Quote Originally Posted by Chopper
Quote Originally Posted by pgil
Like I said, I would check behind on this river, and the reason is I would also probably call this raise.
theres a statement i seem to hear a good bit that i NEVER understand.

how do you want to check-behind, but call his push?? that, to me, just seems like saying, "i want this to be small, but if he makes it really big, i will snap call."

please explain, if possible, and help me see this one cause i cant.
our hand has a lot of showdown value, and I am really really bad at folding hands like this, so I will most likely call pretty well anything he bets here. Also, a river CR bluff is very uncommon, especially at these stakes. Very few hands are willing to CR this river that we are beating. Those hands that have us crushed will always raise after checking. A naked J may call a small river bet, a weaker K will call anything we put out there, but overall I don't think we lose too much by checking behind, especially compared to the amount we save. And as I said, I am really bad at folding med-strong hands on the river.

That being the case, I check behind without a donkey read. even a vague feeling that he is a moron will lead me to happily get it AI here.

that doesn't mean I think this is the best way to play this river, this is just how I would play it given my weaknesses/leaks. hope that helps.