did I play this right or am I just a chicken

new to table so no reads. I got beat by bottom trips twice yesterday so I was probably being too conservative on the river. I was paranoid. I was thinking he flopped a lucky straight or maybe higher trips.. Was the check on the river the right thing to do or should I have put him all in. In hindsight, he probably would've called. I have lost a couple of buy ins in the last couple of days and have decided that I need to hunker down and play cards. I just don't want to become pussified.

***** Hand History for Game 3229824758 *****
0/0 Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) - Mon Dec 19 20:23:56 EST 2005
Table Table 68491 (Real Money) -- Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: headcase8 ( $30.25)
Seat 2: clswe ( $22.40)
Seat 3: dannyd267 ( $43)
Seat 4: toughguy__ ( $8.25)
Seat 5: OutCorrect ( $5)
Seat 6: rice7780 ( $31.70)
Seat 7: stewmeat333 ( $9.30)
Seat 8: sphrth ( $35.72)
Seat 9: GP_NEWFIE ( $36.15)
Seat 10: Imx1082 ( $24.45)
sphrth posts small blind (0.10)
GP_NEWFIE posts big blind (0.25)
OutCorrect posts big blind (0.25)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to dannyd267 [ 6h, 6s ]
Imx1082 folds.
headcase8 folds.
clswe folds.
dannyd267 calls (0.25)
toughguy__ folds.
OutCorrect checks.
rice7780 folds.
stewmeat333 calls (0.25)
sphrth calls (0.15)
GP_NEWFIE checks.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 6c, 8h, Ts ]
sphrth checks.
GP_NEWFIE checks.
dannyd267 bets (0.50)
OutCorrect folds.
stewmeat333 calls (0.50)
sphrth raises (1.50) to 1.50
GP_NEWFIE folds.
dannyd267 calls (1)
stewmeat333 calls (1)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 2h ]
sphrth checks.
dannyd267 bets (5)
stewmeat333 folds.
sphrth raises (10) to 10
dannyd267 calls (5)
** Dealing River ** : [ 3c ]
sphrth checks.
dannyd267 checks.
** Summary **
Main Pot: $24.50 | Rake: $1.25
Board: [ 6c 8h Ts 2h 3c ]
headcase8 balance $30.25, didn't bet (folded)
clswe balance $22.40, didn't bet (folded)
dannyd267 balance $55.75, bet $11.75, collected $24.50, net +$12.75 [ 6h 6s ] [ three of a kind, sixes -- Ts,8h,6h,6s,6c ]
toughguy__ balance $8.25, didn't bet (folded)
OutCorrect balance $4.75, lost $0.25 (folded)
rice7780 balance $31.70, didn't bet (folded)
stewmeat333 balance $7.55, lost $1.75 (folded)
sphrth balance $23.97, lost $11.75 [ Td 8d ] [ two pairs, tens and eights -- Td,Ts,8d,8h,6c ]
GP_NEWFIE balance $35.90, lost $0.25 (folded)
Imx1082 balance $24.45, didn't bet (folded)

be more aggressive

he raised the flop.... then he rasied the turn. he doesnt have 45.

I minraise the turn and then look to put him allin on the river.

Originally Posted by Pelion

I minraise the turn and then look to put him allin on the river.

What hands are going to call ur all in for 43$ in a pot of 25$ ?

definitely raise as much as you think he'll call on the river, i would never even think about folding a set at these limits except for obvious cases like 4 suited cards on board or something.

I would bet more on the flop, and I would definitly reraise the flop.

On the turn I would push his reraise

Push/raise huge his reraise on the turn

Deffinitly bet the river, try to get all-in

Originally Posted by TLR

I would bet more on the flop, and I would definitly reraise the flop.

On the turn I would push his reraise

Yes, I think the .50 bet on the flop was pretty wimpy. Then he raised me and "took control" and then I started thinking he might have bigger trips or flopped a straight. I was trying to keep more people in the pot with my mini raise. I don't know if that was mistake or anything.

DannyD

Originally Posted by dannyd267

Originally Posted by TLR

I would bet more on the flop, and I would definitly reraise the flop.

On the turn I would push his reraise

Yes, I think the .50 bet on the flop was pretty wimpy. Then he raised me and "took control" and then I started thinking he might have bigger trips or flopped a straight. I was trying to keep more people in the pot with my mini raise. I don't know if that was mistake or anything.

DannyD

With 4 people seeing the flop and str8 draws on the board I would not try to keep too many people in the pot.
You are in a pretty good position, you got someone who obviously likes this flop, isolate him and try to get as many chips as you can into the pot.
If he has a higher set or he had 79 for a str8 I would pay him off, since msot times you are ahead.
He probably had T9 or similar and got overely attached to the hand

Originally Posted by MannerBoy

Originally Posted by Pelion

I minraise the turn and then look to put him allin on the river.

What hands are going to call ur all in for 43$ in a pot of 25$ ?

Villain only has $35. If i reraise the turn to $20 there will be $40 in the pot on the river and villain will only have about $15 left.
He calls that with anything hes come this far with unless it is a draw in which case he folds to any bet anyway.

Originally Posted by iRICHeyes

Push/raise huge his reraise on the turn

Deffinitly bet the river, try to get all-in

Also, don't worry about a higher set. Nobody here will tell you to fold out of fear of a higher set. Of course I lost my stack yesterday to a higher set, but it's better than losing to somebody hitting a gutshot against you against all odds.

You made two mistakes here
1. You thought about a related hand where u got beat instead of judging this hand on its own merits
2. You sort-of slow played on a dangerous flop and put yourself in a position you didnt need to be.
Note: if you think he calls, get it all in on the turn.

The only way in which you should consider the previous hands to make decisions on a current (or on future) hands is how your opps played, not that they got lucky to beat you...

re-raise the flop; you don't want that heads-up. I don't mind your river check after that min-raise on the river with no reads. The flopped str8 is out there and a bad player could easily think the check raise will work on that river. The fact you did check shows that yoe realize you might have been beat which is good - the fact you didn't get all his money is bad... but it's more results oriented than anything else.