K3 blind special

Womble · #1 09-14-2005, 09:51 AM

Party Poker 1/2 Hold'em (6 max, 6 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is BB with 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
UTG calls, 2 folds, Button calls, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (4 SB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (4 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG checks, Button checks.

Turn: (2 BB) 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (4 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, UTG folds, Button calls, SB folds.

River: (4 BB) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets, Button calls.

Final Pot: 6 BB

No realy reads but I have started betting what I think is the best hand on the turn. E.g. this situation when I improve to a low pair or when I have a bottom/mid pair on the flop and am first to act with 2-3 opponents that all check, I will bet a non over turn.

Is the bet correct? Same about the river. I was planning of folding to a raise at any point

MrBig30 · #2 09-14-2005, 10:02 AM

Looks good.

mute · #3 09-14-2005, 10:10 AM

I don't see that many worse hands calling this river. I like check/call.

Poldi · #4 09-14-2005, 10:21 AM

I like the turn bet but not the river one. Are you good more than 50% of the time you get called? Certainly not.
The pot was tiny on the turn, its unlikely he ll call both streets with A-high. A-high is also less likely as he checked the flop through on a paired board and didnt raise preflop.
If he calls, he has you beat ~ 90% of the time, making this a horrible bet.
You also wont fold better hands, if he calls the turn in this small pot he wont fold the river.
And finally, the river card doesnt look that good. He must have "something" on the turn and its unlikely it was 2 overs as he didnt raise preflop. The T completes a flush, makes a pair for some gutshots or could give him a straight. It´s certainly not a good card for you and I would check-fold the river. Most passive 1/2ers wont bluff A-high here anyways.

wheelz · #5 09-14-2005, 10:28 AM

but what worse hands are betting the river after you check? i like bet/folding this. a worse 3 is certainly possible, maybe even 22 for god's sake, and bet/fold is better than check/call because you'll let him call with a worse 3 or ace high or something that he might've checked behind with. the flush card just hit, so there's not really any bluff inducing from a missed draw going on, and against the generally passive 1/2 crowd betting i think is better because they're more likely to call with a mediocre hand than bluff with one. i don't think the threat of a bluff raise from a player trying to represent a flush at 1/2 is very high either so i like bet/fold the best here, with check/fold coming second.

MrBig30 · #6 09-14-2005, 10:30 AM

This is exactly what I was thinking. Although I have not played 1/2 lately so it might be off..