but certainly one i wouldn't be making as it definately looks like you have air.
yup for sure, this is almost always how I play sets in spots like this, so I gues sometimes I need to have air to balance it all out. Its great to see people stacking off with AK so often given this line, it sells such great weakness... and a really good % of the time I have him pizzowned. This time unfortunately i was weak, but thats the way it goes. If he had a weak ace, he probably would have folded to the push, which would be crazy because AK is worth about as much as a rag-ace in this spot, because a good player is (almost) never pushing a single ace, but will push with set/2pr/bluffs. Thats something that should be taken from the thread. Relative hand strength vs an opponents range. Dont just say to yourself "well, if he has X hand he beats me"... ask yourself "well, if he has X hand, would he really play the river in this manner?". It makes river decisions a lot simpler.
I think Pimpin has made a great river bet, $75 into 300 is quality, just screams to be raised, so once he does that he really shouldn't be passing to an all in.
yes his river play is fantastic, and its pretty much the point of the post. a real high % of the time people have AJ/A10 or other weak hands and fold to the push, I dont think you should ever be betting this amount and folding to a jam, but people do it all too often, thats why I pushed. It shows a pretty good profit, but sometimes you look like a moran when you get called. Blocking bets are pretty awful plays because they are just so exploitable. If you know how to exploit blocking bets like this guy did, then its a much more profitable river play. Also somewhere earlier in the thread I tried to explain why in my opinion pushing the river is so bad...his bet is perfect if he intends to call a push. If he intends to fold to a push, its terrible.
I think Pimpin has also played the hand very well and is pretty sure where he is in the hand on every street. I dont like Pushbots play at all from the flop onwards.
Yes, in isolation it does look pretty bad, the upside of this is that someone at the table came looking for me after the hand, and sat down to play HU.. and he sure regretted that move an hour or so later. I thought he had a weak ace or was trying a weak value-bet with a Q and would fold to a push. c'est la vie. I certainly dont regret the play, I think against a standard player given that river line, they are folding to a push a high % of the time. If he had checked I would have checked behind (because their flop call and river check is usually indicative of someone who is keeping the pot small OOP and is defo going to showdown) , and if he had bet more (basically displaying the fact that he is calling any push) I would have folded. Thats something else that should be worked into your game, river play isn't linear... it is based on their actions.. all too often people give up in spots where alternative actions would reap a much better return (most of the time!)
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