Party Poker 3/6 Hold'em (9 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with [Th], [Jh].
1 fold, UTG+1 calls, MP2 calls, Hero calls, CO calls.

Flop: (11 SB) [6h], [3h], [5d] (5 players)
SB bets, MP2 calls, Hero calls, SB calls.

Turn: (11.50 BB) [Qh] (4 players)
SB checks, UTG+1 bets, SB calls, UTG+1 calls, MP2 calls.

River: (27.50 BB) [5s] (4 players)
SB checks, UTG+1 bets, Hero calls, SB calls.

Final Pot: 36.50 BB

since I'm in a salty poker mood from a 50 BB loss today so I'm not popsting a race report today, but this hand will definetly be part of a double report this weekend. I raised the river just to put in extra value in case utg+1 didn't hit a boat/quads as there is no other logical way for them to play the hand the way they did. I'm thinking I should've capped the flop, but I didn't. Give it a go folks. there are no real reads as I was at the table for a half hour max when this hand happened

What if the UTG had A-x of hearts?

A-5 specifically would be possible, but A-x others are also possibilities
There's no way you should cap this flop with just a draw to the 4th best flush and overcards!

always possible, but their play screamed set or overpair more to me. I don't think they're 3betting the flop w/A5 hearts there. From the little that I saw of them before this hand, just didn't seem like their style to do that

A better question is, why not cap the river if you are capping the turn? i know the river paired here, but the aggressor is the same aggessor from the flop and turn. no one really woke up or changed pattern on the river.

the turn and river should be played the same here.
i would have just called the 3bet on the turn and the river, personally.

but why cap one and not the other?

the turn was an easy cap as I had the best hand, in my mind. I strongly felt that the main villian has a set so the board pairing was my biggest nightmare, along with another heart

Looking at how he played the flop, you might be right. But do you think he raises this scary board with a set on the flop? (Notice he just calls the first bet)

honestly, I dunno. That call-3bet just screamed of a set to me. They seemed the dense type that only looks at their hand from previous play. I don't think they had been paying much attention to my play at all, that goes for the PF raiser as I usually wouldn't raise the flop w/o the goods, which is why I love making these kind of plays as it can hide my flush and oes draws, I've said before, if it makes sense I'm capable of 3betting or capping a strong draw on the flop, which is what I had

I like it. Perfect.

However, how do you feel about a limp/reraise preflop?

Cap the flop.

Equity.

A limp/reraise gets you a lot of information, especially if he caps. I really doubt that he is raising PF with a low PP. I think you cap the river, because all that he could have is QQ or a higher flush. I think a higher flush is more likely than a boat. QQ is possible but I bet it's KK or AA. A limp/reraise gets you that information.

Oops, I was looking at the SB and not UTG+1, UTG+1 might have even flopped a straight or something weird. He gets pretty excited with that flop. A limp/reraise PF might push out a small set so it's probably still the correct play. Cap the river anyway.

with my J10, honestly, I don't because then the hand could very well end up HU as this SB hadn't raised any pot they were in at all, it was either call or call, lol. Their raise from the SB told me that AA or KK was what they had, as they had turned over AQ before and had just limped into the pot in position in a 4 way, so while I hadn't seen 50 to 60 hands yet I had gotten enough of an impression of their play already to know what that SB raise could mean

I just mean to pump the pot when you have a good drawing hand.

You don't think you could get this to be a 5 way capped pot preflop?

no, maybe a 3way cap. I have no problem sdoing that when I think it would make sense, but I really fely I'd then be playing the hand shorthanded, and I don't want to be playing J10s shorthanded