3 handed river

[jgorham]

Been playin this guy HU for a while, and overall he is fairly passive. Now the game is 3handed, but that doesn't change much. I have seen him raise the turn for a free showdown before, and am suspicious that is what he is doing here. Not sure if this is the best defense or a turn 3bet?

Party Poker 5/10 Hold'em (6 max, 3 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A/images/graemlins/club.gif, Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
<font color="#CC3333">Button raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Button calls.

Flop: (7 SB) 7/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, Button calls.

Turn: (4.50 BB) 2/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises</font>, Hero calls.

River: (8.50 BB) 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>...

If he raises the river I am calling.

[Nick Royale]

I've just started playing shorthanded, but is just calling the turn bet and check/calling the river too passive? That would have been my line.

His flop call/turn raise suggests a very strong hand. Have he been raising for a free SD frequently?

If you're considering 3-betting the turn then you couldn't fold to a river raise given the line you took. And I wouldn't either.

[billyjex]

if u thought you were ahead on the turn, then you should just 3-bet it.

[jgorham]

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