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Idiot straight vs raise on the river

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jiffybag
Joined: 21.12.2010

Another unknown villain, they are effing me in the ay today. I played a few pots with villain and took a nice one off him a few rotations before (then I lost it to the BTN who lost it the the fat ass sitting UTG, fuck em both).
Anyhoo, he was a bit aggro and a big calling station, chasing draws calling down with 2nd pair and top pair with a bum kicker.
I bet the flop big as I wanted to get value from his FD & SD and top pair and 2nd pair type hands or 2 pair. I don't mind seeing the board pair on the turn as it might make a J or a K more likely to call (should I be worried about the board pairing, as one 2 pair combo is now a FH). I don't know if my bet sizing is right, I was going for a shove on the river if he called as he still has QA, QT, Q9, Q8 that I am ahead of. When the river bricked I was thinking maybe check call or bet shove for value. I never considered folding until he raised.

NL 20 5 handed
UTG $40.48
Hero CO $21.68
BTN $18.59
SB $19.86
BB $22.97

Hero T♠: 9♠: :thinking:

UTG calls $0.20, Hero raises to $0.70, fold, Villain calls $0.70, fold, UTG calls $0.70

Main Pot $2.30

Flop
Q♣: K♣: J♦: :happy:

Hero bets $2.10, Villain calls,

Main Pot $6.50

Turn
Q♦: :thinking:

Hero bets $3.00, Villain calls $3.00

Main Pot $12.50

River
6♠: :challenge:

Hero bets $6.25, Villain raises to $13.40 :facepalm:, Hero screams :why: jesusflorestz help me


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jesusflorestz
Joined: 30.03.2021

I like your sizing on the flop.

On the turn that´s a nasty card.

I like betting 3/4 here to defend your hand against all draws but I don´t mind the 1/2 pot bet to control the pot. Giving him a free card here would be very bad.

Then on the river I like check/call here because all draws missed and villain could bluff a lot here.

If he had the Q he would value bet this for sure and you can get value from QT, Q9s, Q8s and AQ.

I don´t see him having KK, QQ, or JJ at all here since most likely would´ve reraised them preflop.

Then you minimize your losses against QJ and QK, which are not that common since the board was blocking them. And of course against AT.

But if you bet you remove almost all his bluffs from draws (unless he is a maniac) and especially if he is an agro player that likes to bluff I like the check here.

P.S.

If I was in Villain shoes.

I would´ve raised QK, QJ, KJ and AT plus to protect my hand against nasty turns.

With AJ, AQ and QT maybe I would have leaned towards calling only.


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SDK1987
Joined: 12.11.2008

Looks like villain is the SB player.
It looks like you Cbet almost pot size on the flop. Normal a little bit more than half pot would be the standard sizing. If you bet the turn I would make it around $4. Than you have less than a pot size bet behind.

On river check/call is most likely better, but now I can't really fold on the small raise. It looks like villain has around $14 behind as well after the call on the turn. Than you need to bet really small to not get committed. Now villain is basically shoving if I see this hand right.

Cheers,
SDK1987


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mkBISCUIT
Joined: 19.01.2018

not knowing the villain a check/call is the correct play most likely, the only issue I have is that 2bet on river isn't a bluff most of he time at NL25..

He could be a little wide as well and just made a set and over playing his hand, as many recs I see like to complete the SB.

Gl
Keep grinding


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