The hand below is a situation I've run into a few times, this time I caught the short end of it. When you expect a pot split, do you bet back at someone to keep your half of it or do you just let it go if they come at you hard?

In the instance below, I put this guy on a K, tried to wrestle for my share of what I figured would be a split pot--or the whole thing if he was bluffing--and got my head handed to me when his higher kicker got paired on the river.

Was this an unlucky beat or did I just foolishly to throw good money after bad?

***** Hand History for Game 1496612037 *****
$25 NL Hold'em - Wednesday, January 26, 20:25:44 EDT 2005
Table Table 32893 (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: jakethesnke ( $41.1 )
Seat 3: Ballz2CallzU ( $14.25 )
Seat 5: JamesDeegan ( $63.7 )
Seat 8: HangLoose111 ( $34.6 )
Seat 6: geerussell ( $37.35 )
Seat 10: billlucky888 ( $7.6 )
JamesDeegan posts small blind [$0.25].
geerussell posts big blind [$0.5].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to geerussell [ 5h Kh ]
HangLoose111 calls [$0.5].
billlucky888 folds.
jakethesnke folds.
Ballz2CallzU folds.
JamesDeegan calls [$0.25].
geerussell checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ks, 6d, 6s ]
JamesDeegan checks.
geerussell bets [$1].
HangLoose111 calls [$1].
JamesDeegan folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ Kd ]
geerussell bets [$2].
HangLoose111 is all-In.
geerussell calls [$31.1].
** Dealing River ** [ JavaScript ]
geerussell shows [ 5h, Kh ] a full house, Kings full of sixes.
HangLoose111 shows [ Kc, Jc ] a full house, Kings full of jacks.
HangLoose111 wins $67.7 from the main pot with a full house, Kings full of jacks.

I dont like the flop call, you are either ahead to a draw or way behind.

You need to raise it up.


The turn - you have the nuts.

If you are most likely tied, you are putting 30 bucks at risk to collect 3.50. 7% of the time you will get outdrawn, so this is a profitable call if you know you are know you are no worse than a tie but only by a buck or so.

He didn't call on the flop. He bet out $1 and got called.

i think the the play after the flop is ok but preflop WTF are you doing limping with king 5? you're just asking for trouble

I think that's a good limping hand - are you saying he should have raised?

To me this is a good speculative hand for the flush, and limping in (especially in the BB) you can dump it if you don't get at least two pair. You just need to be aware that you need to treak VERY carefully if you hit a K and be willing to fold top pair.

That's the type of hand I LOVE to see when I'm in the BB (as opposed to the 53o crap I usually get).

Originally Posted by Girevik

He didn't call on the flop. He bet out $1 and got called.

right you are, sorry.

i didn't see he was in the bb, my bad