Here's One From The Wee Hours Of The Morning...

[Rocketwadster 0]

Couldnt sleep last night, so fired up the old Vic 20 and played me some cards. After sitting for about 20 minutes at a 6-max $1/2 LHE table, playing about one hand, the following comes up:All stacks are over $50 (irrelevant). Everyone (except me IMO) has played the same ratio of hands, some aggressive, some passive. No real comments on any players as of yet.Pre-flop: UTG folds. UTG +1 folds. CO Folds. Hero on button raises with AdKd. SB folds. BB calls.Flop (pot is $4 I think) - Ah 4c 9sBB checks. Hero bets. BB raises. Hero calls.Turn (pot is about $8) - 7dBB bets. Hero calls.River (pot is about $12) - 9hBB bets, Hero raises, BB pauses about 8 seconds then re-raises. Hero calls.Results: BB shows 4s 4hComments please.

[navybuttons 15]

i would have called the flop c/r and then raised the turn and c/d if 3bet.

[bobbywithani 0]

Raise turn, as played river raise seems pretty bad to me.

[Mattnxtc 0]

Your range from the button is largeThat means he will often c/r any pair. 3bet the flop, if he caps and leads the turn call down.

[bobbywithani 0]

Your range from the button is largeThat means he will often c/r any pair. 3bet the flop, if he caps and leads the turn call down.

In a FR game I would agree with you but I think the aggro nature of SH games makes it more profitable to call flop and raise turn.

[Zach6668 513]

I could go either way, between 3-betting the flop, and calling flop, raising turn.

[Rocketwadster 0]

My thoughts are that the river card probably didnt hurt my hand as much as it may have improved it (for example, if I was up against A 4, I am now winning). The hands I feared on the flop were A 4, A 9, 4 4, 9 9, A A. If I was up against any of those hands come the river, I am either still behind, or just improved to having the best hand. If the board didn't pair (except the ace), I would have just called his bet.

[navybuttons 15]

If the board didn't pair (except the ace), I would have just called his bet.

you're missing a ton of value imo.goodluck.

[Sheiky 0]

I 3-bet flop, if capped i call down.Maybe i'm missing out on some value this way, but it makes the turn and river a lot easier to play which suits me better.

[Mattnxtc 0]

In a FR game I would agree with you but I think the aggro nature of SH games makes it more profitable to call flop and raise turn.

Its really a pretty marginal gain to wait till the turn to raise (probably less than a SB at most). I think its a good way to randomize your play...but in generally especially in the short term...just get the money in.

[mikeysong 0]

I could go either way, between 3-betting the flop, and calling flop, raising turn.

jariver play is fancy and a 9 is reasonable card for him to have. Fold to the 3bet.