AJo in the SB -- Comments Please

[JoeU]

I bet the river after improving, he called and folded. He never showed. I still haven't figured out how to get a hand history from the site, so I don't know what he had.

Thanks for all the responses.

Joe

[JoeU]

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I think a big card like a K or Q and I go into check/fold mode.

That doesn't make a lot of sense. You've got no reason to think he has a big card in his hand, right? If anything a big card should make you more likely to bet, since another overcard will make him more likley to fold.

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I've given this some thought. I would probably be inclined to fold here to a bet because if I showed strength on the flop and bet the turn, it could mean to him that I have a pair, or a 7. If I check the river and he bets into me with any face card in the river, I've got to think he has more of this board than I do.

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There'd be no reason to bet the river if you didn't make a pair.

There are three possibilities:

1) He was on a draw and missed.
2) He was on a draw and hit.
3) He has a pair.


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I do agree that checking unimproved in the river is the best play. Since I beat only one scenario in your list, I can get away from this hand if he has sonething, and he's not going to go away if he has something. This was evident in his call on the river. The J must have been an overcard to whatever he had. He must have paird the 4 on the flop, or that is my assumption, and decided to call me down from there.

Joe