Archive for June 10th, 2009
A Critical Bet Sizing Tell
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em, $10.00 BB (6 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
BB ($2000.30)
Hero (UTG) ($2000)
MP ($1543.50)
CO ($1734.80)
Button ($2358.50)
SB ($2077.70)
Preflop: Hero is UTG with 5
, A
Hero bets $33, 2 folds, Button raises to $106, 2 folds, Hero raises to $266, Button calls $160
Flop: ($556) 6
, A
, Q
(2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks
Turn: ($556) 2
(2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $290, Hero calls $290
River: ($1136) 4
(2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $1801 (All-In), Hero calls $1442.50 (All-In)
Total pot: $4021 | Rake: $3
Results:
Button had 8
, 9
(high card, Ace).
Hero had 5
, A
(one pair, Aces).
Outcome: Hero won $4018
Let me kick this one to you, dear readers. Can you figure out what it is about the sizing of his turn bet that led me to call his overbet shove on the river?

