How was my play here? No real reads on players My thinking is I should've raised/folded the turn...

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Limit Holdem Ring game
Limit: $0.50/$1
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Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is CO with
UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, Hero raises, Button folds, SB calls, BB calls, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls.

Flop: (10SB, 5 players)
SB bets, BB folds, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, Hero raises, SB calls, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls.

Turn: (9BB, 4 players)
SB checks, UTG checks, UTG+1 bets, Hero calls, SB calls, UTG folds.

River: (12BB, 3 players)
SB bets, UTG+1 calls, Hero raises, SB folds, UTG+1 calls.

Results:
Final pot: 17BB

Originally Posted by Pok 7's

River: (12BB, 3 players)
SB bets, UTG+1 calls, Hero raises, SB folds, UTG+1 calls.

Results:
Final pot: 17BB

With no reads, I don't mind the call on the turn. With diamonds on board, anything that beat you would've raised the flop with that many people, but I'm ASSuming they're not morons. What's bad about the call is that if the SB has a flush, you're sandwiched.

What puzzled me was the raise on the river. No one's left to act. Raising only makes you waste the bets you were saving in case of a flush. What do you do is UTG+1 (the turn bettor) raises the SB when you've hit your Aces up?

Originally Posted by the alex

What puzzled me was the raise on the river. No one's left to act. Raising only makes you waste the bets you were saving in case of a flush. What do you do is UTG+1 (the turn bettor) raises the SB when you've hit your Aces up?

Good point it just opens up the doors to loose more money when I'm beat.

On the flop there was a bet, 2 calls -DRAW ALERT-, you raised, and they all called. I like the raise because you can see a cheap showdown (and possibly improve to the best hand) but 3 calls tells me at least 1 of them has top pair and the other(s) are drawing. Not too many good cards left in the deck.

The turn is a raise for me, both as a semi-bluff and to eliminate opponents. If SB has a pair of queens lets get him out of this hand, along with UTG, while at the same time representing the nut flush. If we improve on the river we bet, if we don't we check behind. by calling you are making it cost you as much as if you raise, since he will bet again on the river. lets keep control here and get the dead money in the pot which vastly improves our chances of winning.

You have position, use it. If you get 3 bet you still have 7-9 outs to win depending on if he made a flush or straight. But, the important thing is: get rid of hands that are currently better than you.

My guess is he has QdX type hand, and now feels comfortable betting his Queens with a flush draw. If he really nailed a big hand wouldn't he try to check-raise after all your pre-flop and flop aggression? Make him think he is smooshed, it will give you the free showdown costing you 2BB on the turn but none on the river, and hopefully he'll improve to his flush .

My read on him is QdX so we have 13 outs to get him, which is more than enough to attempt the semi-bluff/free showdown play. raise the others out in case he's betting something like KdJx or KdTx which are likely hands for a UTG+1 limper and check behind on the river if you don't improve. But, get the SB and his Q4 or whatever out of the hand

I am confused here. On the flop we are last to act with three in the pot. One of these guys has a queen, another may be drawing to flush. We are not getting anyone to fold with a raise. All we are doing is sweetening a pot where we are probably drawing

Raise for info and to get a free card

I really think you have to raise with thie action on the turn. If it were check, bet, call, I would simply call. With check, check, bet I would raise. for my above reasons