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How not to bluff! - Hero call?

SpongeDougSpongeDoug Member Posts: 153
edited February 2010 in Poker Chat
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance
SpongeDoug Small blind  10.00 10.00 1680.00
scouse1515 Big blind  20.00 30.00 1950.00
  Your hole cards
  • 10
  • A
     
anyoldiron Fold     
Cormach Fold     
moff79 Fold     
rawson Call  20.00 50.00 2380.00
SpongeDoug Raise  50.00 100.00 1630.00
scouse1515 Fold     
rawson Call  40.00 140.00 2340.00
Flop
   
  • 9
  • J
  • 8
     
SpongeDoug Bet  105.00 245.00 1525.00
rawson Call  105.00 350.00 2235.00
Turn
   
  • 3
     
SpongeDoug Check     
rawson Bet  350.00 700.00 1885.00
SpongeDoug Call  350.00 1050.00 1175.00
River
   
  • 4
     
SpongeDoug Bet  540.00 1590.00 635.00
rawson Call  540.00 2130.00 1345.00
SpongeDoug Show
  • 10
  • A
   
rawson Show
  • 8
  • Q
   
rawson Win Pair of 8s 2130.00  3475.00
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  • SpongeDougSpongeDoug Member Posts: 153
    edited February 2010
    What a call or am I SOOO transparent?

    Would a shove have won the hand or should I have just folded or given up as soon as I got some interest?


    Any comments welcome as always trying to improve my game!!
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  • SpongeDougSpongeDoug Member Posts: 153
    edited February 2010
    Looking back at it the initial raise was too small and the check call on the turn was where I screwed up. 

    Should have let go there but I may have made that call on a flush draw and I tried to represent that on river!
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  • pryce6pryce6 Member Posts: 1,058
    edited February 2010
    it's not that bad a play tbh. unlucky that he called he musta put u on exactly the hand u had.
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  • BrownnDogBrownnDog Member Posts: 729
    edited February 2010
    The crucial mistake you made in this hand was on 4th street. If you intended to call a bet, then you are much better off betting yourself for a number of reasons:

    1. You can control the size of the bet and thefore are exercising pot control.
    2. You are taking conrtol of the action and putting your oppenent to a descision, if they have weaker hands such as the one he had then he has to simply fold and you win the pot without showdown.
    3. It allows you to bluff on the river as you have taken a line that some many other hands would, e.g a set or 2 pair.


    As played I dont think your oppenent made a particularly awful call at all, as you check call on the turn screamed 'I have a 10'

    All the best



    Browndog
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