3/6 local casino.

Table plays as you'd expect passive calling stations. I love limit Holdem but no games bigger than 3/6 play in my area so occasionally I play to get my limit fix.

Hero is big blind looks at 2 black 2s.

Limped 6 ways to hero who raises to $6 gets called from button and small blind.

Flop- 2d6dQs

SB checks, hero bets, button calls SB folds.

Turn 10c. Hero bets $6 button calls

River 5d. Hero checks button bets $6. Hero?

Do I have he pot odds to call? Should I be check folding? Villian is a 60s white guy fairly transparent and generally passive. I doubt he's ever bluffing. Should I save $6 or call hoping for the best?

I'd check preflop. Flop and turn look good. I'd bet call the river. As played I'd call the river.

yes this

folding a set here would be literally burning money.
pf i am ok with it tho i would i check.

Looks ok, i too would also check option pf.

Insta call river.

I'm okay with x/cing river. Online I am b/cing river. I would never want to b/f a set here, especially b/c it's virtually 100% that he has a flush when we get raised at these stakes in live poker. I also would not raise PF. As a default my range for raising pre would be 77+, ATs+, AJo+, KJs+, and KQo.

4 people really folded to your raise pre? If it's really possible to get that much dead money in the pot then the raise is fantastic. I suspect this is either a typo or and extremely rare occurance.

I agree with others. Pre, flop and turn.

I think you need to bet/call river. The pot is big so the villian should call a ton of hands you are ahead of. There are no missed draws to induce a bluff from. I see players, especially at these stakes, check back hands in position because of a perceptually scary river or because they think you are scared but still have the better hand.

As played call.

It's hard to tell whether there are 6 limpers or 6 players including OP, but either way my range would be way wider for raising pre with so many limpers.

Still 77+, AJo+ (maybe ATo as well), KQo, but also many suited connectors and any suited ace.

guy has flush...what 97% of time...mayyyyybe he had Q, but yea what they said...call river...

I would not raise PF.

Flop and turn are fine. I would also bet/call river.

Thanks for all the replies. I have to agree I shouldn't have raised. Most raises did not fold out opponents and this game was going 7-8 ways to a flop even when capped preflop. On the river I checked he bet i told him I knew he got there but I called. He turned over the flush. Thanks for all the advice!

Good morning,

What you need to understand in order to have a shot at this game is that when you call the river in a big pot, you expect to lose the vast majority of the time unless you can beat lots of your opponent's value hands.

Here's the math:

(risk)/(risk+reward) = your investment

(1 big bet)/(pot + bets) = your investment.

Then you compare that % investment to your equity, which is found here:

(opponent's hands that you beat)/(opponent's total hand combos) = your equity

When your % investment exceeds your equity, you should fold.

When your equity exceeds your % investment, you should call.

When your equity equals your % investment, it doesn't matter.

dont raise PF

bet flop

bet turn

bet/call river next hand