Worst. Board. Ever.

[Mr.McJ]

You betting this turn? I was looking to keep it cheap and/or fill up on the river.



PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (7 handed)

SB ($27.25)
BB ($51.30)
UTG ($47)
Hero ($75.90)
MP2 ($68.90)
CO ($23.20)
Button ($54.55)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with , .
1 fold, Hero calls $0.50, MP2 calls $0.50, CO raises to $1, 3 folds, Hero calls $0.50, MP2 calls $0.50.

Flop: ($3.75) , , (3 players)
Hero bets $1.5, MP2 calls $1.50, CO calls $1.50.

Turn: ($8.25) (3 players)
Hero checks, MP2 checks, CO checks.

River: ($8.25) (3 players)
Hero checks, MP2 checks, CO checks.

Final Pot: $8.25

Results in white below:
Hero has 6h 6s (straight, ten high).
MP2 has Qs 8s (straight, ten high).
CO has As 2s (straight, ten high).
Outcome: Hero wins $2.75. MP2 wins $2.75. CO wins $2.75.

[eldave04]

No point in betting the turn, you played this just how i would have, fold to any bet. shitty deck, another cooler.

[Meldon]

I'm interested to know why you both would bet less than half the pot on that board?

Personally I would have bet around $3. Maybe I'm losing value on my sets by betting strongly, but I usually find that OESDs and flushdraws call anyway. You may as well make them pay top prices to chase.

[Mr.McJ]

I'm interested to know why you both would bet less than half the pot on that board?

Personally I would have bet around $3. Maybe I'm losing value on my sets by betting strongly, but I usually find that OESDs and flushdraws call anyway. You may as well make them pay top prices to chase.

I was betting weak in the hopes that CO (the PF raiser) would come over the top of me. I also tend to bet around half the pot on the flop with a VERY wide range of hands (any pair, almost any draw, 2 pair, sets, etc.)

[WotaWaster]

I also bet pot on the flop, or check. That's not the sort of board someone with AK is likely to try and make a bluff raise on (far more likely to cont. bet) so if betting so small you may as well check raise.

If someone with an overpair is going to raise your bet, they are imo just as likely to raise a $3 bet as a $1.50 bet and you have more chance of commiting them. AA/KK can just pop that up to $4 and then fold to a reraise or check-fold turn pretty cheaply. If you bet out $3 and he makes it $8 or so you can make far more on later streets.

I think the weak bet would be more likely to get a bluff raise on a board like
J62.

[Mr.McJ]

Excellent points, Wota. Thanks.