3-betting the river without the nuts

[bobdibble]

Villian is tight/passive.

Thoughts?

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Preflop: Hero is BB with 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, A/images/graemlins/club.gif.
<font color="666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls, <font color="666666">4 folds</font>, CO calls, <font color="666666">2 folds</font>, Hero checks,

Flop: (3.50 SB) Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif, A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 2/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, UTG+1 calls, CO calls.

Turn: (3.25 BB) 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, UTG+1 calls, CO folds.

River: (5.25 BB) 3/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">UTG+1 raises</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, UTG+1 calls.

Final Pot: 11.25 BB

[Nemesis]

tight passive and he raises you... generally not good. With that read i'd call it probably instead of 3 bet. =/

[SoCalPat]

Tight-passive would limp with AQ from EP, and I can't imagine him holding 22 (TP's probably pass here from EP). Anything else would've required him to chase or raise PF (although TP'ers could limp with AA or QQ, but I think he'd have put in a raise before the river with those hands).

If he's the type that's always showing down stronger hands than what you thought he had, I would just call the raise. Against a player who would play any ace, however, I would make it 3 as well.

[Nottom]

I like it. His most likely hand is a worse 2-pair (specifically A3) if he is fairly tight post flop since 33 or 45 are pretty loose calls on that board in a small pot.

[HajiShirazu]

I play it the same way.

[dfscott]

I'm having a hard time figuring out what a tight-passive EP player would play from EP, chase with, and raise on this river -- A3s? In any case, I'd probably raise the river and hope not to see 33 (and if I did I'd change my read).