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Is river bet too big?

mrdaviesmrdavies Member Posts: 475
edited February 2014 in The Poker Clinic
Slider73 Small blind  £0.10 £0.10 £18.63
mrdavies Big blind  £0.20 £0.30 £22.75
  Your hole cards
  • A
  • A
     
Brova Fold     
BramlySlim Fold     
lurcha Raise  £0.40 £0.70 £25.01
mclair Call  £0.40 £1.10 £7.23
Slider73 Call  £0.30 £1.40 £18.33
mrdavies Raise  £1.80 £3.20 £20.95
lurcha Call  £1.60 £4.80 £23.41
mclair Fold     
Slider73 Call  £1.60 £6.40 £16.73
Flop
   
  • J
  • 7
  • Q
     
Slider73 Check     
mrdavies Bet  £4.00 £10.40 £16.95
lurcha Call  £4.00 £14.40 £19.41
Slider73 Fold     
Turn
   
  • 7
     
mrdavies Check     
lurcha Check     
River
   
  • 5
     
mrdavies Bet  £8.00 £22.40 £8.95
lurcha Fold     
mrdavies Muck     
mrdavies Win  £13.68  £22.63
mrdavies Return  £8.00 £0.72 £30.63
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  • mrdaviesmrdavies Member Posts: 475
    edited February 2014
    I checked turn, to Rep AK, and hope he fires with a Q or J.. He checks behind so think he is pot controlling, with one of these 2. thats why i bet so big to make it look like a missed AK.

    4-5 pound looks like value bet, so ddint wanna go that low, although turns out i proabbly would have been called by it.

    any other thoughts on river bet?
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  • 77Chris9177Chris91 Member Posts: 375
    edited February 2014
    In Response to Re: Is river bet too big?:
    I checked turn, to Rep AK, and hope he fires with a Q or J.. He checks behind so think he is pot controlling, with one of these 2. thats why i bet so big to make it look like a missed AK. 4-5 pound looks like value bet, so ddint wanna go that low, although turns out i proabbly would have been called by it. any other thoughts on river bet?
    Posted by mrdavies
    This is a great spot to bet turn, jam river.

    Instead of thinking 'hope he fires with a Q or J' you should be thinking 'If I bet the turn he won't fold a Q (maybe a J)'

    You will get tons more value if you play this sort of hand this way in the future.

    As played your river bet is fine. (I may even go a bit bigger)
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  • mrdaviesmrdavies Member Posts: 475
    edited February 2014

    probably tried to be too cute, if im barrelling them streets he probably calls all the way so should pay it same when i actually have the goods/

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  • KAM99KAM99 Member Posts: 773
    edited February 2014
    Yeah, have to agree that I bet turn as well. He may well have a hand like AK, or a PP and be calling to see what you do on turn/river, but it is quite possible he will call with a Q or J on turn. Add to that I'd rather bet the turn and him fold than go chck/check and him make a straight from the free card I gave him.

    As played and the river bet sizing. It's fine, but not sure why you don't think that looks like a value bet. You put £8 into a £14 pot. I't hardly overbetting it, and I might bet a little more. A bluff would be quite often bigger I think. Yor bet was only actually about 55% of the pot.Hardly a big bet. Sure, a tin value bet might be less than 50%, but think these days peple are so likely to just mash half pot it's not often you see a bet lower than that at river online.
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  • alex1229alex1229 Member Posts: 680
    edited February 2014
    You gotta bet turn, thats poor play you killed the pot then
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