Message Board : How would you play it differently?

Isn’t betting also a way of receiving information?
And didn’t this information  save you money?

I’m asking because had you bet, say, 20$, and "only" gotten a reraise to 40 or even 60, wouldn’t you have called?

Now, the question is if the Villain would have pushed if you had bet 50$, or 48$, or 61$, to make the decision easy for you. I think you’re absolutely right to pay a little amount money for such valuable (as in "avoided losses") information. Had you checked and the villain had bet out, how much would he have needed to bet to push you off your losing hand?

I think you did alright, I guess.

I think you played this hand just about right. 

Could you have lost less? Maybe a little bit. I think you had to bet the turn.  If my math is right, you made about a pot-sized bet.   I suppose had you bet 3/4 or 2/3 of the pot on the turn, that would have probably triggered the same push by villain. So maybe you might have saved yourself $10 or $15, but not much….

I’m actually a little surprised the villain didn’t flat call you here and let you lead again on the river, since he had the nuts. 

Nice, disciplined fold.

Did you consider checking the flop?  It’s a four way pot.  No better hands are going to fold.  You have a hand with value on a board that hits a lot of hands that would call pre-flop.  There are 2 players with position on you.  I sort of think a check on the flop plays better.

Did you consider checking the flop?  It’s a four way pot.  No better hands are going to fold.  You have a hand with value on a board that hits a lot of hands that would call pre-flop.  There are 2 players with position on you.  I sort of think a check on the flop plays better.

You make a good argument. I did think about checking, but I ultimately decided to bet to gain information. I didn’t want to play the turn from back on my heels.

You did not include what you felt your opponents likely range is here,
until you were faced with the shove.  It may be an oversight, or it may
be that you were not thinking about it as much as you could have along
the way.

Donkstar, not including the range of hands was an oversight. Essentially, I put him on the range of hands you listed. After he called the bet on the flop, I felt I was behind. I thought KQ, KJ, QJ, JT, 98 and 22 were his most likely holdings, and I was behind almost all of them. I excluded AJ, since I felt he’d probably check raise me with that hand.

At this point, I had put my last dollar into the pot. But then the A comes and, going with my read, I’m now ahead of everything he could have excepting the KQ and 22.