Poker – Folding On The River
July 22nd, 2009
Let's assume that you have Q-Q in a four-way-action pot with a board of 0-0-0-0, and tnat there has been a lot of betting and raising on the flop during this hand. Say now that 0 comes off the deck and a mouse bets into you. You'll want to fold your hand without further thought. The 0 makes a flush, a straight, and a pair of aces all possible. That combined with the specter of a mouse betting into you is a scary scenario! You'd probably have to fold even if a jackal bet into you, especially if there are other opponents in the hand behind you yet to act. It is also a bad sign for you that there was so much betting and raising on the flop; this suggests that there are straight and flush draws out there. Some cards are just so bad that you have to fold.
The Board Is So Bad I Surrender!
Suppose you have 0-0, tne noP comes 0-0-0 (tms 1S one of the worst possible flops for your hand), and two opponents are really "jamming it" with you on the flop. Say 0 hits on the turn, they both check, you bet, and they both call you. Now you know that you probably have the best hand at this point, since no one has raised you, but you're also sure that your opponents have big draws. (What else could they have been jamming it with on the flop?) So when pops up on the river, for 0-0-0-0-0, what can you beat? Any heart makes a flush and any seven or queen makes a straight. How can you call even one bet on the end, especially given the way the others have played the hand? You can't even beat an opponent who holds 0-0 (that hand makes two pairs). Even though you waited hours for your A-A, and even though the pot odds are pretty good, sometimes you just have to surrender!
Now let's take a look at some situations where, most of the time, you just have to call on the river because of the pot odds.
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