This one jumped out at me just because it’s kind of a paradigmatic case. I call a relatively innocuous flop against a guy who I don’t think will multi-barrel bluff well (against a good barreler folding flop is probably best). Turn and river bring two cards that may well give him the lead, plus the fact that he hasn’t tried to bluff suggests he has some showdown value. At the same time, river brings a hand that he probably doesn’t have, after he checks, but that I very well could have.
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em, $10.00 BB (6 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
UTG ($543.50)
MP ($4640)
CO ($2000)
Hero (Button) ($2134.50)
SB ($1279.50)
BB ($3458)
Preflop: Hero is Button with 4
, 4
1 fold, MP bets $40, 1 fold, Hero calls $40, 2 folds
Flop: ($104) 2
, 9
, J (2 players)
MP bets $70, Hero calls $70
Turn: ($244) 10 (2 players)
MP checks, Hero checks
River: ($244) K (2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $244, 1 fold
Total pot: $244 | Rake: $3
Results:
Hero didn’t show 4, 4 (nothing).
Outcome: Hero won $241
If I were your opponent, your river bet would look bluffy to me because I don’t expect you to value-bet full pot after I have shown quite a bit of weakness. I don’t know what this opponent was like, but if you’re trying to play a balanced game against him, I wonder what you balance bluffs like this with?