Villain in the BB is unknown but the last orbit I raised his BB from my SB with KTo for the same preflop size and he bet big on a wet ace high flop when I elected not to cbet. So this was the very next set of blinds for us. Curious about the turn and river decisions. I'm never folding the river but I wonder if it's better to just push the rest of my stack or check. As for the turn the pot was over 5k and I had about 8.8k left in my stack. I contemplated the overbet shove. Not sure if it would have been good or not.


Winning Poker Network (Yatahay) - 200/400 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 39.41 BB (VPIP: 30.77, PFR: 23.08, 3Bet Preflop: 20.00, Hands: 13)
UTG: 23.55 BB (VPIP: 10.00, PFR: 5.00, 3Bet Preflop: 9.09, Hands: 21)
UTG+1: 41.23 BB (VPIP: 19.05, PFR: 9.52, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 21)
MP: 10.29 BB (VPIP: 8.70, PFR: 8.89, 3Bet Preflop: 4.35, Hands: 46)
MP+1: 51.22 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)
MP+2: 15.52 BB (VPIP: 14.04, PFR: 10.91, 3Bet Preflop: 9.52, Hands: 58)
CO: 13.5 BB (VPIP: 22.73, PFR: 18.18, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 22)
BTN: 29.68 BB (VPIP: 14.29, PFR: 15.00, 3Bet Preflop: 20.00, Hands: 21)
Hero (SB): 27.86 BB

9 players post ante of 0 BB, Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.62 BB) Hero has J K

fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.5 BB, BB calls 1.5 BB

Flop: (6.12 BB, 2 players) 4 6 2
Hero bets 3.32 BB, BB calls 3.32 BB

Turn: (12.77 BB, 2 players) K
Hero bets 9 BB, BB calls 9 BB

River: (30.78 BB, 2 players) T
Hero checks

When you bet the turn you left yourself 12bbs behind but made a 30bb pot going into the river. You have to either check or shove the turn. As played, if you check the river at this point you're getting almost 3.5:1 on your money if V shoves and thats a really tough spot you put yourself in.

If I'm betting that turn it's for all the marbles. If I check it, I'm leaving myself with 21+bbs and can easily get away from the hand if I don't feel good about the river card or have a good read on V.

Is the idea behind the river check to induce a (bluff) bet from V?

I'm fairly certain I have the best hand on the turn and river so I didn't interpret it as a tough spot. I wanted to get the money in on the river I just wasn't sure if checking or putting the rest in was the better line. Or as offered overbet jamming the turn.


Basically. I want to get the money in on the river and felt confident I had the best hand. Just not sure which line accomplishes that. Looking back on it if he had a big spade or some type of combo draw he probably would have put in a raise on the flop or jammed the turn. I guess I don't know if there's any chance the BB will jam the river turning any non flush hands into a bluff versus taking his showdown value. I bet 1/2 pot on the flop, 3/4 on the turn and then shut down when the fourth spade hits the river. So yeah, do we ever induce with the check?

That is really hard to say against unknown. I would make a really small bet (around 20%-30%) OTR. This looks kind of weak/ scared on the river - so he might think he can bluff you off the hand with a shove. Additionally it gives him the possibility to call with weaker hands as he gets cheap showdown.

But let me add, that I am not convinced you have the best hand OTR.