4: Bending over not advised
Level 2, ten players, stacks all ~T1000.
UTG raises to 90.
MP calls. Rest of the table folds.
Flop: T T 6
UTG bets half the pot, MP min raises, UTG calls.
Turn: Q
UTG checks, MP checks.
River: 8
UTG check, MP bets half the pot, UTG calls.
UTG turns over K K but
MP wins with 8 8.
I think the paired T's on the flop scared UTG, but he
didn't want to fold those kings. He said, well, I'll just
try and stay in this hand. In the end, he let one too many cards come out.
I'll bet MP thought he had the best hand all the way through. He may have called if UTG pushed on the flop. But definitely, after not betting the turn, UTG should have folded the river. He wasn't trying for a check raise otherwise he would have done so on the river.
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