Re: (Stars 1/2) Looking for a check-raise with quads
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Why did you check this river?
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I thought that chances were the river helped him, and even if it didn't my checking the Ace after how I played the hand might make him think I hated it enough to be ready to muck my hand to a bluff, therefore I figured I check, he bets, I check raise him.
So I checked, he bet, I check-raised him, and he called.
At first I thought, nice job kneeco, you got that extra bet out of him. Then I realized checking was a mistake, because if the river did help him he very well might have raised me.
That's the problem with checking here IMO, not that he might check behind but then he might raise a bet.
Ignoring UTG for a moment and just looking at the button.
Checking gets me 0 or 2 bets from him (more often 2).
Betting gets me 1 or 3 bets from him (not sure of frequency).
That's why I think betting was the play, precisely because I think the river helped him.
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