0,5 1 nl at ub calling river bet with a high

[Dr.Klavan]

I was playing 0,5 1 nl holdem at ub.
i am under the gun and have AJo.
Was my call on the flop bad?
How about my call on the river?
Please tell me what you think.

Hand #1188880-11168 at Alaca (No Limit Hold'em)
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Started at 23/Mar/04 19:51:31

Pathetic_One is at seat 1 with $24.50.
scaramanga is at seat 2 with $62.75.
mkp23 is at seat 3 with $10.50.
The Big Don is at seat 4 with $89.
dh1096 is at seat 5 with $50.25.
jh1358 is at seat 7 with $71.50.
Northerly is at seat 8 with $161.50.
HinesDawg is at seat 9 with $28.25.
The button is at seat 8.

HinesDawg posts the small blind of $.50.
Pathetic_One posts the big blind of $1.

Pathetic_One: -- --
scaramanga: As Jh
mkp23: -- --
The Big Don: -- --
dh1096: -- --
jh1358: -- --
Northerly: -- --
HinesDawg: -- --

Pre-flop:

scaramanga raises to $3.50. mkp23 folds. The Big
Don folds. dh1096 calls. jh1358 folds. Northerly
calls. HinesDawg folds. Pathetic_One folds.

Flop (board: 5h Ts Qs):

scaramanga checks. dh1096 bets $4.50. Northerly
calls. scaramanga calls.

Turn (board: 5h Ts Qs 8h):

scaramanga checks. dh1096 checks. Northerly checks.


River (board: 5h Ts Qs 8h Td):

scaramanga checks. dh1096 checks. Northerly bets
$12. scaramanga calls. dh1096 folds.



Showdown:

Northerly shows 2s 9s.
Northerly has 9s Ts Qs 8h Td: a pair of tens.
scaramanga shows As Jh.
scaramanga has As Jh Ts Qs Td: a pair of tens, ace/queen kickers.


Hand #1188880-11168 Summary:

$2.25 is raked from a pot of $49.50.
scaramanga wins $47.25 with a pair of tens.
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[scrub]

Please do not post player names in hand histories!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[scrub]

That being said, also don't raise, or play, AJo UTG.

FWIW the player who bet into you on the river makes that play a lot.

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[Nero]

My thoughts:

Pre-flop: Fold, call, raise. In that order.
(Since you raised pre-flop)
Flop: Bet, check/fold, check/call. In that order.
(If he's still around)
Turn: check-fold.
(Since it was checked though)
River: Fold

On the river your facing a bet with someone still to act behind you, what do you put them on?

Great result though.

[Dr.Klavan]

the player still to act had his check fold button when i checked to him. And when the player bet about half the pot i just knew he had a busted draw. There was a bell going of wich said call. Had that bell a few times earlier and almost never been wrong.

[scrub]

Don't kid yourself--that guy doesn't even know what he has half of the time, so there's no way you know. He could just have easily had bottom pair or an underpair to the board.

It's nice that you won the pot, but you'll lose money taking that line with AJ over time.

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[Nero]

You didn't know you could even beat a busted draw though. I have been called down with A-high many times in my NL career. Usually I just laugh and move on knowing those chips will get distibuted back to the table. On two occasions I immediately got up and left the game, I knew I had been outplayed and read to perfection. In this situation I tend to lead towards the former.