Interesting overcard play

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Reads were semi-loose aggressive preflop slightly passive postflop. I'd had probably 600 hands with the guy. I'd seen him on a previous occasion play overcards too strongly preflop. More comments later.

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif, A/images/graemlins/club.gif.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO 3-bets</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, BB calls, Hero calls.

Flop: (9.50 SB) 7/images/graemlins/club.gif, 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, CO calls, BB calls.

Turn: (6.25 BB) 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, CO calls, BB folds.

River: (8.25 BB) 8/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, CO folds.

Final Pot: 9.25 BB

[sy_or_bust]

This is usually a bad line, especially when you don't have AK, but when you have the right read, betting out your overcards can be a successful play. Don't do this too often, especially against a 3-bettor who is more likely to hold a pair.

What would you have done if raised on the river?

[NateDog]

I have noticed that rencently I have been using this line with unimproved overcards, but only HU. Against a more passive player, it often works, as you know when he leads, or plays back, he's got a hand. Against an aggressive player, or a tricky one, I don't know how often I would lay it down when he plays back at me.

With your reads, he probably has a very similar hand to yours, but can't see how he can be ahead, as you have led every street.

Nice hand.

Nate

[hate]

The problem in this one instance is that he's not showing any sign of a pair from the flop play. Yeah he preflop 3-bet, but that could be anything. I 100% agree this is a bad line for anybody else, but I'm either folding the flop here UI or I'm betting out HU.

As soon as he flop called rather than raised, I knew I was money aside from the unlikely (and most likely bad) ace showing up. He'd shown little tendency to raise for a free card.

I really wanted to show this because I'd had a very good read on the guy, and occasionally betting overcards into traffic isn't at all a bad thing.

Me folding to a river raise is mandatory.