Did I punk out?

Villain was a pain in my ass... 51.2/14/2.5, which made laying this down hurt all the more. Should I have bet harder early streets and then C/C or C/F the river? Just saw too many things in his range that had me beat by the time we got there...

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em, $.10 BB (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

CO ($5.15)
Button ($9.75)
SB ($3.45)
BB ($6.96)
Hero ($14.95)
UTG+1 ($11.75)
MP1 ($2)
MP2 ($11.10)
MP3 ($9.22)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 9http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif, 9http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif. MP1 posts a blind of $0.10.
Hero calls $0.10, UTG+1 calls $0.10, MP1 (poster) checks, MP2 calls $0.10, 2 folds, Button calls $0.10, 1 fold, BB checks.

Flop: ($0.65) 6http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif, 7http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif, 3http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif (6 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.4, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 calls $0.40, Button folds, BB folds.

Turn: ($1.45) 3http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif (2 players)
Hero bets $0.75, MP2 calls $0.75.

River: ($2.95) 2http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif (2 players)
Hero bets $0.4, MP2 raises to $4.15, Hero folds.

Final Pot: $3.75

why on earth would you bet .40 on the river?

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Originally Posted by martindcx1e

why on earth would you bet .40 on the river?

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To induce a shove? =P

Honestly, didn't know what to do on the River. 1) Check and figured he'd read that as weakness and B/Shove, 2) Send another 1/2 pot bet in which he'd had no problem calling to this point or 3) shove myself and wasn't comfortable with that. How do I get a read on someone like this earlier so that the River choice is a bit clearer... larger bet on Turn?

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Originally Posted by sarbox68

Honestly, didn't know what to do on the River. 1) Check and figured he'd read that as weakness and B/Shove, 2) Send another 1/2 pot bet in which he'd had no problem calling to this point or 3) shove myself and wasn't comfortable with that. How do I get a read on someone like this earlier so that the River choice is a bit clearer... larger bet on Turn?

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on the river, if you think villain has you beat and isn't going to fold then just check it. in your particular hand i don't think the river card changes anything really, and villain doesn't seem to love his hand so i'd probably bet/fold this river. with the bet being somewhere around 1/2 pot. when you bet weak like you did it can cause a lot of players to just shove with any 2 cuz most of the time that means you don't like your hand.

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Thx Martin... that helps a lot. I still trying to get comfortable w/ playing overpairs to SD ... see sets and draws everywhere!

My PFR for PPs only goes to TT UTG. I've been limping 99 and lower with the hope of hitting a set FR. But I guess this falls in the category of "don't just play the cards in front of you." PFR isolates to HU, would put me in a better position on this hand if it didn't buy me the blinds straight out or win w/ a Cbet...

Thanks!!

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Originally Posted by sarbox68

Thx Martin... that helps a lot. I still trying to get comfortable w/ playing overpairs to SD ... see sets and draws everywhere!

My PFR for PPs only goes to TT UTG. I've been limping 99 and lower with the hope of hitting a set FR. But I guess this falls in the category of "don't just play the cards in front of you." PFR isolates to HU, would put me in a better position on this hand if it didn't buy me the blinds straight out or win w/ a Cbet...

Thanks!!

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i've always gone back and forth about raising small/medium pairs early in full ring. there are good reasons to do so, but i think a lot of players can get into trouble spots easily too. just remember you will almost always be out of position when called, and you must not be a spew-bot on the flop by c-betting in bad spots.

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Originally Posted by sarbox68

Honestly, didn't know what to do on the River.

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Originally Posted by some dude

When in doubt, bet more.

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