TT - $200NL 6-max

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed) converter

Button ($50.30)
SB ($41.80)
BB ($120.65)
Hero ($226.45)
MP ($179.20)
CO ($235.60)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with T, T.
Hero raises to $8,4 folds, BB calls $6.

Flop: ($17) 6, 6, 3(2 players)
BB bets $14, Hero calls $14.

Turn: ($45) 2 (2 players)[/color]
BB bets $30, Hero calls $30.

River: ($105) J (2 players)
BB bets $24, Hero calls $24.

Final Pot: $153

Thoughts? Really no reads because I was 7-tabling.

I sometimes raise the turn.

I would have raised the flop for sure, you were lucky you didn't face a huge river bet.

Originally Posted by WildBobAA

I would have raised the flop for sure.

A turn raise is less likely to turn your hand into 72o.

I might raise the turn for cheap SD. I think we are ahead about 50% of the time. His line screams 77-99. Might be a weaker OP scared of calling as well though..

Originally Posted by Pingviini

I might raise the turn for cheap SD. I think we are ahead about 50% of the time. His line screams 77-99. Might be a weaker OP scared of calling as well though..

The river bet was lower than the turn bet. This would be a good play if you knew the opponent was going to bet 3/4 pot on the river but would check to you because you showed strength on the turn. What happens when you raise the turn, and get a call, then he pushes on the river? Tough spot. Otherwise Villians line is weak, and Ping's strategy will work.

i make it 70-80 on the turn and check river unless its a 6 or a T

I figured his most likely range was 77-99, or possibly JJ. I called the turn with the intention of raising a turn bet or betting if checked, but then bitched out on my read and played the hand passively. The problem was that after leading the turn for $30 he only had around $75 left. Any raise by me commits him if he wants to play along. If he re-raises AI then I'm pretty much commited to calling. If he calls and pushes the river then I'm in the same position.

First of all I should have stuck to my read. If I chose to just call the turn then I should have pushed the river when the J came and he bet less. If I wanted to keep the pot smaller then I should have taken control with a raise on the flop. I think trying to do it on the turn would have been too late. Because his stack wasn't very deep, I was at his mercy if he decided to put in a decent turn bet, which he did. The fact that he had a significantportion of his stack commited at that point didn't give me much room to manuever. Any raise by me would commit us both. I couldn't find a fold either, so I was left calling and hoping that I either caught another T or didn't face an AI on the river. If his stack had been deeper then I think it's fine to wait until the turn to put in a raise.

BTW my tens were good. He had 99.