How Do I Not Shove the River?
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $10.00 BB (8 handed) – Poker-Stars Converter Tool from PokerSavvyPlus.com
Hero (Button) ($3084)
SB ($1000)
BB ($1759)
UTG ($2449)
UTG+1 ($3007)
MP1 ($2512.20)
MP2 ($2498)
CO ($2469)
Preflop: Hero is Button with 7
, 5
UTG bets $20, 3 folds, CO calls $20, Hero calls $20, 2 folds
Flop: ($91) 3
, 9, 6 (3 players)
UTG bets $60, CO calls $60, Hero raises to $222, UTG calls $162, 1 fold
Turn: ($595) K (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $444, UTG calls $444
River: ($1483) 2 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks
Total pot: $1483 | Rake: $3
Results:
Hero mucked 7, 5 (high card, King).
UTG had 8, K (one pair, Kings).
Outcome: UTG won $1480
Maybe he calls, but I still think I’m supposed to bet here. Less than a shove might be better though. I would have been happier if the river weren’t such an “obvious” scare card that rarely actually helps my hand. In other words, I’m afraid he’s going to think something along the lines of “of course Foucault’s going to bluff when a flush draw completes on river but he rarely has a flush so I call”.