So confused

[Slappz]

Its still early in the tournament 15/30 blinds and i didnt really wanna risk most my stack on this hand. How would you have played this?


Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (8 handed)

MP2 (t364)
CO (t780)
Button (t725)
SB (t1290)
Hero (t1230)
UTG (t1901)
UTG+1 (t760)
MP1 (t950)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls t30, MP2 folds, CO folds, Button folds, SB folds, Hero checks.

Flop: (t75) 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="CC3333">MP1 bets t30</font>, Hero calls t30.

Turn: (t135) T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="CC3333">MP1 bets t30</font>, Hero calls t30.

River: (t195) K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="CC3333">MP1 bets t500</font>, Hero folds.

I figure theres only 135 in the pot so im not losing THAT much by folding but something just didnt seem right in his 500 bet.

Final Pot: t695
<font color="green">Main Pot: t195 (t195), won by MP1.</font>
<font color="green">Pot 2: t500 (t500), returned to MP1.</font>

[durron597]

I would bet the river, and fold to a push.

[ChrisV]

That is a bizarre bet. To me it looks like a flopped straight or a turned full, but who knows.

As the other poster said, things would be clearer if you had bet the river. Imagine MP with a fairly typical hand like A7 - you can't rely on him to bet the river but if you bet reasonably small you'll probably get a call. I would have bet 100 on the river. A large raise then means business and you can fold.