River?
 

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 max, 5 handed) converter

BB ($1196.50)
UTG ($175)
MP ($1182)
Button ($442.75)
Hero ($968.50)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. Hero posts a blind of $5.
UTG calls $10, <font color="#CC3333">MP raises to $40</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero (poster) raises to $115</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG folds, MP calls $80.

Flop: ($260) Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP bets $180</font>, Hero calls $180.

Turn: ($620) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, MP checks.

River: ($620) 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero..


vs Banker04... a good sTAG.
I felt that flop check-call may scare him more then standard lead...then I dont know what happened but I managed to get to river.

Is it standard river push? given how I / he played the hand?

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when pulling [censored] like this i like a turn lead to represent the queen. Looks so obvious which is what is great about it. By the time you get to the river, a lot of people talk themselves into a call.

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flop/turn yuck.
river pushyyyyyy.

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I see. now answer my question and tell me your river play ari lol.

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river pushyyyyyy.

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Is this really a river push? I tend to play the opposite way, bet the flop, give up/reconsider the turn.

Doesn't thebank 8 table? So river is basically a bluff that doesn't make too much sense?

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If hero is gonig to call the river, which is likely given stack sizes, why not push himself and possibly force a laydown from 99? AK?

What would you guys do on flop/turn? it seems to me that leading flop is standard, but it leaves us open to too much. Azk, what would you advocate here?

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Is this really a river push? I tend to play the opposite way, bet the flop, give up/reconsider the turn.

Doesn't thebank 8 table? So river is basically a bluff that doesn't make too much sense?

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Look at the board on the river.

Now look at it again.

95% of the time villain is playing the board, so a bluff doesn't have much downside.

I like the river push.