How not to bluff! - Hero call?

SpongeDoug

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
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

SpongeDoug

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!!

SpongeDoug

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!

pryce6

it's not that bad a play tbh. unlucky that he called he musta put u on exactly the hand u had.

BrownnDog

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