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Originally Posted by daven
vs two villains makes it slightly more likely that one of them hits a river straight, but it's pretty rare
That quote was pretty much my reasoning for checking. But like I said, I felt kind of dumb afterward when the BB showed and the MP showed . I have no idea what the pocket fours was thinking. I guess he was trying to be a hero, but I'm pretty sure he would have folded to a river bet.
My reasoning was this: a straight is the only thing that's going to call me. I put at least one of them on a draw, either the straight draw or the flush draw. It's hard to put one of them on the 9T because it's the case nine, so that leaves 56, and the busted flush draw won't call me.
With the draw potential on the board, I couldn't understand why they would check call all the way to the river with an overpair, two pair, or trips. So one had a pair and the other had a draw or they both had a draw. Either way, nothing is going to call me unless I get check raised by the 56. If someone has the A8, the nine is their scare card. They could put me on 89 or 9T or a straight, so they probably wouldn't call either.
I'm still not sure if this is the right thought though. I feel like I need to figure out how to be a little more aggressive on the river, and this hand really stuck out as one that I could have played differently. Considering my rep at that point, I'm pretty sure the 9T would have called a nice sized value bet, so I lost some money here.
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