$2 NLHE Full Ring: Value bet on the river

pokerstars Zoom, Hold'em No Limit - $0.01/$0.02 - 9 players
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Alekskey777 (UTG): $2.68 (134 bb)
Merabio7777 (UTG+1): $2.00 (100 bb)
KOL6KA (MP): $1.96 (98 bb)
mhatter11 (MP+1): $2.38 (119 bb)
G4H4CE (LP): $3.93 (197 bb)
P9TOCHKA (CO): $1.49 (75 bb)
Partizan984 (BU): $0.90 (45 bb)
Yogibear17 (SB): $3.81 (191 bb)
3722BMZ (BB): $13.56 (678 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.03) Hero (3722BMZ) is BB with 9♠ J♠
Alekskey777 (UTG) raises to $0.06, 3 players fold, G4H4CE (LP) calls $0.06, 1 fold, Partizan984 (BU) calls $0.06, 1 fold, 3722BMZ (BB) calls $0.04

Flop: ($0.25) 7♠ 4♥ T♠ (4 players)
3722BMZ (BB) checks, Alekskey777 (UTG) bets $0.14, 2 players fold, 3722BMZ (BB) calls $0.14

Turn: ($0.53) Q♠ (2 players)
3722BMZ (BB) checks, Alekskey777 (UTG) bets $0.24, 3722BMZ (BB) raises to $0.58, Alekskey777 (UTG) calls $0.34

River: ($1.69) K♠ (2 players)
3722BMZ (BB) bets $2.10
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I hoped he had the Ace of spades , or a smaller flush , don't know -I just wanted his money-my money The best hand winsWas he bluffing ? did he have a set? How should I have played the hand , especially on the river

I would raise larger on the turn and jam the river because I don't expect UTG has many weak flushes except A high flush. Set likely fold to any bet anyway

quant1986 said:

I would raise larger on the turn and jam the river because I don't expect UTG has many weak flushes except A high flush. Set likely fold to any bet anyway

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Thank you for your answer I think you are right , a much larger better would be right if he had a set or another hand/draw cause on the river no way he would have called me even if no other spade card had appeared (I have now the feeling) . If he had the Ace of spades flush on the turn and went all in , ofcourse this occassion is a bad situation Ithink , but at least I had the big stack plus some odds to hit the straight flush

Raise slightly larger on the turn so it's an easy river shove. Maximizing EV in poker is also very much about planning your bet sizing.

X/r flop. We get to go wild on this flop as pfc from BB vs an utg opener, waiting to raise turn leaves us pretty face up. All our value has reason to raise flop to deny villains equity and build the pot.

AP on the turn raise bigger.

John A said:

Raise slightly larger on the turn so it's an easy river shove. Maximizing EV in poker is also very much about planning your bet sizing.

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Yes , I can see what you are telling me . I wasn't ready to play aggressively this hand , it caught me by surprise . At the beginning (on the flop) I wanted to check-call, check-fold or check-call on the turn if it was a low flush , but that Qs that gave me the nut flush draw changed my plans . I didn't have betting-plans for this opportunity , that taught me a lesson , to be ready and plan my next moves , and be better at bet sizing

I think not, against utg raiser more 2 opponents, in this case seeing the a cheaper flop with a hend the plays well on post flop is ok.

Gabe16 said:

X/r flop. We get to go wild on this flop as pfc from BB vs an utg opener, waiting to raise turn leaves us pretty face up. All our value has reason to raise flop to deny villains equity and build the pot.

AP on the turn raise bigger.

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frnandoh said:

I think not, against utg raiser more 2 opponents, in this case seeing the a cheaper flop with a hend the plays well on post flop is ok.

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I dont understand. This is on the flop not pre flop?

Wow! hero just extracts from , but when villain folds on the river is obvious that he doesn't have it. His actions inducts me to think he had a pocket pair specially when he cbets on flop against 3 villains, I don't know him to know if he would be able to open AT from utg, but may it be. it's possible he had trips, overpairs, for me is difficult to think he would cbet for bluff even with AK on that situation. on turn he just calls in 3bet, for me he is trying to control the pot more than prepare a trap, I think he could have:

AA - excluding A of spade we have 3 combos
KK, QQ, TT, 77, 44 - more 3 combos possible for each trips, we have 15 combos
AT - 9 combos, maybe he could continue in the hand because the reraise turn was low.

I thought you had to write preflop, misunderstood...

Gabe16 said:

I dont understand. This is on the flop not pre flop?

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