Unlucky or could I have played it better?

punxxs_13

Did I play this hand okay?
Is it right to check the river here.. Or should I be betting it?
Is this just unlucky or could I have done anything better?

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
flower11	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£1.42
bignuts27	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£6.46
	Your hole cards	J K
BLIND-PUGH	Fold
punxxs_13	Raise		£0.16	£0.22	£4.35
Loopyliz	Call		£0.16	£0.38	£2.56
flower11	Fold
bignuts27	Fold
Flop
		3 8 K
punxxs_13	Bet		£0.28	£0.66	£4.07
Loopyliz	Call		£0.28	£0.94	£2.28
Turn
		7
punxxs_13	Bet		£0.71	£1.65	£3.36
Loopyliz	Call		£0.71	£2.36	£1.57
River
		2
punxxs_13	Check
Loopyliz	Bet		£0.36	£2.72	£1.21
punxxs_13	Call		£0.36	£3.08	£3.00
Loopyliz	Show	K Q
punxxs_13	Muck	J K
Loopyliz	Win	Pair of Kings	£2.85		£4.06

 

pryce6

u played it well dont worry.

LOL_RAISE

definately bet river at these stakes

Dudeskin8

Played fine just unlucky he has better kicker, but on river just stick them all in as all possible draws missed.

pryce6

In Response to Re: Unlucky or could I have played it better?:

Played fine just unlucky he has better kicker, but on river just stick them all in as all possible draws missed.
Posted by Dudeskin8

What draws?

lynx3ffect

really dry board so i think long term u shud be betting river as he most likely has something to call with having called flop and turn - obv ul this time he has u out kicked

if the flop/turn were wetter and the river bricks i actually like a check to get value from missed draws that obv wudnt call a v bet

unknown_username

spot on gd play

Patching99

I'd have done exactly the same except on the river, pot is £2.36, they have £1.57 behind so i set them all in and lose more in this instance, you are outkicked this time but more times than not you will be ahead.

punxxs_13

Thanks for the responses guys.

I didn't bet the river because I thought maybe she had me beat.. But no way was I ever folding.

Had KJ a couple of hands later and lost to KQ again!! Maybe folding KJ PF is the way to go in future.

Batkin88

At no point did you check to see where you where, she is just quite happily calling your bets so you cant get an idea of what she has, apart from the value bet on the river. I dont think u could of folded this hand but it might of been worth checking the turn to see if she shoves? Then you would know your behind. its one of those hands tho unfortunately just good job you didnt lose your stack