Re: Another brilliant 1/2 6-max session (no-content whine post)
 

I think it is a Clarkmeister situation because you can get a call out of a strong hand without a spade and certainly from a lower spade.

Re: Another brilliant 1/2 6-max session (no-content whine post)
 

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I think it is a Clarkmeister situation because you can get a call out of a strong hand without a spade and certainly from a lower spade.

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I'm probably wrong. I thought it was when you didn't have anything and you were trying to get a better non-spade hand to fold. I haven't looked at it in a long time though. Regardless though, betting the river probably is the right play for the reasons you mentioned.

Re: Another brilliant 1/2 6-max session (no-content whine post)
 

A no-content reply to my own no-content post: I now feel better about myself (this is from the first session since the last).

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Re: Another brilliant 1/2 6-max session (no-content whine post)
 

When you're betting the river on a 4flush board HU, the primary reason you're doing it is not to get better hands to fold. Typically, better hands won't fold. The deuce of trump will usually call. A set will usually call. Hell, bottom pair will sometimes call, "because they had to know." You're betting the river for value. You bet because you don't want a worse hand to check behind. Additionally, hands like sets and two pair have an awfully hard time raising your bet. Even the deuce of trump will have a hard time raising your bet. You get to see the river for the same one bet it'd cost to check/call, and you don't let the other guy check behind. Very seldom in full ring micros games do you ever get a hand better than whatever you're holding to fold.

If he does raise you, well, you've got a decision to make. How big is the pot? Does this guy bluff? Would he raise if he just spiked 2 pair? It's not easy, but you can make the right decsion.

Re: Another brilliant 1/2 6-max session (no-content whine post)
 

i bet/call this river.

Re: Another brilliant 1/2 6-max session (no-content whine post)
 

This hand was one of the most brilliantly played hands I have ever seen from another player. He meta-meta-meta gamed my ass to pwntown with the stone-cold nuts.

(And yes, I should have raised pre-flop.)

PokerStars 0.50/1.00 Hold'em (6 max, 5 handed) converter

Preflop: Heroine is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG calls, MP calls, Button calls, SB completes, Heroine checks.

Flop: (5 SB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Heroine bets</font>, UTG folds, MP calls, Button folds, SB folds.

Turn: (3.50 BB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Heroine bets</font>, MP calls.

River: (5.50 BB) T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Heroine bets</font>, MP calls.

Final Pot: 7.50 BB

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Heroine has Ad 8d (one pair, eights).
MP has Qs 5s (flush, queen high).

Outcome: MP wins 7.50 BB. </font>

-K