A hand where I DON'T bluff!

[SmileyEH]

Villian in this hand is 25/12 or something. Probably a little too loose and aggressive overall but almost certainly a winner. I checked intending to call the river. Standard? Boring? Terrible? Awesome?

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Preflop: Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 raises</font>, <font color="#666666">6 folds</font>, Hero calls.

Flop: (4.50 SB) T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 bets</font>, Hero calls.

Turn: (3.25 BB) 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, UTG+1 calls.

River: (5.25 BB) K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks

-SmileyEH

[Paxosmotic]

You missed a check-raise on the flop. Do that and the rest of the hand is perfect.

[callmedonnie]

I thought the play is to check raise the turn?

[MainEvent]

I like the river because I can't figure out what worse hand a decent to good player will call you with if you bet out. If it were a horrible player, I'd bet the river though.

I also would have considered check raising the flop. Nicely played, all in all.

[Paxosmotic]

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I thought the play is to check raise the turn?

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Probably better to check-raise the turn honestly, more equity. But the donk bet on the turn screams "did you forget to raise the previous street?"

Also, check-raising the turn makes it very unlikely you get a bet on the river, so it may actually cost you .5bb against a weak opponent.

[private joker]

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I thought the play is to check raise the turn?

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Too dangerous. He'll take a free card a lot of the time.

[SeaEagle]

Yeah, why didn't you c/r the flop?

And I love the river check. I think a lot of people routinely bet when they think they're ahead and don't look for those spots where they're not going to get called by much that they beat - and they'd be much better off trying to induce a bluff instead.

[Entity]

I don't think there's much of a reason to c/r this flop. You'll get 3-bet by worse hands with reasonable frequency and the only hands you're likely to fold are red KQ/KJ.

I think the whole hand is played pretty well.

Rob

[SmileyEH]

I didn't CR the flop because the board is monotone I don't have a club so my equity is greatly reduced, my opp. is aggressive so if he has a hand like AcK he will very likely 3bet me putting me in a marginal situation for the rest of the hand. I think this is good reasoning. Thoughts?

-SmileyEH

[Jake (The Snake)]

Yep I agree completely with this reasoning for the 3-bet.

On the river I like it as long as villain is capable of bluffing (which it looks like he is).

Would you have bet if the river was a complete blank?