Tight Poker

[mirage]

River line?


Poker Stars
No Limit Hold'em Cash Game
$0.50/$1 Blinds
6 Players
LegoPoker HH Converter

SB: $200.40
Hero (BB): $100
UTG: $112.30
MP: $38.35
CO: $97.40
BTN: $233.30

Preflop: Hero is dealt Q A (6 Players)
UTG folds, MP calls $1, CO folds, BTN calls $1, SB folds, Hero raises to $6, MP folds, BTN calls $5

Flop: ($13.50) K 7 8 (2 Players)
Hero bets $10, BTN calls $10

Turn: ($33.50) 6 (2 Players)
Hero checks, BTN checks

River: ($33.50) A (2 Players)
I'm first to act...

[ugignadl]

Check call a reasonable amount. Villain could have rivered a better hand than you. I can see him playing Ax with a small pair this way.

[neverthink]

Yeah, I like check/call.

[bram]

If your hand can't take a raise. don't bet.

check call for sure

[mirage]

OK thanks guys. I've been trying to get more value out of my hands lately so even though I knew it was marginal I went with a b/f line. Could have saved myself some money by c/c here, he raised me. I think he had A8, A7, or AK if he was passive.

I'll keep looking for more chances to extract, but obviously I was looking in the wrong place here readless.

[nlman]

Check call a reasonable amount. Villain could have rivered a better hand than you. I can see him playing Ax with a small pair this way.

Right on. A7 or A8.

Ace is a very scary card for him. As played he won´t call it unless he knows he has your ace beat (that is if he isn´t a complete idiot, of course). If you are, in fact, ahead, then the only way to get more money out of him is to check/call a possible bluff (I can even see a check/fold here vrs some players). If he checks behind, then you will also get the benefit of seeing what he had.

Note: If this was an unraised pot, a river bet would make a lot more sense in terms of +EV as well as improving your table rep.