Originally Posted by DaNutsInYoEye

Too bad you got it backwards.

Originally Posted by Miffed22001

so what about the fact that many pot sized river bets are starting to not be bluffs anymore?

Originally Posted by Massimo

On hand 3 i doubt this guy just cold calls a bet with AQ... he'd do it with AT or A3 though.

Originally Posted by griffey24

A lot of these bluff reads are based on bet size, "why would he bet close to the pot in this spot, as played?" kinda reads. So if villain is betting smaller 2/3,3/4 pot on the river, are you more likely to fold even though you're getting better odds?

Originally Posted by griffey24

Iowa - I agreed with a lot of your logic, but I'm not sure on the hand with KK. Why isn't AQ and KJ in villains range on that flop? I'd imagine AQ and KJ would bet the same way that villain did in that hand.

Originally Posted by AHiltz

- stevethepom sitting in seat 1 with $141.86
- baonce sitting in seat 2 with $79.85
- Luka_Modric sitting in seat 3 with $39.09
- kolle2006 sitting in seat 4 with $29.85
- Parsifal sitting in seat 5 with $99.15 [Sitting out]
- New0rder sitting in seat 6 with $83.02 [Dealer]
- thejack3 sitting in seat 7 with $113.65
- HERO sitting in seat 8 with $102.45
- leebog sitting in seat 9 with $19.95
- Bergmeg sitting in seat 10 with $91.47

thejack3 posted the small blind - $0.50
HERO posted the big blind - $1.00
** Dealing card to HERO
leebog folded
Bergmeg folded
stevethepom folded
baonce folded
Luka_Modric folded
kolle2006 folded
New0rder folded
thejack3 raised - $3.50
HERO called - $3.50

** Dealing the flop
thejack3 bet - $4.00
HERO raised - $10.00
thejack3 called - $10.00

** Dealing the turn
thejack3 checked
HERO bet - $16.00
thejack3 called - $16.00

** Dealing the river
thejack3 bet - $30.00

I call and he shows

Originally Posted by pgil

most of these hands illustrate quite nicely the importance of making thinner value bets, a la NLHET&P. it gets calls from 'bluffcatchers" and makes it harder to read what you actually have.