A bit of a strange position with 33

[Jezza]

Hi Everyone,

Well my read at this moment (Which you can see my thought process on arriving at on the other streets) is that he could well have a bigger boat but there is a fair chance that in his eyes I am bluffing/have a very weak hand and he is just trying to rebluff me with two high cards that missed. This is a pretty small bet for the size of the pot and I have to at least call it given my read. The option is to put a tiny (probably minimum) check raise in here. This is NOT for "value" (hoping he calls it with a worse hand) as I think that practically never happens here. It is to merely invite a bigger rebluff from him (a rereraise all in or something). The problem with this here is that I feel his range is weighted so strongly towards either a monster or a total bluff that I think this play is -EV in the long run. It would be horrid to set up a bluff from him and then fold to it so if I do this play I must call if he reraises. I feel if he reraises all in then its going to be the bigger full or quads 90% of the time and a rebluff only 10% thus I lose in the long run. So I chose to just call. Here is the end of the hand history

----- RIVER ----- [8d Js 4c 3d][8s]
HERO: checks
VILLIAN: bets £20
HERO: calls £20
----- SHOW DOWN -----
VILLIAN: shows [Ac 9h] (A Pair of Eights, Ace high)
HERO: shows [3s 3c] (A Full House, Threes full of Eights)
HERO collected £92 from Main pot.

I am sorry you thought my line and reads sucked so much alex, that is what I put these threads up for (to generate discussion on how best to play in marginal spots etc). So cheers for your input, I like having a lot of discussion on hands like this.

Jez

[alexross]

Originally Posted by Jezza

I am sorry you thought my line and reads sucked so much alex, that is what I put these threads up for (to generate discussion on how best to play in marginal spots etc). So cheers for your input, I like having a lot of discussion on hands like this.

Jez

Duuuude...

completely the opposite of what you said actually.. I was just impatient and keen for the next installment..

you know when lost goes on a 8 month break.? they are milking it.. - anyway don't take me the wrong way.

I am glad for some strategy posts (strangely a welcome change, and something that is all too absent from many "poker" forums), and no doubt I shall post one of my donk hands at some stage.

p.s I hope you are better at reading poker players than you read me


p.s good line, good read, and the call on the end was necessary.. damage limitation at its finest.

[kompressaur]

Interesting hand all in Jezza. A good read too (errrr bump )