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| Because the ace plays high and low. |
  
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#1
12-19-2005, 05:23 PM
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Re: Thumbs up or down on this hand
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[ QUOTE ] I'd usually bet/fold the river. [/ QUOTE ] [/ QUOTE ] what hand range are you putting villian on? The only reasonable hand that villian could have that I beat is KQ. If I bet out on the river I think I am going to get raised a hell of a lot and am basically just donating a BB to CO. 
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12-19-2005, 05:29 PM
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Re: Thumbs up or down on this hand
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I'd usually bet/fold the river. [/ QUOTE ] [/ QUOTE ] what hand range are you putting villian on? The only reasonable hand that villian could have that I beat is KQ. If I bet out on the river I think I am going to get raised a hell of a lot and am basically just donating a BB to CO. [/ QUOTE ] It's six max, right? The guy could have been raising with lots of different hands. Hell, he might even have a jack or pocket kings, and fold thinking he's now behind that ace on the river. If you are betting all along, and that ace doesn't slow you down, if he raises it's an easy fold. Meanwhile, if you check, you are inviting basically any hand to bluff at the pot, and you have to fold anyway. I agree that if he calls the bet, you are probably going to lose, but the pot is big enough that it may be a larger mistake to fold for the one bet on the river. That being said, I'd rather bet than call this river. Let's say the CO has 10-J. You bet the river. Is he calling? Without a read that he's a calling station, there's a pretty good chance he's folding. I bet though for the reasons explained a little earlier.
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12-19-2005, 05:38 PM
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Re: Thumbs up or down on this hand
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I'd usually bet/fold the river. [/ QUOTE ] [/ QUOTE ] what hand range are you putting villian on? The only reasonable hand that villian could have that I beat is KQ. If I bet out on the river I think I am going to get raised a hell of a lot and am basically just donating a BB to CO. [/ QUOTE ] The guy could have been raising with lots of different hands. Hell, he might even have a jack or pocket kings, and fold thinking he's now behind that ace on the river. [/ QUOTE ] I don't know about this logic, I showed all of my aggression prior to there being an ace on the board.
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12-19-2005, 05:34 PM
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Re: Thumbs up or down on this hand
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I'd usually bet/fold the river. [/ QUOTE ] [/ QUOTE ] what hand range are you putting villian on? The only reasonable hand that villian could have that I beat is KQ. If I bet out on the river I think I am going to get raised a hell of a lot and am basically just donating a BB to CO. [/ QUOTE ] Without reads, I'm not assuming right off that he's got a reasonable hand or that he'd play in a reasonable way. Even if his raising range preflop is standard, there's no reason to assume his postflop play is any good at all. For example, many players at this level turn passive with top pair in the face of one flop raise. Say he did this with TT, scared you had a set but willing to call down, and now the ace hits and you bet right out. Might he fold? Say he has KT, didn't fold the flop to the checkraise because no one does at this limit, and called the turn with his gutshot. Is it possible he may bluff when you check the river ace? K9s? Again, passive on flop with top pair when reraised. Might fold to the river ace. I know, these aren't as likely as many of the other holdings, and it's very likely villian has the Axh. It is seeming pretty thin as I go over it. He'll probably call the river for one more bet with any better hand. I guess I'm not convinced that he doesn't bluff a busted draw here enough to fold this river. I hate working without reads. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
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#6
12-19-2005, 08:07 PM
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Re: Thumbs up or down on this hand
Joevak-
call pf call...we have a good hand but OOP vs 3 or more players I dont want to bloat the pot. Since CO raised PF and we have a nice flop the c/r is great- by not 3betting we aren't giving overs/weird draws the odds to call (but that doesn't mean they wont). Turn bet is super standard and I actually like the river. Sure, no reads but what is he raising after a limper that doesn't have us beat? Our only hope is that a river bet will fold a 9 or TT or something. I doubt he bets that river w/ KQ and as far as I can tell everything else has us beat. I dont think we can make QQ or KK fold in this pot for one bet on the river. Some might say bet/fold and try, but I dont think an unknown at 50/1 is disciplined enough to make it.
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#7
12-19-2005, 08:36 PM
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Re: Thumbs up or down on this hand
I'd at least consider 3 betting pre flop to try to get it heads up.
I usually bet the river and fold to a raise because I hate checking and then being in the position of trying to decide whether he's betting a worse hand because I checked or whether he actually has me beat. I think you fold too many winning hands this way and there's absolutely no chance of getting him to fold something better. In this case, there aren't many better hands he could have that he would fold though.
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12-19-2005, 09:15 PM
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Re: Thumbs up or down on this hand
The river is the interesting part of this hand.
Without reads, I don't know. I think bet/fold, check/call and check/fold are all close. Bet/fold is good if he folds a 9. Check/call is good if he bluffs a busted FD more than 1:9. check/fold is probably best. There's a good chance his FD probably backed into a pair. thumbs up.
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