By tateissy on February 1st, 2009 (more posts by author)

What do you guys think of of this bluff on the river? I felt that the villain had a medium strength hand like a middle pair because of the check calling and it was unlikely he would call on the river. The one problem was that this was a second chance tournament which on the one hand made my decision to bluff much easier, but also made my river strategy a bit less likely to work.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $100+$9 Tournament, 20/40 Blinds (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG (t6825)
UTG+1 (t8530)
Hero (MP1) (t3285)
MP2 (t2730)
CO (t2480)
Button (t3025)
SB (t3060)
BB (t3065)

Hero's M: 54.75

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with Jc, Ah
1 fold, UTG+1 calls t40, Hero raises to t160, 3 folds, SB calls t140, 1 fold, UTG+1 calls t120

Flop: (t520) 4d, 8s, 8h (3 players)
SB bets t320, 1 fold, Hero calls t320

Turn: (t1160) 6d (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t800, SB calls t800

River: (t2760) 7h (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t2005 (All-In), 1 fold

Total pot: t2760