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Was it worth betting river?!
diablo_pez
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Just getting back into a bit of low-stakes cash after a long absence. No reads on villain. Was it worth trying to get 3 streets of value out of this hand, or was I only likely to be called by worse hands? Heard a tip from Rob Yong the other day that basically said "be happy with 2 streets of value". With this in mind, would checking the river be the advisable play?
| lindyloo19 | Small blind | £0.05 | £0.05 | £0.75 | |
| 4464537 | Big blind | £0.05 | £0.10 | £8.04 | |
| Your hole cards |
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| jn111 | Call | £0.05 | £0.15 | £9.01 | |
| pestmick | Fold | ||||
| diablo_pez | Raise | £0.30 | £0.45 | £6.02 | |
| lindyloo19 | Fold | ||||
| 4464537 | Call | £0.25 | £0.70 | £7.79 | |
| jn111 | Fold | ||||
| Flop | |||||
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| 4464537 | Check | ||||
| diablo_pez | Bet | £0.32 | £1.02 | £5.70 | |
| 4464537 | Call | £0.32 | £1.34 | £7.47 | |
| Turn | |||||
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| 4464537 | Check | ||||
| diablo_pez | Bet | £0.95 | £2.29 | £4.75 | |
| 4464537 | Call | £0.95 | £3.24 | £6.52 | |
| River | |||||
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| 4464537 | Check | ||||
| diablo_pez | Bet | £1.25 | £4.49 | £3.50 | |
| 4464537 | Fold | ||||
| diablo_pez | Muck | ||||
| diablo_pez | Win | £2.99 | £6.49 | ||
| diablo_pez | Return | £1.25 | £0.25 | £7.74 | |
Comments
I think at these levels this is a reasonable spot to bet again on the river, just u/l that oppo probably had some sort of busted draw / finally relinquished their 4th pair.
The dynamics will obviously change at higher BI levels, but I think lots of raggier aces will c/c 3 streets of value here, as will some hands with a 10 or 8 (things like 8d7d or Td9d that stuck around after getting a bit of equity on the turn and felt less than 1/2 pot on the river was a bit weak?)
I suppose it's a fair rule of thumb to bet top pair/strong kicker for value at micro cash and only stopping to re-evaluate if the oppo gets aggressive back... I'd imagine AT / A8 would have played back a bit by now and AK would have raised pre (and been ahead all the way anyway).