n3rv
Visionary
Silver Level
So in the first hand of a tourney I am dealt KsQs on the button with one limper from the cut-off before me. I raise to 4BB and get a call from both the small blind and the cut-off.
The flop comes 6sAsTh, and it gets checked to me with the cut-off taking a bit of time to check. I figure he might have hit something, but I have a flush and a straight draw and can represent a bigger Ace, or push him off a Six or a Ten.
I bet 3/4 of the pot, mainly for value, but I don't mind a fold or two either. The small-blind folds, the cut-off calls and there is an 8s on the turn giving me the nuts.
Part of me thinks I should check here to either induce a bluff if he is weak or get a value bet on the river if he has some showdown value. But part of me also doesn't want to miss value here on the turn in case he does already have a decent hand or still thinks he can draw and doesn't think I have the nuts because of the way I played the flop.
So I bet just below half the pot hoping he calls or comes over the top but he folds. I'm now thinking this might be a mistake most of the time. What do you think?
Thanks in advance for any help.
The flop comes 6sAsTh, and it gets checked to me with the cut-off taking a bit of time to check. I figure he might have hit something, but I have a flush and a straight draw and can represent a bigger Ace, or push him off a Six or a Ten.
I bet 3/4 of the pot, mainly for value, but I don't mind a fold or two either. The small-blind folds, the cut-off calls and there is an 8s on the turn giving me the nuts.
Part of me thinks I should check here to either induce a bluff if he is weak or get a value bet on the river if he has some showdown value. But part of me also doesn't want to miss value here on the turn in case he does already have a decent hand or still thinks he can draw and doesn't think I have the nuts because of the way I played the flop.
So I bet just below half the pot hoping he calls or comes over the top but he folds. I'm now thinking this might be a mistake most of the time. What do you think?
Thanks in advance for any help.