Ho Hum River Decision

[woodguy]

Boring, but interested in opinions.

1000FPP Sat into a bigger Sat on Stars

I've got 3 tourneys going so I'm really not paying close attention, so no reads on villian.

I think this is one of those spots where a river bet only gets called if I'm beaten.

River play is a leak of mine.

What's your take?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (8 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

UTG (t1615)
UTG+1 (t1810)
Hero (t1465)
MP2 (t1490)
CO (t2385)
Button (t1925)
SB (t2365)
BB (t2055)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t150</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, SB calls t125, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>.

Flop: (t350) 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t200</font>, SB calls t200.

Turn: (t750) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t400</font>, SB calls t400.

River: (t1550) 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks,

Hero ???.


Thanks,
Woodguy

[Pat Southern]

I guess a 6 may pay you off, but I dont think you're best more than 50% of the time when you are called so I check behind.

[lotus776]

agreed, check it avoid losing more to simply top pair.
it's okay to check the river, it's gonna be alright

[Blindcurve]

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I guess a 6 may pay you off, but I dont think you're best more than 50% of the time when you are called so I check behind.

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I agree. I can't figure out what the SB is check/calling, frankly, but I think you're either ahead and uncallable or behind and in danger of getting checkraised.

[Pat Southern]

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I guess a 6 may pay you off, but I dont think you're best more than 50% of the time when you are called so I check behind.

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I agree. I can't figure out what the SB is check/calling, frankly, but I think you're either ahead and uncallable or behind and in danger of getting checkraised.

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With 700 left on the river I think any bet would be allin.

[benneh]

this is weird. usually i'd value bet this all the time, but your stack is too small that its cripping if you're wrong. check behind, but if stacks are deeper i think you value bet this.

[Ian J]

We've already put 2 solid bets in and he's not going away. Missed flush draws won't call, most 9s won't fold now that they've made it this far. I think it's time to just show it down now that the pot has gotten so big and he's going to let you show it down.

[Blindcurve]

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I guess a 6 may pay you off, but I dont think you're best more than 50% of the time when you are called so I check behind.

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I agree. I can't figure out what the SB is check/calling, frankly, but I think you're either ahead and uncallable or behind and in danger of getting checkraised.

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With 700 left on the river I think any bet would be allin.

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You're right, again, given that we don't know if we are ahead. Benneh says he bets again if we're more deeply stacked. What do you think of that?

[woodguy]

Thanks for the replies.

Very basic, but my stack was tricky.

I thought someone would give me crap for my turn bet.

I checked behind, he showed 44.

I'm pretty sure he calls a small bet, but I can't bet small with only 700 behind.

Very ABC, but I haven't posted a hand in a while. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Thanks,
Woodguy