Bluffing on the turn, and catching a monster on the river

blargh · #1 06-20-2004, 06:14 PM

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (9 handed)

Button ($$5.80)
SB ($$14.70)
Hero ($$24.75)
UTG ($$44.30)
UTG+1 ($$6.30)
MP1 ($$12.10)
MP2 ($$9.85)
MP3 ($$25)
CO ($$21.40)

Preflop: Hero is BB with T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. MP3 posts a blind of $0.25.
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls $0.25, MP1 calls $0.25, MP2 folds, MP3 (poster) checks, CO raises to $1, Button folds, SB calls $0.90, Hero calls $0.75, UTG+1 calls $0.75, MP1 folds, MP3 folds.

Flop: ($4.65) J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (4 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG+1 checks, CO checks.

Turn: ($4.65) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (4 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG+1 checks, CO bets $0.25, SB folds, Hero raises to $3, UTG+1 folds, CO calls $2.75.
(He checked on the flop, and min bet on the turn, at this point I'm sensing weakness so I take a stab at the pot w/a check-raise bluff, I get called, so I'm thinking either he has AK, (maybe AQ), or theres a remote possibility he's slowplaying AA, (I think these are all possible holdings because of his raise preflop))

River: ($10.65) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets $5, CO raises to $10, Hero calls $5.
(My miracle card, so obviously I bet, I get raised though, and I'm a slightly worried about trip aces, so I play it safe and just call)

Final Pot: $30.65

Results in white below: 
Hero shows Td Tc (three of a kind, tens).
CO shows Js Jd (three of a kind, jacks).
Outcome: CO wins $30.65. 

Wow! I so never put him on this hand. (BTW, its says I showed my hand but I mucked it)

So I'm wondering two things about this hand. (1) About my play. And (2) About his play, I'm actually more interested in his play then my play to be honest.

(1) My play in the hand:
What do you guys think about my check-raise bluff on the turn? And on the river is my call good, or would you guys go all in? And lets pose a hypothetical, if instead of him just min-raising on the river, if he goes all in would you guys call (I think I would of even though I was worried about trip aces, but that doesn't mean its a good call)?

(2) His play in the hand.
I'm not sure what to think about his play because he gives free cards for a straight draw on the flop, and an extremely cheap cards on the turn, and he has a monster so if someone hits he has huge reverse implied odds against him (unless of course he's willing to let go of the hand easily if a draw hits). Against people who will draw when they have awful odds betting big is good. However on the other hand, he showed weakness on the flop, and his action on the turn induced a bluff from me, and on the river I hit my trap card, and his slowplay got me raped. I don't think I'm a bad player, and I don't think I'm a good player either (I'm okay at these limits anyway, I'm at least making money), but I sort of like the way he played it because it extracted maximum money from me, whereas if he bet big on the flop I would of been gone. So, do you guys like his play of the hand, or do you play the hand the way he did it only when you know your opponents and you can trap them, otherwise play it straight forward? Also, the way this hand was played is there anyway in hell anyone puts him on trip jacks, and if so how do you logically do it?