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Heroic Call

note: cross posted from Andrew's blog at http://www.thinkingpoker.net/Blog/

This was an interesting one:

Full Tilt Poker, $5/$10 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 4 Players

Hero (BB): $1,050
UTG: $2,182
BTN: $1,186
SB: $1,018.90

Pre-Flop: Td Ah dealt to Hero (BB)
UTG folds, BTN raises to $20, SB folds, Hero raises to $75, BTN calls $55

Flop: ($155) 6s Jd 3c (2 Players)
Hero bets $111, BTN calls $111

Turn: ($377) Tc (2 Players)
Hero checks, BTN checks

River: ($377) Qd (2 Players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $404, Hero calls $404

Results: $1,185 Pot ($2 Rake)
Hero showed Td Ah (a pair of Tens) and WON $1,183 (+$593 NET)
BTN showed 7d Ad (Ace Queen high) and LOST (-$590 NET)

I was looking to check-shove the turn because I think his flop calling range is really wide and my T's will be good often enough but if I check-call I'll be in a bad spot on river. Given that the turn checked through and the river was another overcard to my pair (and AK got there), I don't think I can expect to be called by worse if I bet.

I was intending to check-call the river but his overbet threw me off. On the one hand, it makes no sense for him to have a straight, but a lot of guys just don't overbet the river without a monster. There was an outside chance he rivered a set (or slowplayed one, which I guess makes more sense except that it's odd he would then overbet it). I tanked down to one second left, mostly because I was on a bunch of other tables, and finally made a kind of impulsive call.