22 hits full house 25$NL

[flyingPenguin]

I'd just sat down at this table, so no reads on villain. There are enough strong hands that I'm ahead of here that I think a push is good. Anyone differ?

Sorry for the formatting - hand converter wasn't working.

Texas Hold'em $0.25-$0.50 NL (real money), hand #816,739,387
Table Mainz, 7 Aug 2006 11:53 AM ET

Seat 1: kimchi_chiga ($27.20 in chips)
Seat 2: coiauc2222 ($83.05 in chips) (Villain)
Seat 3: AfroSlim ($23.10 in chips)
Seat 4: track ($34.60 in chips)
Seat 5: DRout ($19.40 in chips)
Seat 6: flyingPeng1 [ 2C,2D ] ($25.00 in chips) (Hero)
Seat 7: jusha ($24.25 in chips)
Seat 8: OptimusPr1me ($24.10 in chips)
Seat 9: mariapigen1 ($13.65 in chips)
Seat 10: sirflatland ($25.00 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
OptimusPr1me posts blind ($0.15), mariapigen1 posts blind ($0.25).

PRE-FLOP
sirflatland folds, kimchi_chiga folds, coiauc2222 calls $0.25, AfroSlim folds, track folds, DRout folds, flyingPeng1 bets $1.25, jusha folds, OptimusPr1me folds, mariapigen1 folds, coiauc2222 calls $1.

FLOP [board cards 9H,9S,5H ]
coiauc2222 checks, flyingPeng1 bets $1.50, coiauc2222 calls $1.50.

TURN [board cards 9H,9S,5H,2S ]
coiauc2222 checks, flyingPeng1 bets $3, coiauc2222 calls $3.

RIVER [board cards 9H,9S,5H,2S,3H ]
coiauc2222 bets $6, flyingPeng1 bets $19.25 and is all-in ...

[benny999]

I like the river push. it looks like villain hit a flush. Only minor thing is the cbet seems small...possibly the turn too, but you don't want to fold the flush draw too often so whatever.

[flyingPenguin]

The cbet is about 1/2 pot. Isn't that OK? Or should I be betting more on the flop because of the flush draw? I figure if they're not on the draw and they don't have a hand they'll fold (preferable for me), and if they call I'll not put any more money in unless I hit (which I did). Even if the flush doesn't hit 22 is too weak a hand for me to be aggressive with.

The 1/2 pot on the turn was to not scare away the flush draw.

[cardsman1992]

I like 2/3 pot or more on a cbet....

[benny999]

The cbet is about 1/2 pot. Isn't that OK? Or should I be betting more on the flop because of the flush draw?

I'm not really sure how often, but some players look up a 1/2 bet with unimproved pocket pairs or random draws but won't do so as much a 2/3 or more bet.

Here's a quote I searched out from another FTR poster that I respect wrote once about this (http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...highlight=cbet):

benny - in response to your question, yes, absolutely it does. Discounting aware players for a second, plenty of players will call a 1/2 pot bet on a small pot with any two overcards, gutshot draws, even backdoor flush draws. At low stakes you can't discount anything, even if you peg the player as solid. And speaking of solid players, someone who is thinking is aware that he has position on you and that the board is crummy. He perceives a 1/2 pot bet as a typical c-bet (especially if he's read any Harrington on Hold 'Em, or just heard the term "continuation bet") and may float on you with absolutely nothing, thinking to pick up the pot later. A lot of players very specifically do this with crummy hands like gutshot draws because they figure they have 4 good outs to fall back on, but if they don't make their outs and the board stays raggedy, they can steal from you when you inevitably slow down in your betting. Or they may do it with nothing, because they "put you on overcards" (I've heard that expression a few million times) and decided to "keep you honest" (that one too).

So to sum up, betting 1/2 the pot on a small pot will invite a surprising amount of action from fishes and aware players alike. A minimum 2/3 pot bet (and I usually lean even a bit higher, in the 3/4 range) says you're serious.