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The perils of getting greedy on the river
This hand is from the $11 Superstack on Party Poker. We are 8-handed Hero is in the CO and has 116bb. Blinds are 1600/3200. Action folds to us and we raise 2.5bb and get called by the BB (80bb).
Pot 20,800 (6.5bb) Flop JcAs5h
BB checks, hero bets 7,280 (2.3bb or 35%) and BB calls
Pot 35,360 (11bb). Turn 6d. Board JcAs5h6d. BB checks, hero checks – my reasons for checking here are for pot control and to keep worse hands in and generally under rep my hand.
River Td. BB leads for 27,934 (8.7bb). Hero raises 59,200 (18.5bb) with 2 pair. BB 3 bets to 149,918 (47bb) leaving 92K behind. Action is on hero.
At the time I couldn’t think of any hand villain could have that I beat so I folded and proceeded to kick myself for getting greedy and raising the river. Be interested to know what others think.
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Oops lol Hero is dealt AhTc in the CO – trying to do too much at once ????
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Interesting hand…
As played we planned to check back the turn to pot control, so I agree with following through with just a call on the river to stay with that plan since the river didn’t change the nutty hands in our favor. We still lose to better two pair, sets, straights. The x, x, lead lead line from BB is strong all the way…so I agree the river raise is a little thin when board has 3 broadways….so when V 3! the fold makes a lot of sense.
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The 80%pot sizing of V river bet is polarizing, likely composed of very strong hands and hands with little showdown value. What hands are we targeting for call our raise? I guess JT and A6. Would V overvalue these hands and 3bet the river?
Given that we checked turn to be able to call a large river bet, it seems best to follow through. Raising on the river reopens the action and we’re no longer pot controlling.
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