Billionaire
Thursday, June 12th, 2008, 3:00 PM
QUOTE (NoBBiR @ Thursday, June 12th, 2008, 5:46 PM)

Meh, I probably bet the turn as well. $25, and if he calls and checks again on the river I bet $60 and call a shove, obv. I think it's a lot better to try to get 3 streets of value from your sets rather than trying to bluff catch the river. He's rarely going to bet/call the river without two pair, so I think I like to bet the turn and get him to call with TP and then he might feel compelled to call the river as well.
I chose to check the turn for two reasons
1. disguise the strength of my hand
2. get him to value bet a medium strength hand on the river.
This was the logic behind my play:
I had only been showing down very good hands to this point, my betting the flop lets the other players know two things, either i have a hand again this time that is very good, or im using my reputation to convey that i have a good hand again. the villain put the money in on the flop rather quickly so that let me know he either had a draw, which considering this villain him having a 46, 24, or even a gutshot with 67 or a2 was not in his range to float me with this out of position, or he had some sort of a 10, judging by what hands he had played before this i narrowed it to either k10 or a10 suited. When the Q came on the turn completing no draw i chose to check the turn for the above two reasons. This way i believe to the villain i make my hand look like some sort of 10 thats just looking to check down, such as j10 suited or whatnot. His bet on the river made perfect sense for him to do given the situation. He can be sure i wasn't in there with j9 cause that was not in my range at that time and he wanted to get value out of another 10 (he had a10). I my checkraise was i believe exactly where it should have been seeing as it almost looks like a bluff as i made it different from my other raises, acting rather quickly and sort of stared at him, giving off a false tell here and there. Being so young i think also makes other players think younger players have a tendency to bluff more and can't control their tells. He called rather quickly and was surprised to see i had a set. I think it would have been easier for him to get away from, however, if i had bet all 3 streets considering the hands i had bet all streets on before. I changed up my play throughout the session and mixed up things i had done earlier that showed strength when i was weak, etc. and booked a nice win. The win is worthless without trying to get max value out of every situation though. As always, information and criticism is welcome.