Flopped Trips...slow played too much?

[Deathwish238]

Should I have bet $1 on the turn? I represented trips by betting the second 7 which I didn't intend to do...

MP's first hand at this table.


***** Game number #16531826579 *****
Hold'em No Limit ($0.02/$0.05) - 2008/04/06 - 13:55:35 (ET)
Table 'Feronia II' 6-max
Seat 5 (BTN) has the button.
SB posts small blind [$0.02]
Hero posts big blind [$0.05]
MP posts big blind [$0.05]
Seat 1 : Hero with $5.03.
Seat 2 : UTG with $6.78.
Seat 3 : MP with $10.00.
Seat 4 : CO with $4.07.
Seat 5 : BTN with $10.21.
Seat 6 : SB with $9.36.

** Dealing hole cards **
Dealt to Hero :

Sklansky group: 2
UTG: folds
MP raises $0.25 to $0.30
CO: folds
BTN: folds
SB: folds
Hero calls [$0.25]
** Dealing Flop ** [Potsize: $0.62]

Hero: checks
MP bets [$0.45]
Hero calls [$0.45]
** Dealing Turn ** [Potsize: $1.52]

Hero: checks
MP: checks
** Dealing River ** [Potsize: $1.52]

Hero bets [$1]
MP: folds
Hero collected $1.47 from pot
Hero: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1.52 | Rake $0.05
Board [Ac Th 5d 7d 7s]
Seat 3: MP folded on the River
Seat 6: SB (small blind) folded before Flop

 

[blankoblanco]

shrug, he didnt have anything. you could just donk turn because check/raising looks so strong... if he doesn't have an A you can't expect to get much more anyway. you could even c/r the flop for the same reason, although i don't hate c/c-ing because it's quite dry

river bet is standard as played.. he's calling any A he checked behind on turn and often calling some big pairs that he'd check behind to showdown.

 

[AlexeiVronsky]

I'd probably have led out on the flop or turn with a small bet, trying to make it look like I'm making a defensive bet with something like KQ or QJ or if on the turn something like a flush draw you want to see, he's not likely to think that 7 helped you so you might get a bluff raise out of it.

 

[Deathwish238]

See that's what I figured, that he'ld think that 7 didn't help me or gave me trips. Most don't think I'ld have trips so I was hoping he'ld call or shove.

 

[Jillychemung]

Again, at these stakes DON'T SLOWPLAY, bet your hands when you get them. Bet $.60 on the flop. The check/call just screams 2P or trips and then the check on the turn just reinforces it.

 

[GoodWoodRR]

You should never check a flopped set. I learned this the hard way in a live tourney. I slow played JJJ and let a guy catch a straight I would min bet it and see what comes on the turn. U will usually get at least a couple of callers on the flop.

 

[blankoblanco]

You should never check a flopped set. I learned this the hard way in a live tourney. I slow played JJJ and let a guy catch a straight I would min bet it and see what comes on the turn. U will usually get at least a couple of callers on the flop.

no, what you should never do is say "never" in poker

 

[t1riel]

You should never check a flopped set. I learned this the hard way in a live tourney. I slow played JJJ and let a guy catch a straight I would min bet it and see what comes on the turn. U will usually get at least a couple of callers on the flop.

Actually, this is a good flop to slowplay a set. There are no flush draws and at best longshot straight draw. Even with the seven on the turn you could probably slowplay. a $1 was probably a bit too much on the river but I think he would have folded on a smaller bet anyway.