt to Hero J /images/graemlins/diamond.gifJ /images/graemlins/spade.gif in SB

UTG+1 Limps, MP Limps, Hero Raises - both call

Flop [3 /images/graemlins/heart.gif8 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif2 /images/graemlins/heart.gif]

Hero Bets - Both Call

Turn [3 /images/graemlins/heart.gif8 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif2 /images/graemlins/heart.gif][5c]

Looking good so far...

Hero Bets - Both Call

River [3 /images/graemlins/heart.gif8 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif2 /images/graemlins/heart.gif5 /images/graemlins/club.gif][K /images/graemlins/spade.gif]

The lone overcard....Who bets the river here?
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Hero Bets
UTG+1 Calls, turns over 4 /images/graemlins/diamond.gifK /images/graemlins/club.gif /images/graemlins/blush.gif

Is checking the river weak tight? Or does it fall into the catergory of only hands that will beat you will call?

[crockpot]

i don't like the preflop raise, but it's not that bad. still, out of position with jacks in a threeway or fourway pot, you usually don't want to raise preflop. here, you would have won the pot if you hadn't made it so big by raising preflop, and that kind of thing happens often when you raise with jacks.

you definitely should bet this river and expect a call from a worse hand. it's just bad luck that your opponent made an accidental top pair while drawing to a straight.

[Joe Tall]

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i don't like the preflop raise, but it's not that bad. still, out of position with jacks in a threeway or fourway pot, you usually don't want to raise preflop.

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Sorry crock, but this is horrible advice. Raise JJ w/9 limpers in the SB/BB. You have the 4th best hand you can be dealt get the money in and build a pot for your big pair.

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you would have won the pot if you hadn't made it so big by raising preflop, and that kind of thing happens often when you raise with jacks.

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Again, worse hands will call and our hero had an unlucky river card. Bad players will call down with over cards all the time regardless of the pot size.

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you definitely should bet this river and expect a call from a worse hand

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This is great advice.

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it's just bad luck that your opponent made an accidental top pair while drawing to a straight.

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And this is why you raise preflop w/JJ.

Peace,
JT

[bisonbison]

Well, I agree that the larger pot may have enticed others to stay in, but anyone who limps and calls a raise at UTG+1 with K4o, and then stays in with a 3-straight on a 2-flush board might not be thinking about the pot odds.

[Joe Tall]

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but anyone who limps and calls a raise at UTG+1 with K4o, and then stays in with a 3-straight on a 2-flush board might not be thinking about the pot odds.

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You are going to be an excellent addition to this forum, keep posting.

Peace,
JT