How Do You Play Four Of A Kind? : Hand Analysis

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Should I:
Big Raise?
Small Raise?
Check?

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Should I:
Big Raise?
Small Raise?
Check?

check fast on flop
check fast or slow call the turn
river hopefully someone hits the flush or boat
lead out the river small and hope you get check raised then push..
now if turn and river are kings (and lord I hope not fold.
the idea is to max your winnings if its only a small pot.
l would like to here how this hand worked out...

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Should I:
Big Raise?
Small Raise?
Check?

You forgot to mention "fold" as one of the options

Now seriously, I had the same situation about a week ago. I received JJ and two more J on flop. There were three players including me. Everyone checked after the flop (including me). Both players checked again after the turn so I couldn't wait any longer and wanted to get at least something out of this situation. So I betted 50... Everyone folded

Such a good card and such a poor winning

thrash1294 wrote:check fast on flop
check fast or slow call the turn
river hopefully someone hits the flush or boat
lead out the river small and hope you get check raised then push..
now if turn and river are kings (and lord I hope not fold.
the idea is to max your winnings if its only a small pot.
lwould like to here how this hand worked out...

I dont agree,
You are on the button i see, what would your normal play be if you had nothing?
I would have tried to take the pot becouse of the checks in front of me.
So if you have played aggressive they would expect u to bet, so bet.
Just 1 or 2 times the big blind so they will think u are not very sure of your hand.

Im sure 1 or 2 will call. The turn i do it again, just 2 or 3 bb.
You are building a pot so at the river you will get much more value, your opponents wont fold that easy anymore.

This way you will be sure the flush or straight chasers will call, and the person with Kx will call 2.
So anyone hitting a flush or a boat will still be in.

Comments?

Tommie wrote:I dont agree,
You are on the button i see, what would your normal play be if you had nothing?
I would have tried to take the pot becouse of the checks in front of me.
So if you have played aggressive they would expect u to bet, so bet.
Just 1 or 2 times the big blind so they will think u are not very sure of your hand.

Im sure 1 or 2 will call. The turn i do it again, just 2 or 3 bb.
You are building a pot so at the river you will get much more value, your opponents wont fold that easy anymore.

This way you will be sure the flush or straight chasers will call, and the person with Kx will call 2.
So anyone hitting a flush or a boat will still be in.

Comments?

I agree with You... -_-

Tommie wrote:I dont agree,
You are on the button i see, what would your normal play be if you had nothing?
I would have tried to take the pot becouse of the checks in front of me.
So if you have played aggressive they would expect u to bet, so bet.
Just 1 or 2 times the big blind so they will think u are not very sure of your hand.

Im sure 1 or 2 will call. The turn i do it again, just 2 or 3 bb.
You are building a pot so at the river you will get much more value, your opponents wont fold that easy anymore.

This way you will be sure the flush or straight chasers will call, and the person with Kx will call 2.
So anyone hitting a flush or a boat will still be in.

Comments?

Yes. I think that you should not wait too long and start building your pot. Otherwise, if you wait too long, you might waste your perfect card and end up with a very small pot.

p_james wrote:Yes. I think that you should not wait too long and start building your pot. Otherwise, if you wait too long, you might waste your perfect card and end up with a very small pot.

I dont even want represent the king on flop.
I want an aggresive player to stab at it first.
maybe a small bet on the turn and see if I get action.
but I want someone to make a hand to max the winnings.

What would u do if you didnt have a king or 10?
Would u bet and try to take the pot with a bluf.
I would becouse of the 3 checks before me.
So i bet here becouse they would expect me to do and probally call with a Kx Ax or a flush or straight chance.

I give you an example.

You are at the table with 4 peeps seeing the flop.
You are first to act with JQ and the flop is 10 10 K.
you check and 2 players behind u check.
Last player bets small.
Do u think he could be bluffing? Yes becouse you 3 have shown weakness.
U have outs to call a small bet if he has Kx?
Yes if the x isnt a 10 you have.
So u call.
Second player has an Ace with maybe J or 9.
Will he call? The pot has gotten a little bigger and the bet is minimum.
He can tell himself to fold if the turn doesnt hit his Ace.
You didnt show strenght and the other player would raise with anything from that position.

With a 1 or 2 bb raise you wont lose any calling stations, and u will not lose any chasers.
Players with really bad hands wont call on the river anyway.

And if u bet that little u still dont show any strenght becouse of the low bet.