TPGK, good river value bet?

[gvibes]

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I don't see how you could play it much differently.

Does anyone like a check/raise on the flop? Personally, I think I would 80% of the time, but not on this board.

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I almost never c/r, it's something I really need to work on. I would not c/r on this board unless I had a [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].

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The following is an example of a hand where the flop check-raise is obvious - do you see why? (and ignore the fact that I should have raised preflop)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with Jh, Kh.
UTG calls, 1 fold, UTG+2 calls, Hero calls, <font color="red">MP2 raises</font>, MP3 calls, 4 folds, UTG+2 calls, Hero calls.

Flop: (9.50 SB) Ts, 2h, Ah (4 players)
UTG checks, UTG+2 checks, Hero checks, <font color="red"> MP2 bets</font>, MP3 calls, UTG calls, UTG+2 calls, <font color="red">Hero raises</font>, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, UTG+2 folds.

Good check-raising situations are difficult to recognize (to me, still, at least), but they can make you a lot of money.

[wmmathguy]

Yes, I see why there. I'm usually afraid of check around if I'm not the one on a strong draw.