Alright, I don't have many questions with how I played this hand, I think it's pretty standard. My question has to do with the river, as I tend to drop the ball and either not value raise when I should or make a crying call when I shouldn't.
Sorry, no reads. Just finished my first orbit at table and haven't seen anything suspicious.
Party Poker 0.50/1 Hold'em (6 max, 6 handed)
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Preflop: Hero is BB with 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG calls, <font color="#666666">
2 folds</font>, Button calls, SB completes, Hero checks.
Flop: (4 SB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, UTG calls, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises</font>, SB folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, UTG folds, <font color="#CC3333">Button caps</font>, Hero calls.
Fair enough, I flopped the nuts. Villain's first raise had me thinking A9 and he's protecting, but the cap showed significant strength.
Turn: (7 BB) A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button caps</font>, Hero calls.
I've "improved" my nut straight here with a flush draw. I'm putting the villain on a set, as I can't see anything else playing this aggressively.
River: (15 BB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises</font>, Hero ???
I now have a flush.. but if Villain had a set, he's now made a boat or quads. Is this an easy raise? I'm obviously not folding, but should I just be calling here?
Thanks in advance.