Very surprising reraise at the river

Atropos · #1 08-10-2004, 03:16 AM

Party Poker 0.50/1 Hold'em (10 handed)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. MP2 posts a blind of $0.50.
UTG calls, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 calls, MP1 folds, MP2 (poster) checks, Hero calls, CO folds, Button folds, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (6 SB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (6 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, UTG+2 checks, MP2 checks, Hero bets, SB folds, BB calls, UTG calls, UTG+2 folds, MP2 folds.

Turn: (4.50 BB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (3 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets, BB folds, UTG calls.

River: (6.50 BB) 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets, UTG raises, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 10.50 BB

The pot seems big enough that I usually have to call this down. But I also noticed that if these usual party fishes suddenly reraise me, they nearly always have hit two pair//trips at the river, but well I said nearly always.
So should I call this down? Had no valuable read on UTG, only knew he played somewhat bad, but not as bad as the typical party fish. I ruled out that he could have got a straight, the only possibility would be Trips or two pair or Ace with better kicker, or Ace with worse kicker. Should I call this down?

Riposte · #2 08-10-2004, 03:28 AM

That sucks. The river check-raise scares me. I would fold.

Atropos · #3 08-10-2004, 04:20 AM

Yep I wanted to fold too, but thought the pot was big enough to warrrant calling. But is this really an auto-fold?? OK I only have Top Pair with semi-fair Kicker, but the board seems totally unthreatening, only rivered two pair//rivered set//bluff seem to make sense.
So would you always fold TPGK to a check-raise on the river?

cartoonsoldier · #4 08-10-2004, 04:25 AM

There is a OESD completed by the 7 on the river.

Atropos · #5 08-10-2004, 04:37 AM

Yep you are right, he could have had T9 as well, I thought that this would be a nearly automatic raise but I forgot that these people dont play like me. Calling the raise is still not a clear error I think, sometimes they bluff at the river and I get fairly ok odds. But now I think about the possibilty of checking behind him. I dont have very much,a weaker Ace would probably call me, but since my kicker is not so good and I have to fear a better ace I now think I should have checked this down at the river.

WillMagic · #6 08-10-2004, 04:40 AM

I love the smell of weak-tight folds in the morning.

Will

cartoonsoldier · #7 08-10-2004, 04:42 AM

I main thing to see here is that he check-called all the way till the river. People will do that mainly 77, 9T, KQ, TQ, TK (IMO). I would rule out other hands (but you never know).

I river raise will could very well represent a busted straight draw and I think you have to call.

WillMagic · #8 08-10-2004, 04:43 AM

You played it fine. If you win every value bet you make on the end, then you aren't value-betting enough. Checking isn't horrible, but if I were in your shoes, I would think that he probably has middle pair or something garbage-y like that and bet, just as you did. This is .5/1, after all. And folding to the check-raise would be beyond awful.

Atropos · #9 08-10-2004, 05:04 AM

Why would be folding to the raise awful?? I have not really anything, top pair good kicker is normally not a hand I like to get check-raised with. I have rarely seen check-raise bluffs at this limit, since you have to have a very good read on a player for them to succeed, and their normal opponents never fold after having bet. So a check-raise has to mean something, and this something is usually better than my top pair ok kicker.

WillMagic · #10 08-10-2004, 05:09 AM

I don't like getting check-raised with top pair good kicker either. But so what. The pot is big. It's one more bet. And you are playing .5/1. This call is automatic. Yes, you will usually be beat. But usually isn't 95%, which is close to what it would take for a fold to be correct.

Don't fold decent hands in big pots for one bet. It's almost always a mistake.

Will