Wild Child asked:
So I’m playing a friendly home game of no limit texas hold ‘em with the blinds at $1 and $2 with 6 players. I’m on the button and make the call with 9 10 suited, small blind folds and big blind checks so there’s 5 players in the pot. Flop comes 10 10 10. The nuts! 1st player bets $4 and everybody calls so I smooth call hoping somebody hits their full boat on the turn. The turn is an 8. 1st player bets another $4 and everybody calls again. They’re building the pot for me so I’m thinking if I raise that’s just going to be a red flag so I smooth call again. A 7 opens on the river and the 1st player checks and everybody checked as well.
So I’m playing a friendly home game of no limit texas hold ‘em with the blinds at $1 and $2 with 6 players. I’m on the button and make the call with 9 10 suited, small blind folds and big blind checks so there’s 5 players in the pot. Flop comes 10 10 10. The nuts! 1st player bets $4 and everybody calls so I smooth call hoping somebody hits their full boat on the turn. The turn is an 8. 1st player bets another $4 and everybody calls again. They’re building the pot for me so I’m thinking if I raise that’s just going to be a red flag so I smooth call again. A 7 opens on the river and the 1st player checks and everybody checked as well.
Now.. is it correct to make a value bet so the person holding the 7 or 8 raises or do I over bet the pot to make it seem like I’m bluffing and want everybody to fold? The pot is now at $51 if you weren’t counting.
I made a $10 value bet and one person called. Should I have over bet? The reasoning I used was I didn’t over bet because these are not professional poker players and would automatically think I’d over bet because I have the nuts and not because I’m bluffing at the pot.
Fernando
