QQ from BB. Line check.

No reads at all. Was new at the table. Should I bet the river or is a check/call good enough here? If I get raised I cant see myself winning the hand so with a check/call I only lose 1 bet and its a pretty huge pot.

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Preflop: Hero is BB with Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. UTG+1 posts a blind of $0,50.
UTG calls, UTG+1 (poster) checks, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP2 calls, CO calls, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises</font>, SB calls, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, UTG calls, UTG+1 folds, MP2 calls, CO calls, Button calls, SB calls.

Flop: (19 SB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(6 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG raises</font>, MP2 folds, CO folds, <font color="#CC3333">Button 3-bets</font>, SB calls, <font color="#CC3333">Hero caps</font>, UTG calls, Button calls, SB calls.

Turn: (16.50 BB) T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, UTG calls, Button calls, SB calls.

River: (20.50 BB) J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG checks, Button checks.

Final Pot: 20.50 BB

[MrWookie47]

I really want to say "bet the river," but with 3 other players, I don't think I can. nh.

[midwestkc]

brutal river...I think you did fine...I like that you slowed down there...nh

[bozlax]

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I really want to say "bet the river," but with 3 other players, I don't think I can. nh.

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Are you calling if it's one back to you? If so, doesn't that warrant a bet/fold? (I'm not advocating for bet/fold, just asking...I hate bet/fold.)

[Arnfinn Madsen]

Looked through all streets and think you played all perfectly up until the river. This river is a tough one, but since all of the 3 players are unlikely to have a king given the flop action and they all seem interested to go to showdown (except maybe one player with a missed flush draw), I would bet this river. You can't fold though to a raise (the pot is so huge that the chance some dude tries to bluffraise, warrants a call), so it is a bet/call IMO.

I don't like bet/folding on a 4 broadway board in a pot this big b/c someone is going to be stupid and raise two pair often enough that I think we have to call. That being said, I also don't like bet/calling b/c I don't want two bets going in either. So I think you played it fine. I would call one bet but fold if two back to me here.

The results

UTG has 7h 6h (high card, ace).
Button has 2d Ah (one pair, aces).
SB has Ac 6c (one pair, aces).
Hero has Qs Qd (three of a kind, queens).
Outcome: Hero wins 20.50 BB. </font>

[crownjules]

I'm value betting that river all day long, and tomorrow.

It would be a shame to see it get checked through when no Kings turns up. You'll be winning this pot more often than not, so I think it would be more profitable in the long run to bet here than not.

EDIT: And to answer the question pre-emptively, yes I am calling one back to me (but not 2). JT just made two pair on that river, plus numerous other "favorite" hands.

[detruncate]

I bet/call the river. There isn't any particular resaon to suspect that anyone has a K and we (obviously) beat the myriad 2-pair possibilities.

My first instinct here is to bet out on the river, but I've also been playing too aggressively lately. I think a check in this situation is ok because AK is really the only hand you have to fear and the AK fits how the Button played exactly. I call any bets into me on the river w/ this hand and this size pot.