Top Set, Scary Board, Unraised Pot

UncleRemus · #1 07-14-2004, 03:47 PM

With this scary of a board, I was looking to take down this pot immediately, or at least get draws out, but went for the checkraise to get a few more chips out of the hand. Would it have been a better idea to bet out at a lower amount to see how the action went, or checkraised a lower amount, or was there no getting away from this? What about the rest of the play?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (8 handed)

saw flop|saw showdown

BB (t550)
UTG (t1315)
UTG+1 (t1380)
Hero (t1710)
MP2 (t470)
CO (t680)
Button (t1310)
SB (t585)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, Hero calls t50, MP2 folds, CO calls t50, Button raises to t100, SB folds, BB calls t50, Hero calls t50, CO calls t50.

Flop: (t425) 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (4 players)
BB checks, Hero checks, CO bets t70, Button calls t70, BB folds, Hero raises to t600, CO calls t510 (All-In), Button calls t530.

Turn: (t2205) K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (3 players, 1 all-in)
Hero bets t1010 (All-In), Button folds.

River: (t3215) T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: t3215
Main Pot: t2165 (t2165), between Hero and CO. > Pot won by CO (t2165).
Pot 2: t40 (t40), won by Hero.
Pot 3: t1010 (t1010), returned to Hero.

Results in white below: 
Hero shows 7d 7h (three of a kind, sevens).
CO shows 8h 9h (straight, ten high).
Outcome: CO wins t2165. Hero wins t1050.