$109s - AQ River Snap?

[Unarmed]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (10 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

CO (t1195)
Button (t975)
SB (t925)
BB (t1025)
UTG (t940)
UTG+1 (t1000)
UTG+2 (t1000)
MP1 (t940)
Hero (t1000)
MP3 (t1000)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, UTG+2 calls t15, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t60</font>, <font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, UTG+2 calls t45.

Flop: (t142.50) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
UTG+2 checks, Hero checks.

Turn: (t142.50) T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
UTG+2 checks, Hero checks.

River: (t142.50) 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">UTG+2 bets t125</font>, Hero ???

[durron597]

I pretty much always bet this turn.

[ilya]

do you have any history with this player? does the average 109er make the call on the river with Ace-high? i think it all comes down to whether he thinks that you think that he thinks you almost certainly have just Ace-high. if that's the average level of thinking for a 109er then I'd probably fold, but if you think he just thinks you have Ace-high, then I'd call. i'd also call if you think that he thinks that you think that he thinks you have Ace-high, but will fold to a bet because you think that he wouldn't bluff there knowing that you think that he thinks you have Ace-high.

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P.S. I would fold here because for some reason I really think he has a set of 2s.

I also will usually bet the turn here. As for the river, it feels like every time I talk myself into calling one of these bets I lose. I play the 55's so that's a bit different but same ballpark anyhow.

[tigerite]

I'd fold the river for sure here.

[Irieguy]

The reason you check the turn is to get him to bet 90-140 chips on the river... right?

Nice work.

You raise, he folds. You think "I am the greatest SNG player alive. I sincerely feel sorry for these poor folks. I wonder if I should stay in Thailand for 1 or 2 months."

Irieguy

[ilya]

[ QUOTE ]
The reason you check the turn is to get him to bet 90-140 chips on the river... right?

Nice work.

You raise, he folds. You think "I am the greatest SNG player alive. I sincerely feel sorry for these poor folks. I wonder if I should stay in Thailand for 1 or 2 months."

Irieguy

[/ QUOTE ]

Why are you raising rather than calling? To avoid a showdown?

[Bonafone]

Hero folds.

I fire about 75-100 at the flop about 85% of the time, but if I don't bet the flop then I definately bet around 100 on the turn when checked to.

[Unarmed]

[ QUOTE ]
The reason you check the turn is to get him to bet 90-140 chips on the river... right?


[/ QUOTE ]

Ya that and:

- I don't mind taking a free card with 10 winning outs.
- My flop check loosens his turn calling range up enough that I don't think I have enough FE over hands I'm actually behind to bother betting.

Add em all up and its an easy chck?

Does your flop check really loosen his turn call range that much? I could see many hands folding the turn that are ahead of you myself, maybe I really am too weak-tight? Then again maybe I'm too predictable. In a spot like this I usually figure my opponent has checked twice so he wants to give me the pot, I have pretty much crap myself and with that draw heavy board if he wants to give me the pot now then I'll gladly take it.