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[Closed] 5$ HU Top pair river play

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Kireto
Joined: 27.01.2010

bazelos_x - 876$
Hero - 2124$

Dealt to Hero (J :heart: 4 :diamond:)

ANTES/BLINDS
bazelos_x posts small blind (25), Hero posts big blind (50),

PRE-FLOP
bazelos_x calls 50, Hero checks.

FLOP [board cards: 9 :diamond:,6 :diamond:,J :spade: ]
Hero bets 75, bazelos_x calls 75.

TURN [board cards: 9 :diamond:,6 :diamond:,J :spade:,7 :heart: ]
Hero checks, bazelos_x bets 50,Hero calls 50.

RIVER [board cards:9 :diamond:,6 :diamond:,J :spade:,7 :heart:,9 :club: ]

Hero checks, bazelos_x bets 275, Hero ??

Pretty fishy player so far. Overaggressive and does a lot of min betting as a bluff.

On the flop I bet for value, checked the turn as I didn't want to play a big pot with my weak kicker and maybe to induce a bluff (and he did min bet, which I first tough is a bluff ) . The river paired the middle pair, which is one of the cards in his range for calling my flop bet, but the size of the turn bet was a bit confusing, because if he thinks that his 9 is good why he didn't bet more and as I said he often min bets for bluff.

As I played I folded on the river, but do you think is good to raise after the min bet, or check fold is a better play ?

Thanks


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ghaleon
Joined: 17.10.2007

I would usually bet ~2/3 pot in turn and then check-call or bet-fold river depending of villain and river. Many draws will call turn and usually 9x as well. As played turn check-call is fine. River is nasty and both check-call or check-fold are fine. Obviously you only beat bluff, but with that turn read... Can he bet river as bluff? Bet size tells?


chenny8888
Joined: 03.10.2007

Hi all,

It's heads up with 13bb. I'd bet flop bet turn (around 200) then get it in on the river. You DO want to play a big pot with top pair any kicker when stacks are so shallow ;). As played I call the river