Hand converted with online PokerStrategy.com hand converter:
$0.01/$0.02 No-Limit Hold'em (8 handed)
Known players:
[tg]MP3$2.83:///////;CO (Hero)$3.52:///////;BU$2.14:///////;SB$2.23:///////;BB$2.16:///////;UTG2$2.33:///////;MP1$0.87:///////;MP2$5.14:///////;[/tg]
Preflop: Hero is CO with A:d, Q:c.
4 folds, Hero raises to $0.06, BU folds, SB calls $0.05, BB calls $0.04.
Flop: ($0.18) 7:s, K:s, A:c (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $0.08, SB calls $0.08, BB calls $0.08.
Turn: ($0.42) 4:h (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $0.12, SB raises to $0.40, BB folds, Hero calls $0.28.
River: ($1.22) 8:c (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.
Final Pot: $1.22.
Results follow:
Hero shows a pair of aces(A:d Q:c).
SB shows a pair of kings(K:d J:s).
Hero wins with a pair of aces(A:d Q:c).
Given that i'm not re-raised preflop, and that the other players check around to me on the flop, I am confident that my opponents don't have AA, KK, or AK. But I want to keep weaker hands around, so I make a decent value bet, but without making it extremely expensive for at least one of them to stay.
Same again on the turn, but i'm re-raised. What could he realistically be re-raising me with? A pair of fours? If he had that hand, surely he would have folded on the flop - it was three-way and I could potentially play that way with AA or KK.
I was right about his bluff in this case, but should I have given it more respect?
On the river he checks, which may mean he has given up, but I check back to him in case he really is trapping me somehow with a set.
