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Trips queens back kicker, river decision (Live)

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Castle93
Joined: 06.06.2011

Unfortunately, I don't have the exact hand history as it was a live tournament. It was a rebuy tournament with a 5k starting stack, 10k add on and extremely soft player field.

Hero: 115k (tournament average 70k), 22 players left. 9 cash
Villian: Roughly 95k

Blinds 4k / 2k / 500 Ante

Hero: Q♠:5♦: in BB

MP limps, BU calls, SB calls, Hero checks.

Pot 19.5k
Flop: Q♥:8♠:2♠:

SB checks, Hero checks, MP bets 12k, BU folds, SB folds, hero calls

Pot: 43.5k
Turn: Q♣:

Hero checks, MP bets 12k, Hero calls.

Pot: 67.5k
River: 3♦:

Hero ?

I have no idea what the best line is on this river. C/C, C/F or B/F. Villian has around a pot sized bet left. I'm leaning towards B/F. I don't think villain is a good enough player to bluff raise a small bet on the river and we get value from some marginal hands that he would have checked behind. Plus it acts as a blocker bet. C/C is a weird one as we don't beat any value hands. C/F seems like an option but I don't see myself folding if he bets like than 20k OTR.

Can I just throw it again on the flop? He bets nearly 2/3 pot into a 4-way pot. Hard to put him on a range as these players can be limping in with hands like K8 for example. However, I'm not sure he's betting that OTF.

Thanks in advance for your feedback, everyone!


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SDK1987
Joined: 12.11.2008

First, I have moved your hand to the hand discussion forum. Then you get more views and feedback as well.

On the flop, I would consider making a thin value bet and for protection as well, but check calling seems fine as well. The turn bet seems weak of him with the same sizing, but he can still have us beat with a better Q or FH and if he has 2 pair we don’t want to scare him off with a raise or shove.

The river is for me a complete blank and I expect he could fire a lot of the time again with his range of or a FH or a missed draw and I would check/call this most of the time. I don’t think you will get to many action of worse hands if you lead the river I think.

Cheers,
SDK1987


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Kinghu
Joined: 27.09.2016

The small turn bet is interesting, is he on a FD or does he have a FH and hope that you are on one?

I would have bet the flop, (I'd be happy to pick up the pot there and then).

As played I think check/call river is the best option. you won't get reraised of the pot, you will get value from worse hands and limit loses to bigger hands,


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