Mini Step 4 Quandry

Put this in the context... at Mini Step 4 the real disaster is not to finish in at least 9th, preferably 5th or higher in order to have another go at the same step.

Table Mini Step 4 1032297 (Real Money) -- Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: onriver (925)
Seat 2: benj07 (1000)
Seat 3: camoflge (1000)
Seat 4: aabrabo2003 (1000)
Seat 5: rsqb07 (1085)
Seat 6: KashCall (970)
Seat 7: LaffitPincay (1075)
Seat 8: HERO (1000)
Seat 9: VeNhac (1000)
Seat 10: fluffandtuff (945)
LaffitPincay posts small blind (10)
uclabruinz posts big blind (15)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ Qh, Kd ]
VeNhac folds.
fluffandtuff folds.
onriver calls (15)
benj07 folds.
camoflge folds.
aabrabo2003 folds.
rsqb07 folds.
KashCall calls (15)
LaffitPincay calls (5)
uclabruinz checks.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 6d, Kc, Qs ]
LaffitPincay checks.
uclabruinz checks.
onriver checks.
KashCall bets (60)
LaffitPincay folds.
uclabruinz calls (60)
onriver folds.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 6s ]
uclabruinz bets (150)
KashCall calls (150)
** Dealing River ** : [ Jc ]
uclabruinz bets (90)
KashCall raises (745) to 745
KashCall is all-In.

HERO?

[tigerite]

Calls, quickly. You're behind 6x, JJ and AA exactly, by my reckoning. Oh and AT but there's no way he has that.

[jwesty5]

hero should bet or check raise the flop and stop playing scared poker

[schwza]

yeah, call. and next time either annonymize yourself all the way or not at all. hero = uclabruinz, for others.

edit: which is his nick here. maybe others figured that out before me.

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yeah, call. and next time either annonymize yourself all the way or not at all. hero = uclabruinz, for others.

edit: which is his nick here. maybe others figured that out before me.

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What a moron. I don't care about anonymity anyway. Don't know why I even tried.

[Wes ManTooth]

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** Dealing Turn ** : [ 6s ]
uclabruinz bets (150)
KashCall calls (150)
** Dealing River ** : [ Jc ]
uclabruinz bets (90)
KashCall raises (745) to 745
KashCall is all-In.

HERO?

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Question, why did you open bet for 90 on the river?

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** Dealing Turn ** : [ 6s ]
uclabruinz bets (150)
KashCall calls (150)
** Dealing River ** : [ Jc ]
uclabruinz bets (90)
KashCall raises (745) to 745
KashCall is all-In.

HERO?

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Question, why did you open bet for 90 on the river?

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Very good question. It was instinctive more than anything else. I'm still learning to slow down and think things through. Didn't want to check and invite a big bet back at me. Wasn't confident enough to make a large bet. At this point I just wanted to get out of this hand and see where we were both at.

Anyone want to guess what he had before I reveal?

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** Dealing Turn ** : [ 6s ]
uclabruinz bets (150)
KashCall calls (150)
** Dealing River ** : [ Jc ]
uclabruinz bets (90)
KashCall raises (745) to 745
KashCall is all-In.

HERO?

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Question, why did you open bet for 90 on the river?

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Very good question. It was instinctive more than anything else. I'm still learning to slow down and think things through. Didn't want to check and invite a big bet back at me. Wasn't confident enough to make a large bet. At this point I just wanted to get out of this hand and see where we were both at.

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Why did you want to get out of the hand quickly, villain has no idea you flopped 2pair, bet out the flop or check-raise. Your weaker river bet looks like a perfect opportunity for villain to steal the pot.

Im gonna guess he had KJ.

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Why did you want to get out of the hand quickly...

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Because I was playing like a giant vagina that was afraid of being shipped back to Step 1.