HH hand 9

[jimmer]

Have I got the best hand? I have no info on the others.

PokerStars Game #21842990658: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/11/07 18:21:35 ET
Table 'Ekard II' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: cdb629 ($41.40 in chips)
Seat 2: parano1d4 ($10 in chips)
Seat 3: amymylove ($10.45 in chips)
Seat 4: jbdb3 ($47 in chips)
Seat 5: LickerGigolo ($41.10 in chips)
Seat 6: irishjohan ($34.95 in chips)
Seat 7: LyolikBY ($9.95 in chips)
Seat 8: hirsch0815 ($30.50 in chips)
Seat 9: Just4Lucky ($48.15 in chips)
irishjohan: posts small blind $0.25
LyolikBY: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jbdb3 [Th Qd]
hirsch0815: folds
Just4Lucky: folds
cdb629: calls $0.50
parano1d4: folds
amymylove: folds
jbdb3: calls $0.50
LickerGigolo: folds
irishjohan: calls $0.25
LyolikBY: checks
*** FLOP *** [5d Jc Qs]
irishjohan: checks
LyolikBY: checks
cdb629: checks
jbdb3: bets $1.50
irishjohan: calls $1.50
LyolikBY: folds
cdb629: calls $1.50
*** TURN *** [5d Jc Qs] [Qh]
irishjohan: checks
cdb629: checks
jbdb3: bets $2
irishjohan: calls $2
cdb629: calls $2
*** RIVER *** [5d Jc Qs Qh] [2h]
irishjohan: checks
cdb629: checks
jbdb3: ????

I'm worried my kicker isn't good enough, especially with two others in the pot still, so plan to check?

[Gunslinger]

Raise or fold pre-flop! When you are in the cutoff or button, isolate weak players who open limp alot. You will usually play a bigger pot heads up in position, representing a bigger hand, instead of letting the blinds in cheap for a multiway pot.

As played, you really would have heard from AQ, KQ, QJ, or 55 by now, unless someone is seriously sandbagging. No draws came in, and this is a very safe board. This is one of those spots where I think trying to squeeze a little more value on the river might work. The blind could have a weak Q or stubborn J and look you up.

But I wouldn't totally hate checking behind. The pot is big enough to want to showdown, and you can't stand a check-raise. Close call.

[xDiamond_CutteRx]

This is a must-bet. Your are throwing money away by checking.

[Jernej Zorec]

yeah bet here pretty much always and fold if then raised when u got no info on others

[miaowmiaowchowface]

raise pre, bigger on turn, bet river

[crack]

Worried about your kicker? WTF? It doesn't even look like any of them have a Q or you would prolly have found out by now, especially if they have a better kicker. I may be wrong because I haven't played NL50 for like 43504950495409540954095409 years but I guess you don't get river check raised hardly at this limit?

[ErinJeff]

Worried about your kicker? WTF? It doesn't even look like any of them have a Q or you would prolly have found out by now, especially if they have a better kicker. I may be wrong because I haven't played NL50 for like 43504950495409540954095409 years but I guess you don't get river check raised hardly at this limit?

Only when crushed at NL50 do you get a river checkraise from random players.

[Jauron]

Bet river. You are losing a ton of value by checking.