Limit Texas Holdem Quiz #16, Question Three

[Matt]

You are in the big blind with K:hearts:9:clubs:. An early player, a middle player, and a late-position player all limp. The small blind completes and you check. The flop comes K:spades: 7:clubs: 6:spades:. The small blind checks and you bet. The early player folds and the middle player raises. The late-position player calls, as does the small blind. You call. The turn is the 10:hearts:, giving you a gutshot straight draw in addition to your top pair. The small blind checks. You check and the middle player bets. Only you and the small blind call. The river is the 8:diamonds:, giving you a ten-high straight. The small blind checks. What do you do?

[bluebayou]

its quite doubtful that the mp was going so far with j-9, the only hand which can beat the ten-high-straight.

so, any king holdings or trips and sets r now beaten and must pay to see.

checking is difficult because for mp its clear, sb and hero will possible call his bet and checkraising is maybe not that what he wants. so mp might check himself too and hero lost in this case 1 bet.


when mp folds here, sb is willing to pay and maybe checkraise and thats what imo must be the intention in this hand:

reraising or capping when sb or mp is willing to raise to gain more bets.


blue

[notcalebsheridan]

for some reason, i didn't see the Bet button..

Bet is the best option, MP won't bet with such a scary board but he probably will call. The check-raise is too transparent here, i think a bet is better

[Matt]

Bet. Most of the time, you will not get a chance to check-raise. Check-raising on the river is a difficult move. A number of books cover this subject. David Sklansky's Theory of Poker has some of the best advice on river play. See the chapter entitled "Heads-up On The End."