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sexbobomb
Rising Star
Bronze Level
$10 monster stack tournament early on, 15k starting chips blinds 20/40
Villain early position raises to 120 I call MP with 89s LP calls three to the flop, 420 in the middle.
Flop comes TJ4 rainbow giving me the open-ender. EP opens for 200 both players call. 1020 in the middle to the turn.
7 turn, giving me the semi-disguised straight. EP opens for 440 I reraise to 950 LP folds EP calls. Head-up to the river with 2920 in the middle.
River is a K. Villain checks. The only hands that beat me are AQ and Q9. Neither seem particularly likely to me. Villain flatting the turn and checking the river makes me feel like his hand isn't particularly strong. Villain and hero each have around 13k behind.
How do I size my bet here? I feel that my hand is good but villain is representing enough strength that I don't need to make a thin value bet. I bet 3100, a little larger than the pot. Villain snap calls then mucks. I take down a decent little pot.
My question here is if I should've bet harder on either the turn or the river. I'm obviously happy with the hand result but can't shake the feeling that I might've left some chips on the table. I was a little worried about too strong of a re-raise on the turn scaring off EP, but given that villain probably isn't thinking about the straight I may have underbet there, which obviously costs me even more value on the river.
Villain early position raises to 120 I call MP with 89s LP calls three to the flop, 420 in the middle.
Flop comes TJ4 rainbow giving me the open-ender. EP opens for 200 both players call. 1020 in the middle to the turn.
7 turn, giving me the semi-disguised straight. EP opens for 440 I reraise to 950 LP folds EP calls. Head-up to the river with 2920 in the middle.
River is a K. Villain checks. The only hands that beat me are AQ and Q9. Neither seem particularly likely to me. Villain flatting the turn and checking the river makes me feel like his hand isn't particularly strong. Villain and hero each have around 13k behind.
How do I size my bet here? I feel that my hand is good but villain is representing enough strength that I don't need to make a thin value bet. I bet 3100, a little larger than the pot. Villain snap calls then mucks. I take down a decent little pot.
My question here is if I should've bet harder on either the turn or the river. I'm obviously happy with the hand result but can't shake the feeling that I might've left some chips on the table. I was a little worried about too strong of a re-raise on the turn scaring off EP, but given that villain probably isn't thinking about the straight I may have underbet there, which obviously costs me even more value on the river.