A Limit Hand

[peterbirks]

Here's a hand I had earlier this morning. It's interesting because it features a river decision (which you don't get very often at NL) and because it's a river decision that crops up relatively often (probably about 1 hand in a hundred, maybe a bit more). As such, it's vital that you make the correct EV move (i.e., the one that maximises your gain in the long run).


GAME $5/$10 TEXAS LIMIT HOLD'EM
Table "Mimosa" (real money) -- Seat 7 is the button
Seat 1: TATERLEGS ($282.00 in chips)
Seat 2: baseballfan ($489.00 in chips)
Seat 3: jungo13 ($183.50 in chips)
Seat 4: pokermon69 ($56.00 in chips)
Seat 5: tdog74 ($188.50 in chips)
Seat 6: gambler2525s ($185.50 in chips)
Seat 7: BIRKS ($381.00 in chips)
Seat 8: KrazyEYKilla ($44.00 in chips)
Seat 9: wph1 ($129.00 in chips)

KrazyEYKilla: Post Small Blind ($2)
wph1 : Post Big Blind ($5)

Dealt to BIRKS (Button) [ Ah ] [ 8h ]
jungo13 : Call ($5)
gambler2525s: Call ($5)
BIRKS : Raise ($10)
jungo13 : Call ($5)
gambler2525s: Call ($5)

Abdulish play here. I’m not folding A8s on the button with two limpers, so I might as well raise.


*** FLOP *** : [ 6c Ad Qs ]

This is a very good flop for me. Opponents might have QK, QJ, QT, or Ax where my kicker beats theirs. With 66 I would have expected at least the first player to have raised rather than limped. In fact, the only hand I can see myself losing to at the moment is A6.

jungo13 : Check
gambler2525s: Check
BIRKS : Bet ($5)
jungo13 : Call ($5)
gambler2525s: Call ($5)


*** TURN *** : [ 6c Ad Qs ] [ 5c ]

Not much change. Someone might have justifiable cause to chase, that’s all.

jungo13 : Check
gambler2525s: Check
BIRKS : Bet ($10)
jungo13 : Call ($10)
gambler2525s: Call ($10)

*** RIVER *** : [ 6c Ad Qs 5c ] [ Ks ]

I have top pair, medium kicker.

jungo13 : Check
gambler2525s: Check

What do I do here? Bet? Or check? There is $79 in the pot.