$2 NLHE Full Ring: Is this the right play?

pokerstars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (9 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.com/

CO ($4.55)
Hero (Button) ($2)
SB ($1.12)
BB ($2)
UTG ($2.18)
UTG+1 ($1.44)
MP1 ($1.81)
MP2 ($1.85)
MP3 ($1.60)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 9 , 10
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.02, 2 folds, MP3 (poster) checks, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.02, SB calls $0.01, BB checks

Flop: ($0.10) 8 , 7 , 8 (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG+1 checks, MP3 checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($0.10) J (5 players)
SB checks, BB bets $0.06, 1 fold, MP3 calls $0.06, Hero raises to $0.21, 2 folds, MP3 calls $0.15

River: ($0.58) 8 (2 players)
MP3 bets $1.37 (All-In) after tanking for a while, Hero folds

Total pot: $0.58 | Rake: $0.02

Yeah good fold, you should raise turn bigger for value as your hand is relatively vulnerable.

raise preflop 12c punish the limpers and remember we have POSITION!!

Cbet 3/4 of the pot on the flop... hope to steal and utilize position. we have a strong draw and we want to make money on this hand if it comes out.

Turn well this is the best card for us... we should continue betting 3/4 or pot size bet...

River is absolutely puss...though we do still have a bluff catcher. so depending on our action should vary from who is raising?

He is raising All-In ... does he want a caller? Looks like a bluff.


Lets think about how he played the hand... He limped in, checks the flop and calls the turn... It doesn't look like he has an 8, 7 or a jack here... I guess if he did have a hand it's probably some type of small pockets here or a bluff.

Aces2w1n said:

He is raising All-In ... does he want a caller? Looks like a bluff.

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True, you do have to consider villain can be bluffing here a decent amount of the time.

Good play for me.

I believe we are lost on the river.

Say for argument sake, he truly bluffs us, then good for him and reward the $0.58 for such beautiful bluff.

Yeah, raise pre-preflop and raise a bit more on the turn. River is a bit strange because is he checking the flop with a 7 and then calling a raise with it? That logic doesn't make much sense. Jx seems somewhat possible. He's really pretty polarized to quads or nothing. I'd just believe people at these stakes even if their lines don't make sense.

If you know he's a bad reg, often bad regs will shove the river with the absolute nuts. It's one of their leaks because they messed up on previous streets and trying to make up the value.

John A said:

Yeah, raise pre-preflop and raise a bit more on the turn. River is a bit strange because is he checking the flop with a 7 and then calling a raise with it? That logic doesn't make much sense. Jx seems somewhat possible. He's really pretty polarized to quads or nothing. I'd just believe people at these stakes even if their lines don't make sense.

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What ive been raised up to believe is, if it doesn't make sense it's a bluff.

Players at these levels will bluff really wide, but if he's a bad reg then he's probably not bluffing as much.

Nice fold here.

We simply should not try to bluff catch such a big river bet. The way villain played it is like he has an - most definitely. No other hand plays like this in this situation and nobody will bet such a big amount on the river compared to the pot size. He wants all the value he can get from any worse hand or player.

nice hand....if you could study any HUD help to gain more info could be more evident that your fold it's a better move....he could have trips with decent kicker...

You are just not that lucky. Take it easy