After long time lurking, goal in November is to start posting hands frequently, so thanks in advance for any input.
There are situations when a check might earn you an extra bet on the river. Those hands where you are clearly ahead and there is a flush draw that does not get there or an overcard hits the river.
I was trying to find a good example and this is what I came up with. Villain is 40/11/2.21 after 400 hands, but his river agg is 6!!!
Party Poker 5/10 Hold'em (10 handed)
FTR converter on zerodivide.cx
Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
3 folds</font>, MP1 calls, Hero raises</font>, MP3 calls,
1 fold</font>, Button calls,
1 fold</font>, BB calls, MP1 calls.
Flop: (10.40 SB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (5 players)</font>
BB checks, MP1 checks, Hero bets</font>, MP3 calls, Button calls, BB folds, MP1 folds.
Turn: (6.70 BB) 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (3 players)</font>
Hero bets</font>, MP3 calls, Button folds.
River: (8.70 BB) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)</font>
Hero checks, MP3 bets</font>, Hero calls.
Final Pot: 10.70 BB
Ok. So I put him on a busted (?) flush draw or even overcards, so I checked planning on check raising but then...I chickened, because of his river aggr.
Is this a good spot for the theory, ie, a river check to induce a bet and therefore an extra BB?
arx