Defending to River Check Raises 

Shout out to a fellow Shark Tank player in Columbus! I've been playing there 4-5 days per week the past couple months. The games are incredible. From this lady's voice, I think I might know who the caller is. I'll have to ask her the next time I see her there. As far as her open sizing, nothing wrong with it in this specific card room. I default to $!5 raise-first-in , but there are plenty of lineups where $30-$40 opens are standard. A lot of these games are $1-$2 in name only, as they play more like $2-$5 or even $5-$10.She played the hand well, and given my experience playing in this room there's a much higher river check-raise frequency than in normal $1-$2. I'm not even sure I could have mustered up a call on the river though. NH!

Bart "I've never seen a player bet turn with QJ then check river when it gets there." Welcome to 1c/2c games.

Theres definitely a vibe in some cash games where guys consider women scared money and when she bets so small he thinks he can blow her off a weak 2p. AJdd has to be the best hand to call with here, even better than any possible 2p bc he never takes that line with 2p

limp calling 40 at 1-2...I already like this place

Timing tell or not, getting x-r there going thin is NOT fun to be in, even with the timing tell the risk-reward there is almost neutralized. Props to caller for actually sticking to her guts and being proven correct despite against all odds

i've seen this play before. he's upset that you got lucky on the river and feels like the pot should be his, so he tries to take it back. cool hand

I played here about a month ago, chopped a tourney. From talking to the regs 1/2 here plays like a 2/5 sometime a 5/10. Very well organized poker room, great dealers too.

Barts the GOAT! His hand reading abilities is through the roof!

"125 could be a very large bet at this level" probably not in a game where 3 people limp-call $40 pre-flop!

that's the biggest 1-2 games I've heard of....4 callers $40 preflop

The quici chaotic bet usually indicates significant strength. Whenever I see it, it's with the nuts. The never count it out just grab chips and throw them in..they want to make it look like a bluff. Never is. Surprised it was here.

She makes it $40 pf at a $1-$2 game and all 3 limpers call. 😂 Is this in fucking Texas??

Generally speaking, dont.

To be fair, AJdd is a much better river call than AcTx AsTx. But I would never bluff catch vs someone who's limp calling 40 with K3 K4s. So this hand is a one-off generally. A more comfortable play would've been just to bet 1/3 pot on the river to get a snap call by Kx Ax, since that way villain doesn't necessarily need to turn his hand into a bluff.

Unblocking flushes and blocking straights. Might make the hero call

Great call in

750 blinds deep wow that’s kinda crazy

seems like a perfect spot for a hero call...diamonds w/ a jack is about as good of a bluff catcher as you'll get here

Being able to discern when you made an incorrect play when receiving a positive outcome is a CRITICAL skill in poker. Hero made many assumptions about villains range with insufficient justification causing her to make an extremely thin call. This is already the bottom of the value range, no need to defend vs a decent size check raise. Unless you had a VERY specific read and were betting specifically to induce this is borderline spew. We rarely knows our opponents ranges, only our own.

Well THISSSSS is interesting. I laughed out loud. Felt the same.

If the caller is out there, what are the COVID precautions the shark tank is taking? I used to play there often but now I’m in Canal Winchester so it’s a bit of a drive for me.

The guys line makes no sense, and the fact that we have a Jack makes me even more inclined to call. The guys hand looks like a K, up until he raise, which made me think he had a busted draw like Q9s/c, JQ, etc...there's not many hands would stab turn, and then check-raise the river.

Here is how you handle river check raises you basically just always fold.

V checked river thinking H was going to bluff at river since ace hit. He was value betting not bluffing.

Never played live, but these open sizes seem fucking ridiculous. Is this standard for live? Do I need to implement this if I play live?

Instead of going for thin value... I feel a check would have caused myself so much less headaches

Wasn't thin value for long. BOOM!

I need to get myself a poker girlfriend.

What card room did she say this was? I live in Ohio and am DYING to play. Casino poker rooms still shut down

Sound like he decided to play like he had qj at last min. He told a bad story

Often splassed pots are a bluff

$1500 effective at 1-2, "can you just give me the region??" lol

When's Ohio opening there card rooms?

with 2 fl draw out there not 8 outs...check on river,,, board too dangerous

You would think the V could pretty easily have A10, A8 or A7 in this spot too. There aren't many hands you beat: A9, A6, KQ, KJ, J10, Q10 or 910 maybe. Well done on the live read ... Cheers to mugs playing like mugs ;)

When they all call no matter what just raise small

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She has a beautiful voice! Please' call in again ...