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Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 161
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Originally Posted by GatorJH
Hand 23 - Fimanoid, if you are only "pretty sure" that you have the best hand why bet the river? The pot is small and you can only beat a call by someone who thinks you are bluffing. I can see making this bet if you thought you needed to bet to win the hand, but in your case why not just check this down?
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I guess you mean hand 33 - we are heads-up here with Anon_E_Moose, and are checking it through untill the river, when the board pairs. His checks on the flop and turn tell me that he didn't hit anything. The 4 of hearts on the river pairs the 4 that came on the turn. So he missed the flop, didn't hit the 4 on the turn, and the river is another 4, making me think that I have the best hand. I doubt that he is going to call there with Ace or King high, therefore I have the best hand and bet it out... If he has a small pair, and plays it the same way, he probably calls me, but he still might be afraid me making trips on the river. So I think it's definately +EV to bet out on the river like I did.
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Originally Posted by GatorJH
Hand 43 - Fimanoid, ,why not raise pre-flop here? Also, why not go with a check/call on the flop, then attack on the turn. I wouldn't be too afraid of the flush draw against just one opponent.
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Courtie asked me about this hand as well. Too little money in the pot, it's early in the tourney, and we are heads up - I don't want to invest a lot with a marginal hand (and KJ, even suited is very marginal, especially this early). I would rather see the flop here cheaply, and go on from there.
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