Paying off the river: good play?

[Pokey]

<font color="blue">SLAP is VPIP 89.3%, PFR 10.7%, AvgAgg 1.07 after three orbits. Fish is...a fish. VPIP 39%, PFR 2.44%, AvgAgg 0.83 after four orbits.</font>

Party Poker 2/4 Hold'em (9 handed) converter

Preflop: Pokey is MP3 with Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
UTG calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP1 <font color="#666666">(SLAP)</font> calls, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Pokey 3-bets</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, BB <font color="#666666">(Fish)</font> calls, UTG calls, MP1 <font color="#666666">(SLAP)</font> calls, MP2 calls.

<font color="blue">I've got tons of chasers and a raise from someone I don't fear. Reraise is to knock out dead money and also for value.</font>

Flop: (15.50 SB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
Fish checks, UTG checks, <font color="#CC3333">SLAP bets</font>, MP2 calls, <font color="#CC3333">Pokey raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Fish 3-bets</font>, UTG folds, SLAP calls, MP2 folds, <font color="#CC3333">Pokey caps</font>, Fish calls, SLAP calls.

<font color="blue">Rainbow with no overcards: this flop is perfect for me. Again, I don't believe the trips, so all bets and raises are for value, but if I can knock some fishermen out at the same time, all the better.</font>

Turn: (14.25 BB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Fish checks, SLAP checks, <font color="#CC3333">Pokey bets</font>, Fish calls, SLAP calls.

<font color="blue">Betting the blank when I'm way ahead on pot equity. I like that nobody raises me, here -- I find that comforting.</font>

River: (17.25 BB) A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Fish checks, <font color="#CC3333">SLAP bets</font>, Pokey calls, Fish folds.

Final Pot: 19.25 BB

<font color="blue">I hate poker. I know I'm beaten, but I'm not going to walk away from 18.25BBs just because someone had the balls to bet the ace.</font>

Thoughts?

[mtdoak]

19.25 BB......yes, you pay off here. If he's got AJ, oh well. Alot of times he's just betting the scare card (or at least 3 or 4 in 20). Now, if you call and it raised and 3 bet behind you...its an easy muck.

[Spartan1983]

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19.25 BB......yes, you pay off here. If he's got AJ, oh well. Alot of times he's just betting the scare card (or at least 3 or 4 in 20). Now, if you call and it raised and 3 bet behind you...its an easy muck.

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[Catch of the Day]

Easy call for only one bet. I liked your thinking on all steets.

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