The river is the last street in no limit holdem, now there are 5 community cards out there and there are no more cards to come. If there have been bets on all the former streets, the pot is usually almost as big as your remaining stack or maybe even bigger. In this situation it is common to bet all the rest of your chips if you want to make a bet, this is called going ALL IN. It is a very powerful move, and is used both as a bluff and as a bet with a good hand. People playing low stakes don’t bluff too much from my experience, so if you are going to call their last all in river bet I advice you to have a good hand, top pair good kicker or better. Here are some tips to help you with playing the river. continue reading…