Here is why you do NOT check it down

A six seater at stars. Top two make points. Hero (me) is chip leader at the time.

pokerstars Game #10248257371: Tournament #51937718, $6.00+$0.60 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2007/06/03 - 11:13:09 (ET)
Table '51937718 1' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: mlee32 (970 in chips)
Seat 3: floresur16 (465 in chips)
Seat 4: brummbär 99 (1275 in chips)
Seat 5: Andres_131 (2310 in chips)
Seat 6: titans4ever (3980 in chips)
floresur16: posts small blind 25
brummbär 99: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to titans4ever [Ac 8c]
Andres_131 said, "lol"
Andres_131: folds
titans4ever: raises 100 to 150
mlee32: folds
floresur16: raises 315 to 465 and is all-in
brummbär 99: calls 415
titans4ever: calls 315 this is now a 1395 pot
*** FLOP *** [Th Jd 4c]
brummbär 99: checks
titans4ever: checks
*** TURN *** [Th Jd 4c] [7c]
brummbär 99: checks
titans4ever: checks
*** RIVER *** [Th Jd 4c 7c] [3c]
brummbär 99: checks
titans4ever: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
floresur16: shows [2s 2h] (a pair of Deuces)
brummbär 99: shows [As Ts] (a pair of Tens) how do you not throw you last 810 in with top pair?
titans4ever: shows [Ac 8c] (a flush, Ace high) he allows me to get runner/runner flush
titans4ever collected 1395 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1395 | Rake 0
Board [Th Jd 4c 7c 3c]
Seat 2: mlee32 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: floresur16 (small blind) showed [2s 2h] and lost with a pair of Deuces
Seat 4: brummbär 99 (big blind) showed [As Ts] and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 5: Andres_131 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: titans4ever showed [Ac 8c] and won (1395) with a flush, Ace high

He ended up going out in 4th place. He did not even have enough to do a pot size bet. Why let me draw out two cards for free? This is a time when you need to defend your hand and take a shot at pushing me off a pot and winning a nice size pot against just one player.

I laughed when I saw his hand and realized he hit top pair and did not push. You have to defend your hands at all-times. He could have had over 2k in chips and had a decent shot at making it into the money, instead he left himself the small stack at the table.

Not to defend the guy, he should have at least faked at the pot, but a pair of tens here is 2nd pair not top pair.

Yeah, he should have made you pay to see the turn.

Why aren't you betting that river?

I still say when theres 3 players in the pot and 1 is allin you should check it down,, Unless you got the Nuts,,>>>>>>>>>>>>>buck
Theres a thread i wrote about this very thing in the Golden Archives

lol cant believe you checked the river you had the nuts but checked it down? passing by the opportunity to get even more chips..cuz lets face it after the river you wern't getting beat and he would probably just think you were trying to get him outa the pot so you had a better chance with your hand heads up plus by now he had only like 800 and 2nd pair you could havee got soemthing outa him.

ChuckTs said:

Why aren't you betting that river?

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^^^

You don't bet the turn because you've only got Ace high, and dont want to push the other guy off the pot and let the small stack win. The non river bet is ridiculous, especially bearing in mind the thread topic

Rob never bluffs and is a nit BTW

mischman said:

Rob never bluffs and is a nit BTW

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Someone else take this one please.

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forgot the sarcasm tags, my bad

i think unless you hit/or bad possible straight or flush draw....you check it down

I hit the wrong button on the river, guess that is why I like live so much better. There are no buttons for me to @#@#$ up and miss a chance to bet.