Call or Fold? Jonathan Little Faces a River Check-Raise with a Full House

Jonathan LittleThis week's hand again comes from a €5K buy-in European Poker Tour Main Event I recently played.

It was still early in the tournament, with the blinds 150/300 with a 25 ante. The action began with the player on my right in the hijack seat opening for 700. He had about 17,000 to start the hand, while I was already up to about 50,000.

In the cutoff I looked down at . In general, I'd probably prefer three-betting this hand in this spot, but here I just called and the two of us saw a flop come .

We both checked, then the turn brought the to improve my hand. My opponent led for 1,300 (about two-thirds pot) and I called. The then fell on fifth street to complete the board, meaning I…