Limit Hold Em


you have in the BB with 3 opponents after you and a 4 sb pot

the flop is turn river noone has bet.

What do you do?

Check and call 1 bet only.

Bet and call? the river

now for my usual follow up question, WHY?

why would you guys do what you suggested?

I would of bet turn as I feel u r ahead

so if i got to river cked down i really belive u r in lead BUT how do u get paid??

Really want someone after me to bet it, so It can get called/Raised/folded and then back to me where i call 1 bet fold to two,

If I really dont think that will happen, and that were player reads really help, as some player will bet any river that gets cked down.

So most of the time I would bet river and call 1 raise,<<<<<<should be folding to it? As most of time it's the A and not a bluff

If player read is right i ck and hope for more callers in between.

Really want someone after me to bet it, so It can get called/Raised/folded and then back to me where i call 1 bet fold to two,

perfect answer

So most of the time I would bet river and call 1 raise,<<<<<<should be folding to it? As most of time it's the A and not a bluff

why did you ruin your perfect answer by posting this

chances are, much like you guys said, someone would have bet the turn with a ten or a nine. If you bet out what hand is going to call you??? none that your opponents hold unless they have you beat. A 5 might possibly call if someone has it.

on the other hand by checking you will give your opponents a chance to bluff, winning you an extra bet. and if you are beat it will only cost you 1 bet not 2. let a king high or absolutely nothing put a bet into the pot trying to steal it, this is a bet you will not win by betting out.

if you bet out 8 out of ten times everyone folds, and i would say 1 out of ten you are beat and 1 out of ten someone calls.

8 times you risk 1 BB and win 0
1 time you risk 1 BB and win 1
1 time you risk 1 BB and lose 1-2

at best you break even

if you check call a single bet, I would guess that 3 out of ten times someone bluffs or bets a lesser hand and again 1 out of ten times you are beat. the rest of the time it is checked around

6 times there is no bet
3 times someone bluffs and you win 1 BB
1 time you are beat and lose only 1 BB

you should show a profit of 2 BB by checking and inducing a bluff. this is assuming noone else calls.


these situations come up quite a bit where you are fairly certain you have the best hand yet checking is the correct play. keep a look out for these situations, picking up 2 extra BB every session by inducing bluffs, especially at the lower limits, adds up pretty fast.

Questions/comments?

I've CR'd these a ton. Three people is a lot. 2:1 on the pot to bet, but catching someone with their pants down is easy with this many people. A weak Ace at least bets the turn. I really don't have a big problem with betting the turn, folding to a raise, and check/calling the river just because of that diamond. K thru 9 of diamonds are all alive and any combo of these cards, many limit players like to play.