ATo button - bet river?

Fiddler · #1 02-28-2005, 02:09 PM

Sorry, no good reads. I hadn't been at the table long, only 20 hands or so. So far everyone had been incredibly loose pre-flop.

Party Poker 1/2 Hold'em (6 max, 5 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is Button with T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
UTG calls, Hero raises, SB calls, BB calls, UTG calls.

Flop: (8 SB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets, SB calls, BB calls, UTG calls.

Turn: (6 BB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG bets, Hero raises, SB folds, BB calls, UTG calls.

Didn't really know what to think when UTG leads... maybe a flush/straight, high heart semibluff or maybe he has a pair and thinks I have overcards. I tried to get rid of the others or make it expensive to draw. I would have folded for if UTG re-raised... probably.

River: (12 BB) J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (4 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks.

Chicken? What worse hand is calling me here?

Final Pot: 12 BB

kidcolin · #2 02-28-2005, 02:20 PM

I think you should bet and fold to a check-raise. I think hands like KT-JT with a heart are likely hands, as well as maybe A9 or A6 with a heart. A lot of weak players will make the crying call with these hands, so I say bet it.

Fiddler · #3 02-28-2005, 02:28 PM

JT beats me, two-pair, but you are probably right. Bleh, value betting the river and not enough CR are my biggest leaks.

kidcolin · #4 02-28-2005, 03:25 PM

Yeah, I realize it beats you, I'm just saying it's a possible turn-lead out hand on his part. If he does have JT on a flush board, though, I'm not sure you're getting check-raised. If he calls and shows a winner, then so be it. Just keep in mind he'll also call with A9, A6, 88, 77, QT, KT, so you have value in betting.

Value betting the river is a leak I've improved a lot since playing 6max. You'll get better with it.