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    Default $200 NL River?

    Just sat down at this table. My rep so far is LAG even though I'm playing TAG. I just hit a string of premium cards as soon as I sat down and played them aggressively, but never had to showdown.

    MP limps. (Stack $180, has been calling small bets and folding to big ones.)

    I raise to $8 in LP with (My stack $240)

    BB calls (Stack $260, hasn't played a hand yet since I've been there). MP calls.

    Pot $25. Flop is

    Checks to me, I bet $18. BB calls. MP calls.

    Pot $79. Turn

    Checks to me, I bet $45. BB calls. MP calls.

    Pot $214. River Checks to me, Hero thinks for a long time...
    Last edited by Checkways; 06-04-2012 at 06:20 PM.
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    Looks like a routine shove to me. Hard to think you're beat and I hate betting less than a shove in these spots.
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    i don't understand what you are asking? this looks like the easiest jam in the world. am i missing something?
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    checking is pretty appealing to me

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    Quote Originally Posted by bikes View Post
    checking is pretty appealing to me
    Why?
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    i, too, am interested to hear the rationale behind checking here.
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    vs two villains makes it slightly more likely that one of them hits a river straight, but it's pretty rare (TJ means calling a gutshot twice, T6 is unlikely to see a flop, 56 is only occasional). They beat TT most of the time they call on the river, but you absolutely crush TT so all good - they can easily call a jam with overpairs, two pairs, and lower sets.

    Quote Originally Posted by bikes View Post
    checking is pretty appealing to me
    care to expand on why?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fnord View Post
    Looks like a routine shove to me. Hard to think you're beat and I hate betting less than a shove in these spots.
    Can you explain why you hate betting less than a shove here?
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    Quote Originally Posted by bikes View Post
    checking is pretty appealing to me
    That's exactly what I did, and afterward, I felt kind of silly since I was way ahead, but I still felt like my reasoning was sound.
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    Quote Originally Posted by daven View Post
    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.
    Last edited by Checkways; 06-14-2012 at 05:36 AM.
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    This is a very easy shove because he doesn't bet with a ton of hands he calls with.
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    check if your stack if your liferoll... ship dat sucka
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    Bet larger on the turn. As played on the river I think I prefer a very small bet, perhaps the same size as you bet the turn or maybe even smaller. Given the card removal of your hand, I doubt you get looked up here very often when you shove.

    Checking is an extremely bad play, like as in you shouldn't be playing 1/2 IMO. No offense.
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    Checking seems better than shoving. When we shove, what calls us? All that's left in their ranges that can call is T9, J9, JT. With blockers, TJ is way more likely. Plus top pair might even fold to shove, since we've 3barrelled after opening pre. If we have notes that tell us either of these can call big river bets with junk pairs, then yeah shove becomes a lot easier.

    I can see the merit in betting a small amount. There's value against 8x if we keep it small.
    Last edited by OngBonga; 07-03-2012 at 01:25 PM.
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    ongies gonna ong
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    so much missed! and MP folds to big bets.

    tbh i think it's nearly impossible to have worse call a shove unless u coolered the living fuck out of them

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    I'd wager that both villains are too scared to bluff rivers with missed draws in 3ways enough that we have to bet something. Smallbet is probably better than shove. The shit that can call a shove will shove over mostly anyway.
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    guys, he's last to act
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    this is why renton wins the big bucks. A+ observation skills.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Renton View Post
    guys, he's last to act
    cannot explain. the amount of facepalming. i am doing. right now. god. i. am. dumber. than. fuck.

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    and this is why i never venture in here anymore...
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    infairness to me this hh is poorly worded -.-

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    Quote Originally Posted by BankItDrew View Post
    and this is why i never venture in here anymore...
    ...because people occasionally misread hands?
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    Quote Originally Posted by d0zer View Post
    ...because people occasionally misread hands?
    yup
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    If i'm not mistaken, we might be talking about a live hand? In which case, I like a shove a lot less.
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    Quote Originally Posted by surviva316 View Post
    If i'm not mistaken, we might be talking about a live hand? In which case, I like a shove a lot less.
    You're probably right about the live game. In which case, I like a shove a lot more.
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    bet 1/3 pot on the river and get looked up by at least one player very often. I think shoves never get called here by anything that checks to you which is not the nuts.
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    Sometimes players call bets before the river because they think they're ahead. Take this hand for example.
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    I'm definitely just shoving the river, there is like, nothing that beats you enough to not shove.
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    Yeah, but Ram, I think there's enough weaker hands that will call a v-bet but not a shove.
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    I would have bet a bit larger on the turn 3way.

    As played easy river shove .
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    Value betting small is much much better than shoving the river.

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