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River call vs unknown.

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Joined: 17.06.2011

Poker Stars, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
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SB: $4.19 (209.5 bb)
BB: $3.62 (181 bb)
UTG: $2.02 (101 bb) => unknown and I'm regular so I suppose he's a recreational.
MP: $1.74 (87 bb)
CO: $4.83 (241.5 bb)
Hero (BTN): $2.55 (127.5 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BTN with K♠: A♦:
UTG raises to $0.05, 2 folds, Hero raises to $0.15, 2 folds, UTG calls $0.10
After PF 3b call I put V on PP, Suited connectors, and possible but less likely: AQ, Axs, .

Flop: ($0.33) 4♣: 4♠: 9♦: (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $0.18, UTG calls $0.18
On a dry board I Cb small to keep PP in and give myself the correct odds to hit my A or K on turn or river.

Turn: ($0.69) A♠: (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks
The A gives me TPTK, I check to induce a bluff on river and hope no spade rivers.

River: ($0.69) T♦: (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $0.22, UTG raises to $1.69 and is all-in, Hero calls $1.47
After all checks from V even on river I exclude a 4 and sets from his range.
The river was a snap-jam after my small bet. I assumed A♣x:club: or TTcould make a play like this as I checked turn and a small bet on the river might seem bluffy from his end of the table.
Usually I don't make these kind of calls as most of the times I loose but was it a correct call in this hand, as played?

Would you play the turn different?

Results:

Spoiler

$4.07 pot ($0.14 rake)
Final Board: 4♣: 4♠: 9♦: A♠: T♦:
UTG showed 9♥: Q♥: and lost (-$2.02 net)
Hero showed K♠: A♦: and won $3.93 ($1.91 net)


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SDK1987
Joined: 12.11.2008

Normally I would go for 3 streets against a unknown on NL2 with in mind most villains are more willing to call random pairs and draws than to bluff on the river. River seems pretty standard indeed. Villains shove makes not to much sense.

Cheers,
SDK1987


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EmiyaKiritsugu
Joined: 13.08.2013

On a dry board I Cb small to keep PP in and give myself the correct odds to hit my A or K on turn or river.

You cbet because you have range advantage, your plan is not to keep pockets in but instead to make decision problematic for opponent and build pot for your overpairs.

The A gives me TPTK, I check to induce a bluff on river and hope no spade rivers.

In spot like this usually you want to bet your strongest top pairs made on turn and check weaker ones which benefit a lot more from bluffcatching line. Good example will be small Ax there - you dont beat any Ax but can induce bluffs from all those KQ/KJ/KT/QJ etc. floating flop and missing. With AK you should just go for bet/bet/bet as this is hand that want to play for stacks and are risking that you will get only one additional street of value instead of two.


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