Cash Game Hand Analysis

I have been 16 tabling full ring $200/nl and $400/nl cash games on fulltilt for the past few days. I like to mix up the games I play for a bit of variety and I have not played cash games in a while so I though I would see how it goes.

I played a big hand and wanted to share it with you. I had played one other pot with this villian and he won it by betting me out of the pot on the turn. After the hand was over I noticed he typed in the comments "pimp this". So I figured if I play a pot with this guy again he is not going to give me much credit for having a hand.

Here is the hand history:

Full Tilt Poker Game #16096879812: Table Hype (ante, deep) - $1/$2 Ante $0.30 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:46:24 ET - 2009/11/17
Seat 1: foggy22 ($200)
Seat 2: Kush789 ($204.80)
Seat 3: minniemomo ($226.05), is sitting out
Seat 4: PimpinDonks ($751.75)
Seat 5: sornmajstr ($399.55)
Seat 6: Rogering ($171.50)
Seat 7: Thomfoolery ($572.20)
Seat 8: Eeman2004 ($358.15)
Seat 9: homerj421 ($89.90)
foggy22 antes $0.30
sornmajstr antes $0.30
PimpinDonks antes $0.30
homerj421 antes $0.30
Kush789 antes $0.30
Thomfoolery antes $0.30
Rogering antes $0.30
Eeman2004 antes $0.30
Eeman2004 posts the small blind of $1
homerj421 posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PimpinDonks [Jh Kc]
foggy22 folds
foggy22 adds $0.30
Kush789 folds
PimpinDonks raises to $6
sornmajstr folds
Rogering folds
Thomfoolery has 15 seconds left to act
Thomfoolery has requested TIME
Thomfoolery calls $6
Eeman2004 folds
homerj421 calls $4
*** FLOP *** [Kd Js As]
homerj421 checks
PimpinDonks bets $16
Thomfoolery calls $16
homerj421 folds
*** TURN *** [Kd Js As] [7s]
PimpinDonks checks
Thomfoolery bets $38
PimpinDonks calls $38
*** RIVER *** [Kd Js As 7s] [Jd]
PimpinDonks checks
Thomfoolery has 15 seconds left to act
Thomfoolery bets $96
PimpinDonks has 15 seconds left to act
PimpinDonks has requested TIME
PimpinDonks raises to $691.45, and is all in
Thomfoolery has 15 seconds left to act
Thomfoolery has requested TIME
Thomfoolery calls $415.90, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $179.55 returned to PimpinDonks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PimpinDonks shows [Jh Kc] a full house, Jacks full of Kings
Thomfoolery mucks
PimpinDonks wins the pot ($1,150.20) with a full house, Jacks full of Kings
Thomfoolery adds $200
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1,153.20 | Rake $3
Board: [Kd Js As 7s Jd]
Seat 1: foggy22 folded before the Flop
Seat 2: Kush789 folded before the Flop
Seat 3: minniemomo is sitting out
Seat 4: PimpinDonks showed [Jh Kc] and won ($1,150.20) with a full house, Jacks full of Kings
Seat 5: sornmajstr folded before the Flop
Seat 6: Rogering folded before the Flop
Seat 7: Thomfoolery (button) mucked [5s 8s] - a flush, Ace high
Seat 8: Eeman2004 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 9: homerj421 (big blind) folded on the Flop

So here is my thought process for the hand. On the flop I cbet with 2 pair and he calls. The turn puts 3 spades on board and he could have me beat with a straight or a better 2 pair as well. I don't think he has a set because he would reraise his big pairs preflop. So I think checking and calling is the best play.

The river gives me a fullhouse and the question I asked myself is should I bet or check?

I figured he could have a big hand here like a flush, straight, three jacks or a full house also. Since he will value bet those and I am out of position I think it is best to check and let him bet. He may also bluff if I check to him which is another benefit.

He bet $96 into a pot of $129. So now do I call, raise small or raise big? Calling here is too weak. He is not going to have a better hand here very often. We are very deep stacked here. Even after he bet the $96 he still has over 200 big blinds and I have him covered. However, I know he isn't going to give me much credit so I shove allin! He tanked for a while and called showing the flush. If I were in his position I would have snap folded. The only thing he could beat was a bluff. I would never do that with 2 pair or even 3 of a kind.

So it was a big pot for $1/$2 NL and the check raise on the river was ideal for getting all the money!