flopped a boat, best way to play it?

[Absalon]

first post. i've looked over this site since i started poker 5-6 months ago and finally decided to post here since i want to take poker seriously. anyways, please comment on the way i played this hand....

#Game No : 2412127043
***** Hand History for Game 2412127043 *****
$3/$6 Texas Hold'em - Saturday, July 23, 19:01:11 EDT 2005
Table Table 54815 (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: fivesense ( $89.17 )
Seat 3: Jpeeze ( $137.50 )
Seat 4: siryogs ( $58.66 )
Seat 5: AochO ( $167.50 )
Seat 6: CarloCoxxx ( $130.75 )
Seat 1: flyty86 ( $117 )
flyty86 posts small blind [$1].
fivesense posts big blind [$3].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to flyty86 [ Jd Js ]
Jpeeze calls [$3].
siryogs calls [$3].
AochO calls [$3].
CarloCoxxx folds.
flyty86 raises [$5].
fivesense calls [$3].
Jpeeze calls [$3].
siryogs calls [$3].
AochO calls [$3].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Jc, 9c, 9s ]
flyty86 checks.
fivesense checks.
Jpeeze checks.
siryogs checks.
AochO checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7s ]
flyty86 bets [$6].
fivesense calls [$6].
Jpeeze folds.
siryogs folds.
AochO calls [$6].
** Dealing River ** [ Qc ]
flyty86 checks.
fivesense checks.
AochO checks.
flyty86 shows [ Jd, Js ] a full house, Jacks full of nines.
fivesense doesn't show [ Ac, 7h ] two pairs, nines and sevens.
AochO doesn't show [ 4h, 4s ] two pairs, nines and fours.
flyty86 wins $46 from the main pot with a full house, Jacks full of nines.
fivesense has left the table.
Game #2412131459 starts.


should i have bet the flop? was i wrong to check the river? i was hoping someone rivered a straight or flush so i could checkraise. thanks.

[clownshoes]

The flop check really sucks
Just keep betting and raising at every opportunity, they cant call otherwise

[Moozh]

They put a bet/raise button on the screen for a reason. Use it! People will call you with so much on the flop it's not funny.

[gobboboy]

Agreed. The only reason you would check the flop there is if you got reraised preflop and just made a call. Let the person who got in the last raise lead on the flop and maybe raise there, but otherwise you are 99.9% you are winning this hand and you want more money in.

Not betting this flop is sketchy. Backing down from a shorthanded pot is suspect. You will lose bets from people who would have otherwise called, and the pot will be larger on the turn for people to call with their draws (although they will mostly be drawing dead). Just because they are drawing dead, doesn't mean they won't pay to do it.

[jrbick]

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flopped a boat, best way to play it?


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bet and raise it. Is there any other way? What does checking the flop gain? I think it's more suspicious than not. Get people to call/raise now while they have some sort of equity if they plan on staying until the river. Waiting for the turn lowers their equity and they are much less likely to call bets there as well.

[callmedonnie]

Don't check flop. Don't check the river. Also, usually flopping the nuts are not the types of hands you should be worried about. However, in this case you should as you missed opportunities to get lots of bets. In limit you need get bets in. Slowplay little. Aggression is probably the most important thing, and if you play that way you'll find yourself stealing pots and also getting paid when you hit hands like this.

[jrbick]

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flopping the nuts are not the types of hands you should be worried about. However, in this case you should as you missed opportunities to get lots of bets .

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People love to call, and I love to let them.

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[ArturiusX]

People love to call, and I love to let them.

[chief444]

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was i wrong to check the river? i was hoping someone rivered a straight or flush so i could checkraise. thanks.

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If they rivered a straight or especially a flush they'll raise and you can 3-bet. They may not 3-bet your check/raise though. A straight won't usually.

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