Tale of Two Rivers
 

River 1

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Preflop: Hero is SB with J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
UTG calls, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Hero completes, BB checks.

Flop: (5 SB) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, BB calls, UTG calls, MP2 calls, MP3 calls.

Turn: (5 BB) Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, BB folds, UTG calls, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 raises</font>, MP3 calls, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, UTG calls, MP2 calls, MP3 calls.

River: (17 BB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
Hero checks, UTG checks, MP2 checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 bets</font>, Hero calls


River 2:

Note: LP had 3 BB left


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Preflop: Hero is UTG with 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
Hero calls, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP2 calls, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Button calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, BB checks.

Flop: (4.50 SB) A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 raises</font>, Button calls, BB folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, MP2 calls, Button calls.

Turn: (6.75 BB) 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP2 calls, Button calls.

River: (9.75 BB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Hero checks, MP2 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>

Re: Tale of Two Rivers
 

In hand 2 your flop-turn-river play seems pretty inconsistent... could you elaborate a bit on your reasoning there?

I'm also not sure about your 3-bet on the flop there.

Re: Tale of Two Rivers
 

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In hand 2 your flop-turn-river play seems pretty inconsistent... could you elaborate a bit on your reasoning there?

I'm also not sure about your 3-bet on the flop there.

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I'm not either, honestly.

Re: Tale of Two Rivers
 

Hand 1 - I make an angry call.

Hand 2- Delicious.

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Hand 2- Delicious.


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Why?

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I'm also not sure about your 3-bet on the flop there.

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... I think I'd like the turn donk if you had called the raise on the flop.

Re: Tale of Two Rivers
 

In hand 1, I'd just fold the river. There's a lot that MP3 could have that beats you and he'd need to have the split a lot to make a call worthwhile. That being said, if I wanted to play on, I'd raise to discourage overcalls. Your opponents are rarely going to fold the split for one bet, but there's a good chance they will for two.

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Hand 2- Delicious.


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Why?

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It was the river that got me all excited.

Re: Tale of Two Rivers
 

Hand 1 I like.
Hand 2 looks like spewage to me. I know you raised the river to get rid of MP2, thinking that Button is bluffing a missed draw, and that MP2 has your ace beat. But I think it's backwards. I don't see MP2 checking this through with an ace when no draws come through on the river, and I think it's very possible that the button was calling behind with something like A8/A9 in which he was unsure where he stood.

Re: Tale of Two Rivers
 

hand 1- that's life.

hand 2- i don't like the flop. i do like the way you manipulated the button on the river to make MP2 face a very uncomfortable situation. i imagine the button would bet many lesser holdings here to try to snatch the pot.