Tough river decision w/ AA
 

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saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>

BB ($97.63)
<font color="#C00000">Hero ($49)</font>
MP ($32.76)
<font color="#C00000">Button : (Villain)/ ($46.89)</font>
SB ($47.95)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.25.
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $2</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Button : (Villain)/ calls $2, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>.

Flop: ($4.75) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $5</font>, Villain calls $5.

Turn: ($14.75) 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $15</font>, Villain calls $15.

River: ($44.75) K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $10</font>, Villain calls $24.89 (All-In), Hero calls $14.89.

Final Pot: $94.53

Have no read on Villain. How is the river play?

Re: Tough river decision w/ AA
 

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Re: Tough river decision w/ AA
 

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Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em 50NL (6 max, 5 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>

BB ($97.63)
<font color="#C00000">Hero ($49)</font>
MP ($32.76)
<font color="#C00000">Button : (Villain)/ ($46.89)</font>
SB ($47.95)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.25.
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $2</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Button : (Villain)/ calls $2, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>.

Flop: ($4.75) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $5</font>, Villain calls $5.

Turn: ($14.75) 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $15</font>, Villain calls $15.

River: ($44.75) K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $10</font>, Villain calls $24.89 (All-In), Hero calls $14.89.

Final Pot: $94.53

Have no read on Villain. How is the river play?

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How is the river play? Pretty bad. Check behind every time.

If I was going to bet, which I wouldnt, I would push in. $10 makes no sense.

Re: Tough river decision w/ AA
 

If I understand it correctly, Hero was OOP and Villain had position on Hero. Yes?

If that is the case, I c/c the river. You're getting very good odds to call, and he could have been calling down with a medium overpair just as often as with a flush draw. The king could be a scare card for him, but when you check he might decide to bluff you.

And the $10 on the river really doesn't make sense. That's less than 1/4 the pot. If you're going to bet that small, just check. As played, you have to call because you're getting great odds on your money. This situation just sucks, but I don't think you played it badly, except the river is a little wierd.

Re: Tough river decision w/ AA
 

Tough spot without read.

I bet 10-12 on the turn and probably check river.

Re: Tough river decision w/ AA
 

Villain had J-10 of hearts for the flush.

He typed, "Sorry I was bored," in chat. Gotta love it. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Re: Tough river decision w/ AA
 

Check-calling the river does look best now...the $10 bet made sense to me at one time, but I don't know what I was thinking. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Re: Tough river decision w/ AA
 

c/c river

one big problem with a $10 river bet is that it will be called by many hands that you beat that would've called the full $25, whereas pretty much everything beating you will raise all-in over the top.
so i would c/c here the vast majority of the time, if i bet out for whatever reason it would have to be a push.

Re: Tough river decision w/ AA
 

If you check/call the river, nobody is going to bluff you here. PP will check behind. Push the river, a flush is going to take all your money anyway and there are no missed draw type hands to bluff you.

Re: Tough river decision w/ AA
 

Check/Call the river

How come almost everyone who posts in small stakes never has a read on their opponent? I don't get it. If you just sat down, fine, but if I had to put a guestimate it seems like almost 70% of posts here don't have reads.