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river check-raise bluff in NL2 deep vs presumably weak range

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briccius
Joined: 26.06.2007
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$0.01/$0.02 No-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Known players:
[tg]MP3 (Hero)$11.43:///////;CO$4.30:///////;BU$1.77:///////;SB$7.54:///////;BB$4.27:///////;MP2$6.00:///////;[/tg]

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with K:d, T:d.
MP2 folds, Hero raises to $0.14, CO calls $0.14, 3 folds, 2 folds, BB folds.

Flop: ($0.31) 5:c, T:c, 6:c (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $0.28, Hero calls $0.28.

Turn: ($0.87) A:s (2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks.

River: ($0.87) 3:s (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $0.45, Hero raises to $2.24, CO folds, Hero gets uncalled bet back.

Final Pot: $1.32.

As to the flop action: I feel with these monotone boards I have a lot of FE, meaning I c-bet them a lot, so when I actually have a piece of it, I tend to play it slower, of course not wanting to see a 4rth diamond or an overcard and adjusting if it comes. Of course protecting my hand is also a consideration, so I see that a strong case can be made for c-betting. Anyway, I am mainly concerned with river spot.

I felt like my opponent´s range was weak in that spot and decided to turn my hand into a bluff. With weak I mean I thought he might have a busted draw but also an A, (I was thinking about Ac) that I could push him off. I did not want to just call because his bet looked so value-ish. What do you think about it and was sizing good? Maybe bluff was not necessary and call was better option? I guess he very rarely has JJ-QQ and almost never KK, considering pf action. Sometimes he has random 2pair (but it´s unclear whether he will find a fold) But my main concern was really an A. After all, all other 1pair hands are behind. How often does he have it when he checks behind turn? I am really not sure whether I should rather call river, even though my bluff-raise will really not get called very often in this spot, even though I am not exactly sure what I represent with my line...


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muel294
Joined: 06.06.2009
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Personally I prefer betting the flop for value here without further info on villain. I think villain's CO vs MP open range will still be wide enough to justify a bet here. I think he can have worse Tx and club draws.

As for turning your hand into a bluff I don't think that was really necessary. I would expect villain to have a hand less than TP when he check behind on the turn. I would expect most people to bet TP+ on such a draw heavy board IP.

I think your hand could either be used as a bluff catcher or go for thin value OTR depending on what we know of villain. If he is unknown I would bet/fold something 1/2 pot or less.

As played I would be tempted to just x/c it off in your spot since I would expect him to have a busted draw here quite often due to the check behind on the turn. In addition, what better hand do you think he folds? Some Ax? A weird low 2pr combo?

In my experience, unless you know villain well or have some read then you going to have a rough time trying to get unknowns off TP or better.


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