Like/Hate?

[PokerWoody]

Hold'em NL ($0.50/$1)
Seat 1: UTG ($158 in chips)
Seat 2: MP ($92.75 in chips)
Seat 3: CO ($104.49 in chips)
Seat 4: BTN ($99.50 in chips)
Seat 5: SB ($89.05 in chips)
Seat 6: BB ($233.03 in chips)
SB: posts small blind $0.50
BB: posts big blind $1
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to UTG [K A]
UTG: raises to $4.50
MP: folds
CO: raises to $10
BTN: folds
SB: calls $9.50
BB: folds
UTG: calls $5.50
----- FLOP ----- [2 J 8]
SB: checks
UTG: checks
CO: checks
----- TURN ----- [2 J 8][9]
SB: bets $10
UTG: calls $10
CO: folds
----- RIVER ----- [2 J 8 9][5]
SB: bets $15
UTG: raises to $90

[Raiser]

Yeah i quite like it - however it is quite disappointing to see CO not make a continuation bet on the flop, if i was in UTG seat i would expect that seeing as he was the preflop reraiser and i supposse the check was justified!?

However seeing as UTG made the intial raise personally i would have liked to have seen a bet on the flop.

The UTG reraise on the river i think is justified as it looks like SB may have been drawing and missed and made a bet anyway.

I dont see anything wrong with the hand - like has been said before - its hard to give solid opinions as it depends on how the table is precieved!

[PokerWoody]

Yeah, good point.

CO had been playing very straight forward poker. Betting with hands, folding without, calling with draws type stuff

SB wasn't very good. Was stuck about 3 buyins at this point. Like the CO, wasn't very tricky.

UTG is the best poker player in the world

[PokerWoody]

I'm not sure if I do like it. I reckoned CO had AK and SB a PP, although I think he would also cold call here with something like AQs. Either way, my impression was that he had me beat but also that his hand couldn't take a lot of heat, hence the raise. I also think he'll have a set here sometimes too.

The pot is $50 and he bets $15 leaving about $50 behind. So i'm risking $65 to win $65 and giving him just over 2-1 on his call. He needs to fold at least 50% of the time for this bluff to show a profit.

Also, I think his current mental state is quite volitle. He could either take the attitude that he has lost a lot already and doesn't want to take any chances here, or just call with nearly anything if he is tilting, which is possible. I think we get more FE by putting him all in rather than the bluff costing him x% of his stack.

Hmm...