Comments on: Bottom Two, and the River http://www.mnpokermag.com/2010/04/18/bottom-two-and-the-river/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:15:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bryan Mileski http://www.mnpokermag.com/2010/04/18/bottom-two-and-the-river/comment-page-1/#comment-407 Bryan Mileski Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:48:29 +0000 http://www.mnpokermag.com/?p=1632#comment-407 I am certainly not a limit cash game guru but my instincts here are to check-call on the river. I'd prefer to keep the pot smaller and limit my risk on a hand I'm unsure of and a scary board. I'd hate to get raised by some crazy with a K or even a slowplayer or a bluffer and have to consider laying down my weak 2-pair when I could have seen all the info I needed for much cheaper. But congrats on getting more money than I would have! lol I am certainly not a limit cash game guru but my instincts here are to check-call on the river. I’d prefer to keep the pot smaller and limit my risk on a hand I’m unsure of and a scary board. I’d hate to get raised by some crazy with a K or even a slowplayer or a bluffer and have to consider laying down my weak 2-pair when I could have seen all the info I needed for much cheaper.

But congrats on getting more money than I would have! lol

]]> By: justin http://www.mnpokermag.com/2010/04/18/bottom-two-and-the-river/comment-page-1/#comment-404 justin Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:17:24 +0000 http://www.mnpokermag.com/?p=1632#comment-404 I think its a pretty easy river bet. One pair or even ace high is extremely unlikely to turn their hand into a bluff or bet for value. One pair hands pretty much have to call now, since the pot is so big. AK w a club, QJ, AQ, QT, KJ w a club, AA. You might even get looked up by JJ or TT for a crying call. The hands that do beat you, Sets, top two, even straights will have a very hard time raising the river. Preflop raiser might get frisky now with AK putting you on AQ and raise you, so you might have to call him, but if sb raises its probably a fold. I think its a pretty easy river bet. One pair or even ace high is extremely unlikely to turn their hand into a bluff or bet for value. One pair hands pretty much have to call now, since the pot is so big. AK w a club, QJ, AQ, QT, KJ w a club, AA. You might even get looked up by JJ or TT for a crying call.

The hands that do beat you, Sets, top two, even straights will have a very hard time raising the river. Preflop raiser might get frisky now with AK putting you on AQ and raise you, so you might have to call him, but if sb raises its probably a fold.

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