What was I trying to do here? (100pl8)

[Kuso]

i feel like i'm leaving money on the table with this river bet, but i'm not sure..

i have a decent two-way hand here on the river. i think a 1/2 pot bet on the river would have been enough maybe to get 2pr or a set to call. as i played it, i imagine i'm only getting called by a hand that splits with me. agree? disagree?

my thoughts were that a 3/4-pot bet would be small enough, but since the pot had already been built up a bit, i'm think the absolute dollar amount may have been too high for a crying call. of course, there's always the chance that villain whiffed on a heart draw or something, but i'm asking about general tendencies rather than this specific hand.

any comments on the line in general? fwiw, i would raise the hell out of this pf from LP with one or no limpers.


Poker Stars
Pot Limit Omaha Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
9 players


Stack sizes:
UTG: $18.45
UTG+1: $69.20
Hero: $115.55
MP2: $102.65
MP3: $20.50
CO: $31.40
Button: $72.80
SB: $86.35
BB: $37.50

Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is MP1 with
2 folds, Hero calls $1 (pot was $1.5), MP2 calls $1 (pot was $2.5), MP3 calls $1 (pot was $3.5), 2 folds, SB raises to $5.5, BB folds, Hero calls $4 (pot was $9), MP2 calls $4 (pot was $13), MP3 calls $4 (pot was $17).

Flop: ($23, 4 players)
SB bets $5, Hero calls $5 (pot was $28), 2 folds.

Turn: ($33, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $22, SB calls $22 (pot was $55).

River: ($77, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $58, SB folds.
Uncalled bets: $58 returned to Hero.

Results:
Final pot: $77

[JDLush]

My guess is SB had a flush draw and perhaps at best the same low that you have. I don't see him calling much more than a half pot bet, if that, assuming that's the case. He might not have had a low at all and it would not have mattered. If he made a str8 on the turn he would have popped it, but his flat call screams flush draw that wants the cheapest river possible.

I agree with you that a pot bet is only getting called by an A2 or better str8. I like your line, but probably would only raise that from the button maybe half the time. The limp utg works for me.