Value bet the river? $200NL - 6 max
 

No read on MP, but thats not the issue.
SB - VP$IP of 69.86 through 1100+ hands

Should I check it down here with the scary river card?


Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ Hero (6 max, 5 handed) internettexasholdem.com

Hero ($188.90)
UTG ($480.75)
MP ($28.40)
Button ($171.05)
SB ($213.95)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $1.
UTG calls $2, MP calls $2, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB (poster) completes, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $7</font>, UTG folds, MP calls $7, SB calls $7.

Flop: ($29) 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $22</font>, MP calls $19.40 (All-In), SB calls $22.

Turn: ($92.40) T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players, 1 all-in)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $25</font>, SB calls $25.

River: ($142.40) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players, 1 all-in)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero ?

Re: Value bet the river? $200NL - 6 max
 

The main mistake in this hand is not betting more on the turn. About $60-$70 seems good. Get money in the pot with the nuts.

As you played it I would bet about $50 on the river.

Re: Value bet the river? $200NL - 6 max
 

Turn is awful. Bet 1/2 -2/3 pot on river.

Re: Value bet the river? $200NL - 6 max
 

Looking at stacks, I'd bet about $50 on the turn. This leaves you with $100 for the river.

Re: Value bet the river? $200NL - 6 max
 

Two reasons I made the small turn bet.
1) SB could have anything, an 8, 6 any pocket pair and I want to just make a suck bet on the turn and on the river when the pot is big I'm going to make a bet that will look like a steal
2) my turn bet looks very weak, this gives him the chance to bluff at the possible flush on board, plus I'm thinking he has drawing dead or near dead

In hindsight I could have made a bet of $40-$50 on the turn an accomlished what I wanted to.



Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ Hero (6 max, 5 handed) internettexasholdem.com

Hero ($188.90)
UTG ($480.75)
MP ($28.40)
Button ($171.05)
SB ($213.95)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $1.
UTG calls $2, MP calls $2, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB (poster) completes, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $7</font>, UTG folds, MP calls $7, SB calls $7.

Flop: ($29) 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $22</font>, MP calls $19.40 (All-In), SB calls $22.

Turn: ($92.40) T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players, 1 all-in)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $25</font>, SB calls $25.

River: ($142.40) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players, 1 all-in)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $80</font>, SB calls $157.95 (All-In), Hero calls $52.90 (All-In).

Final Pot: $433.25
<font color="#009B00">Main Pot: $87.20, between Hero, MP and SB.</font>
<font color="#009B00">Pot 2: $321, between Hero and SB.</font>
<font color="#009B00">Pot 3: $25.05, returned to SB.</font>

Re: Value bet the river? $200NL - 6 max
 

70 vpip fish like to see the river at any cost with any draw, even in a protected pot.

Turn bet way too small.

Re: Value bet the river? $200NL - 6 max
 

Your preflop raise is way to small. Make it $12 or so. Turnbet is also way to small.

A bet of $70 or so is in order on the river. If the sidepot was totally dry maybe a check would had been OK because villian "know" you will almost never bluff then.