KJo in LAGgy hand

[Hashiell_Dammett]

First off, let me say that I don't think that checking the river is a bad play. I just think that betting is a better play when you consider how the hand was played up to that point. If hero bets the flop and gets 3 callers, then bets the turn and still gets 3 callers, then checking the river is the better play. But the way this hand was played, by betting the river, you are only risking the loss of one more bet for a chance to win a monster. If you check, you have absolutely NO CHANCE of winning this pot.

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3 ppl called your turn checkraise on a 3 diamond board. i doubt anybody is going to fold any mid diamond so i like the check behind.

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Of course they did! They were trapped. This goes along with the cardinal rule of micro-limit: Anybody who has already put in one bet will certainly put in one more.
The semi-bluff check rasie on the turn is a bold move but it is most effective when you follow through on the river. I think that if the button (or any other aggressive player at the table) has something like Ad Kc, he would probably 3-bet your turn c/r. I think it's safe to assume that nobody has a made flush on the turn and the Ad is unlikely. Any goon with Qd or Td is going to stick around for the river on the off chance that they hit a miracle straight flush. But they're not necessarily going to call to the four flush on the river every time (They often will but not EVERY time). And when they do call, the advertising value of your river bet with no diamonds will be worth far more than one BB.

This is just my take. And I'm certainly no expert! [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]