4/8 hand- i raise the river...

[bholdr]

4/8 live game at pakers casino in shoreline washington:

I am utg+1 in a 6 handed game and look down to see A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], and i raise

player behind me calls (he is decent, he was waiting for a seat in 8/16, and has mentioned that he plays 15-30 online a lot, so i assume he's competent)

button calls, BB calls, four players in

flop comes out A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

i bet, plater behind raises, other two players fold, i call

turn 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]

i bet, he raises, i call

river 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

i check, he bets, i raise...


thoughts?

[SeaEagle]

Did you put him on exactly AT or A9? Otherwise, if you think you're ahead, you're better off 3-betting the turn.

Personally, with a "decent" read, I'd put him on the following range of hands:
Ax [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], AQ, AJ, ATs, a set, any hand that gave him an open ended straight flush draw. You're not beating any of these hands except for ATs and, really, a decent player isn't going to cold call an EP raise with that.

[Bill C]

Re-raise flop. You have isolation and best hand.
Bet turn.

bill

[dblgutshot]

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Did you put him on exactly AT or A9? Otherwise, if you think you're ahead, you're better off 3-betting the turn.

Personally, with a "decent" read, I'd put him on the following range of hands:
Ax [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], AQ, AJ, ATs, a set, any hand that gave him an open ended straight flush draw. You're not beating any of these hands except for ATs and, really, a decent player isn't going to cold call an EP raise with that.

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AJ isn't beating AT or A9. The only hand that HERo is ahead of on the river (and was behind to on the flop) is T9.

[stankphish]

parkers 4/8 is the tightest game ive ever sat in. i reccomend going across the street to the drift on inn. nice loose fun game if you can stand the smoke

[bholdr]

AJ was really a tough hand to hold in this situation, thare was all kinds of stuff that i was behind, and T9 is the only conceivable holding that i could beat. AK or AQ had me by the balls, and after he raised the turn, i was pretty sure that's what he had.

I went ahead and bet out on the turn in case he had JcQc or some other draw, and has raised the flop in an attempt to get a free card on the turn if he didn't hit. when he raised the turn, that pretty much eliminated the possibility of a draw- now i'm thinking AQ or AK, TT, 99, or T9.

I'm actually suprised that he didn't check behind on the river, given that both the flush and a full was now on board.


i figured that if he was bluffing, he would fold to a raise, and if he wasn't he would re-raise, and i'd have an easy fold. i thought there was about a 25% chance that he was bluffing or would fold AK or AQ to a check-raise, and, given the size of the pot, i went ahead and raised. he gave me an exasperated look, flashed AQ, and mucked it, and i got away with some pretty bad plays.

i see that i should have reraised the flop to know exactly where i was at, and probably check-called it down if he capped.

he asked what i had and i told him. he didn't believe me.