Just wanted to share a really bad played hand with you. Have u ever seen a weaker fold on the river, against a tiny bet in a big pot?

Its on the bubble in a 5$ SnG at stars.

PokerStars Game #1560904584: Tournament #7208950, Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2005/04/21 - 16:13:05 (ET)
Table '7208950 1' Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Atlanta (2315 in chips)
Seat 3: fix09 (2325 in chips)
Seat 4: HoldemFish (3665 in chips)
Seat 6: killtheriver (5195 in chips)
Atlanta: posts the ante 25
fix09: posts the ante 25
HoldemFish: posts the ante 25
killtheriver: posts the ante 25
fix09: posts small blind 100
HoldemFish: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to HoldemFish [As Ts]
killtheriver: calls 200
Atlanta: calls 200
fix09: folds
HoldemFish: checks
*** FLOP *** [Ad 9h Kh]
HoldemFish: bets 600
killtheriver: calls 600
Atlanta: calls 600
*** TURN *** [Ad 9h Kh]
HoldemFish: bets 200
killtheriver: calls 200
Atlanta: calls 200
*** RIVER *** [Ad 9h Kh 7d]
HoldemFish: checks
killtheriver: bets 200
Atlanta: calls 200
HoldemFish: folds
*** SHOW DOWN ***
killtheriver: shows [Th Tc] (a pair of Tens)
Atlanta: shows [Ks Qh] (a pair of Kings)
Atlanta collected 3600 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3600 | Rake 0
Board [Ad 9h Kh 7d 8d]
Seat 1: Atlanta (button) showed [Ks Qh] and won (3600) with a pair of Kings
Seat 3: fix09 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: HoldemFish (big blind) folded on the River
Seat 6: killtheriver showed [Th Tc] and lost with a pair of Tens

Yeah, you definitely need to call when it's 200 to you and the pot is 3400, and you close the action.

On the turn you shouldn't make a weak bet like that, after betting 600 on the flop. You have to decide whether or not you still think you have the best hand, and either bet larger or check.

I agree with norton. The turn screams weakness and "please don't raise me" so either check or bet large. The river is a definite call for a big pot and expect to lose it a decent amount of the time but you are getting great odds.

Hey,
learning a bunch from you guys --thanks
Please tell me how I could have played this hand differently
POKERSTARS GAME #1570805826: TOURNAMENT #7263028, HOLD'EM NO LIMIT - LEVEL IV (50/100) - 2005/04/23 - 09:44:15 (ET)
Table '7263028 1' Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: TheMint (2315 in chips)
Seat 2: muddy boots (1988 in chips)
Seat 4: n641231 (1285 in chips)
Seat 5: Booya72 (3460 in chips)
Seat 7: joshburkhalt (1652 in chips)
Seat 8: dd99 (1315 in chips)
Seat 9: amygdala31 (1485 in chips)
dd99: posts small blind 50
amygdala31: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TheMint [Jh Jc]
TheMint: calls 100
muddy boots: folds
n641231: calls 100
Booya72: calls 100
joshburkhalt: folds
dd99: folds
amygdala31: checks
*** FLOP *** [2d 2c 3d]
amygdala31: checks
TheMint: bets 400
n641231: folds
Booya72: raises 400 to 800
amygdala31: folds
TheMint: calls 400
*** TURN *** [2d 2c 3d]
TheMint: checks
Booya72: bets 500
TheMint: calls 500
*** RIVER *** [2d 2c 3d 8s]
TheMint: checks
Booya72: bets 500
TheMint: calls 500
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Booya72: shows [Ad 4d] (a flush, Ace high)
TheMint: mucks hand
Booya72 collected 4050 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4050 | Rake 0
Board [2d 2c 3d 8s Qd]
Seat 1: TheMint mucked [Jh Jc]
Seat 2: muddy boots folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: n641231 folded on the Flop
Seat 5: Booya72 showed [Ad 4d] and won (4050) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 7: joshburkhalt (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: dd99 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: amygdala31 (big blind) folded on the Flop

I put Booya on a medium pair and never really considered the flush draw since he raised me on the flop. He is a calling station.

Okay, here is my analysis of your last hand:

Preflop: You are nearly chip leader and only 7 guys left. With JJ I would raise 3xBB in that case. But your call is not really bad beacuse of your bad position.

Flop: You bet the pot, he raises and you call, seems okay for me.

Turn: You check and wait what he is doing. I would have done the same. His bet on the turn, however, was very bad. He could have draw to his straight or flush for free!
Now the chip position comes into consideration: Against someone with less chips I would have raised all-in. But your opponent is the only one with more chips than you. Therfore, I would have folded on the turn.

River: Difficult decision. The pot is very large. I think your call is okay.

MHFlush