Auto betting the Pot on the Turn..

[Surf_Thug]

This is a strange hand. I know I played badly, but the auto bet on the turn just threw me totally off.

I figured he had an over-pair to the flop, but the auto bet of the Pot on the turn meant that the king probably didn't help him. So I put him on 10's/jacks/ or queens.

I ruled out a set or Aces, because you'd at least want to make al ittle money on those hands


Or maybe he was on the spade draw.

If my read was right the king gave me a higher pair, and I had the diamond flush draw as outs.

That's my reasoning. Now a better player can feel free to tell me how I should have played it.

Thanks in advance..


***** Hand History for Game 2518438726 *****
$25 PL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, August 11, 19:26:22 EDT 2005
Table Table 36871 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: Mister_MD ( $14.40 )
Seat 2: See_U_At_Rvr ( $29.60 )
Seat 3: Nayajean ( $40.45 )
Seat 4: sssoop ( $10.65 )
Seat 6: Crabscratch ( $42.25 )
Seat 7: Bad_Company_ ( $25.35 )
Seat 8: Bullishgains ( $23.55 )
Seat 10: LennytheDip ( $42.89 )
Seat 9: Unitisimo ( $25 )
See_U_At_Rvr posts small blind [$0.10].
Nayajean posts big blind [$0.25].
Unitisimo posts big blind [$0.25].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Bad_Company_ [ 8d Kd ]
sssoop calls [$0.25].
Crabscratch calls [$0.25].
Bad_Company_ calls [$0.25].
Bullishgains folds.
>You have options at Table 36960 Table!.
Unitisimo raises [$0.50].
LennytheDip folds.
Mister_MD folds.
See_U_At_Rvr folds.
Nayajean folds.
sssoop calls [$0.50].
>You have options at Table 36944 Table!.
Crabscratch calls [$0.50].
>You have options at Table 37023 Table!.
Bad_Company_ calls [$0.50].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6d, 4s, 9d ]
>You have options at Table 36960 Table!.
sssoop bets [$2].
Crabscratch folds.
Bad_Company_ calls [$2].
>You have options at Table 36944 Table!.
>You have options at Table 36960 Table!.
Unitisimo raises [$5].
>You have options at Table 37023 Table!.
>You have options at Table 36944 Table!.
sssoop folds.
Bad_Company_ calls [$3].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ks ]
>You have options at Table 36960 Table!.
Moldy20 has joined the table.
Bad_Company_ checks.
Unitisimo bets [$14.60].
Bad_Company_ is all-In [$19.60]
Unitisimo is all-In [$4.65]
** Dealing River ** [ 2c ]
Unitisimo shows [ 4d, 4h ] three of a kind, fours.
Bad_Company_ shows [ 8d, Kd ] a pair of kings.
Bad_Company_ wins $0.35 from side pot #1 with a pair of kings.
Unitisimo wins $51.20 from the main pot with three of a kind, fours.

[lamaros]

Would have folded on sssoop's flop bet.

[Galapogos]

Ok everyone's gonna say it, fold that garbage preflop especially to a raise even if it's a mini.

But anyway, here's what I see him thinking. He hit his set but sees a flush draw on the board. Sees you're both ready to play with the $2 bet and call post-flop and decides to take it down right there. Nope, $5 bet isn't enough. Turn comes, double flush draws out there. Doesn't want to make the same mistake again with too small of a bet, so hammers a good one out, you bite and pay the price.

I really don't think it's that wierd of a hand. If I were in his spot I would have played it exactly the same minus the pre-flop raise.

But the moral of the story in this hand for you is: fold pre-flop, fold post-flop, and fold turn.