A super tuesday hand

[EverettKings]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (10 handed) converter

MP3 (t965)
CO (t1080)
Button (t945)
Hero (t985)
BB (t635)
UTG (t955)
UTG+1 (t635)
UTG+2 (t1160)
MP1 (t2240)
MP2 (t2415)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls t15, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, MP3 calls t15, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to t40</font>, Hero calls t30, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls t25, MP3 calls t25.

Flop: (t172.50) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t100</font>, UTG+1 folds, MP3 folds, Button calls t100.

Turn: (t372.50) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t225</font>, Button calls t225.

River: (t822.50) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets t200</font>, Hero calls t200.

Final Pot: t1222.50

Standard or no?

-Kings

[Shilly]

Fold the river.

[EverettKings]

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Fold the river.

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*Sigh*
Care to expound upon this?

I guess theres no hand that I'm beating at that point.

I'm sorry if this is too trivial for your time, but don't just post telling me what to do. The point of this forum is for people to improve their game, and unless I understand why I should do something I learn nothing.

So please, either explain or don't respond.

-Kings

[jbc]

Hmm, I think I may have checked the flop. The turn bet seemed a little awkward.

On whole, the pf and flop play seem ok, this seems like a tricky one to play out of position.

jbc

[Punker]

He can't play it more like a dry big heart. At the end, the bet represents about a third of your stack, and he's inclined to think you plan to call, having shown strength on the flop and turn, making his bet unlikely to be a bluff.

I guess folding the river seems better, but I know it hurts. I might have bet a little more on the turn, something like 350.

[billyjex]

The 200 bet into a 800 pot looks like something that you definetely can't beat since he expects a call.