Maximizing Value on River with FH

[Bco1/75]

UB No-Limit Hold'em, $.25 BB (10 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

CO ($22)
Button ($12.5)
SB ($27)
BB ($14)
UTG ($8)
UTG+1($19.25)
MP1 ($22)
MP ($23.50)
Hero ($32)



Preflop: Hero delt 6 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]6 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
UTG Folds, UTG+1 calls $.25, MP1 folds, MP calls $.25, Hero Calls, Button calls $.25, SB folds, BB checks

Flop: ($1.35) 6 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (5 players)
BB checks, UTG +1 checks, MP checks, Hero checks, Button checks, BB checks

Turn: ($1.35) 9 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 players)
BB checks, UTG +1 bets $.50, MP calls $.50, Hero calls $.50, Button folds, BB folds.

River: ($2.85) 9 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (3 players)
UTG+1 bets $.50, MP calls, Hero raises to $1.50, MP folds UTG+1 ............

Any thoughts on the River Raise?? Not enough? Too much?


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[beavens]

with sets i like betting on all streets to get a pot going.

[ajmargarine]

Fastplaying is hot these days. It's like slowplaying, but better. Bet. Bet. Bet. Put money in the middle on the flop so that you can build a pot. Any K calls you. Maybe even an 8 calls you. Maybe someone has 79 or 74 and they might call you. Maybe someone will raise you. Who knows what'll happen. But just bet it.

[cs3]

there are 4 people in the hand with you. someone is calling a flop bet and more likely several people are. you need to bet so that crappy straight draws call incorrectly/fold and all pairs/2 pair call or raise. bet and play for a big pot for all the reasons listed by aj.

[tripp0807]

Like others said, your concern here isn't building a pot on the river...it's building a pot period.

You can't wait for people at these levels to get something and play it hard, you have to catch it yourself and hope some idiot caught a piece they're willing to play.

Betting at some point before the river may help you maximize value. You may as well push the river hoping for a call from a naked 9.

[Bco1/75]

THanks, good input..

[Todd]

Others have said it already, but when you bet a pot sized bet into this board others will read you for TP or midpair or a straight dr. Very few players will read you for a set.

If someone bet into you with that board, what would you read them for, in general you wouldnt read them for a set.

So bet the pot and see what happens.

[Bco1/75]

Yea, I donkey'd it. The UTG player turned over 97o for the naked 9.....