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[Absolute]

Party Poker 0.5/1 Hold'em (9 handed) converterPreflop: Hero is Button with Ad, Kd. 2 folds, MP2 calls.Flop: (7 SB) 3c, Qd, 4d (4 players)SB checks, MP2 checks, Hero bets, SB calls, MP2 folds.Betting overcards with outs to the nuts.Turn: (4.50 BB) 6s (3 players)SB checks, Hero bets, SB calls.Still betting, I think this is an obvious bet.River: (6.50 BB) 8c (3 players)SB checks, Hero bets, SB folds.I really thought I could get a fold here and I did, but is this the right play?Final Pot: 7.50 BB

[wrto4556]

I'm checking the river...you're only going to get a better hand to call you.

[Smasharoo]

I like it, I put him on a flush drawWhat the hell does betting the river accomplish then?

[Absolute]

But I think betting this river makes him fold 4-5 suited, 5-6 suited, etc.No?

[wrto4556]

XXEddie said:

wrto4556 said:

I'm checking the river...you're only going to get a better hand to call you.

of course only a better hand will call you!!! its a bluff no K highs will call you. I like it, I put him on a flush draw

So you bet...when you're beat you lose a BB, when you're ahead you win the same...............................Resulting analysis: check

[wrto4556]

Absolute said:

But I think betting this river makes him fold 4-5 suited, 5-6 suited, etc.No?

He called the flop and turn, he's not folding for one more bet...not enough to make it correct, anyway.

[Absolute]

I see your point now wrto.Maybe after a couple more thousand hands of limit holdem these things will become automatic.i curse the day i decided that learning poker playing NL Sit and Gos was the best idea

[Smasharoo]

But I think betting this river makes him fold 4-5 suited, 5-6 suited, etc.No?Yeah maybe. For it to be a correct bluff, though, you have to be folding a *better* hand that yours 1 time in 6. I'm not sure that's happening that frequently here.I think you probably fold a hand you beat anyway a lot, and obviously Qx is calling.

[Smasharoo]

it makes him foldYou win the same siezd pot with zero risk by checking.See?