Another vanilla 88 hand

[MoreWineII]

UB 3/6.

Continuing in my mopey downswing mode...

Lately I've been feeling as if perhaps I'm calling down in the wrong spots and folding in the wrong spots.

Here's an example:

Folded to hero in late middle position. I open-raise 8/images/graemlins/club.gif 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif. Both blinds call. SB is unremarkable but BB is loose/tricky/aggressive. He defends his blinds as if they are his most prized possession in life.

Flop: J /images/graemlins/spade.gif 6 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif 4 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif

Checked to me, I bet flop. SB folds, BB raises, I call.

Turn: 2 /images/graemlins/spade.gif He bets, I call.

River: 2 /images/graemlins/heart.gif He bets, I call.

Standard? Anyone 3-bet the flop? Raise the turn intending to fold to a 3-bet?

[IndieMatty]

If BB is as tricky as you say he is, then you must call down.

[dmk]

I like vanilla, well played.

[StellarWind]

Looks good to me.

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Raise the turn intending to fold to a 3-bet?

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This is risky versus a tricky player. You might fold the best hand. Aside from that risk, there does not seem to be much value in it:

1. Versus a six, four, or smaller pocket pair you probably win 1 BB when he calls the raise and calls the river.

2. Versus a jack or TT/99 you lose 1 BB the same way.

3. Versus a big hand you lose 2 set outs when you fold to a 3-bet.

4. Versus a flush draw, OESD, or overcards you lose 1 BB when he makes his hand.

5. Versus a flush draw, OESD, or overcards you probably gain nothing when he busts because this player would have bluffed the river had you just called. The raise will cause him to checkfold instead.