Poker Forum > Strategy

bet or check the river?

(1/5) > >>

noble1:
I was reading up on some past mtts when i came across this hand on a final table 4 handed which i thought was interesting.

It is a high buy in,4 runners left all pros..
blinds - 150,000/300,000

PRO1 - 9 million in chips
PRO2 - 8.9 million in chips

pro2 is on the button and raises to 1 million with  ah qc
pro1 in the big blind calls

the flop is -  5d 9c :2d:
pro1 checks
pro2 checks

the turn is -  5d 9c :2d: 7c
pro1 bets 1 million
pro2 calls

the river is -  5d 9c :2d: 7c qd
pro1 checks
pro2 ??????


what should pro2 do and why?

TopPair2Pair:
Fold!

kinboshi:
Bet.  2 million.  For value.

hollaboo:
check.if u do have the best hand you have increased yr stack by almost 25%. if u bet and get reraised what u gonna do then? mind u i,m crap so probably totally wrong

rubertoe:
Be gentle i"m not the greatest Strategist :) :-\

I would Check behind!

the reason for this is that the pot is already quite Large and i dont wanna have to comit myself to calling an all in check raise on the end to a draw that could have got there!

Not having any reads on the BB to go on - if i was in that spot (the BB four handed) i"d be calling a lot of button raises with hands like 67/78/89 suited.

The BB Then could have the flush/straight draw on the flop and then the 7 comes on the turn which hits the Straight draws either by completing it or pairing it, so could have a lot of outs to hit hence the call of 1mil on the turn as they are getting more than 3/1 on the call.

The flush comes - Check again - Very passive - Suspicious!

So check behind - hope his draw didnt get there and save yourself a tough decison on the End! ;D

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page