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River decisions...
So, for the last year I've been working out in Korea, and had no time for poker. Back for a short vacation, rusty as anything but thought I'd play a little for fun while I'm here. This spot happened in the late stages of a tournament.
Villain had been fairly tight, so I'd been adjusting my raise sizes accordingly. Pre I'm obviously happy, flop looks good but I was a little surprised to see the call. Turn is a horrible card, even more so when he calls a fairly sizeable bet. The question is, does the river make me happier or not? Any bet now is pot committing, so do I bet with the intention of getting it in, check with the intention of calling any bet, or check with intention to fold? My instinct is he's pretty strong, but I hate checking the river after attacking all the streets...
Of course, the raise sizing early could be an issue. In retrospect the only one I don't really like is the flop bet though, probably should be more like 3/4 pot to stop these turns happening, just a 2x raise pre is (I think?) acceptable at this stage.
Villain had been fairly tight, so I'd been adjusting my raise sizes accordingly. Pre I'm obviously happy, flop looks good but I was a little surprised to see the call. Turn is a horrible card, even more so when he calls a fairly sizeable bet. The question is, does the river make me happier or not? Any bet now is pot committing, so do I bet with the intention of getting it in, check with the intention of calling any bet, or check with intention to fold? My instinct is he's pretty strong, but I hate checking the river after attacking all the streets...
Of course, the raise sizing early could be an issue. In retrospect the only one I don't really like is the flop bet though, probably should be more like 3/4 pot to stop these turns happening, just a 2x raise pre is (I think?) acceptable at this stage.
| Player | Action | Cards | Amount | Pot | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeucesLive | Small blind | 200.00 | 200.00 | 25382.50 | |
| xxxx | Big blind | 400.00 | 600.00 | 13252.50 | |
| Your hole cards |
| ||||
| chet | Fold | ||||
| DeucesLive | Raise | 600.00 | 1200.00 | 24782.50 | |
| xxxx | Call | 400.00 | 1600.00 | 12852.50 | |
| Flop | |||||
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| DeucesLive | Bet | 800.00 | 2400.00 | 23982.50 | |
| xxxx | Call | 800.00 | 3200.00 | 12052.50 | |
| Turn | |||||
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| DeucesLive | Bet | 2000.00 | 5200.00 | 21982.50 | |
| xxxx | Call | 2000.00 | 7200.00 | 10052.50 | |
| River | |||||
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| DeucesLive | ???? | ||||