Villain is a flop betting machine and was taking down too many pots uncontested. I planned to stay for a while to see if I could adjust to aggro villain OOP, but he calmed down when the table filled up a few hands later. The decision to check-raise was done somewhat on a whim. (Semi-tilting? Experimenting? Call it whatever you want.) I figured that queen high had a moderate chance of being best, plus I might just get him to fold his hand since it most likely missed him (pure probability since the board paired). Of course, I wouldn't have done this if the other villain had called.
Then the turn bet was a natural follow-through on the flop check-raise. When he didn't fold, I couldn't figure out what to make of his hand. Maybe he had a weak ace, or perhaps he had a 6 or a medium pocket pair, and was afraid of trips. Or maybe he just took a peel with suited overcards and picked up the flush draw. Or maybe he had a straight draw of some sort. It was very hard to tell.
The river paired my queen. I think I would have gone for the full assault bluff if I had not paired up. But since I now have a showdown hand and a somewhat broad range of hands that villain might hold. Some of those hands may mistakenly value bet a pair if I check (a weak ace will correctly value bet), and I might find a wide range of bluffs thrown in as well (he was almost certainly bluffing some of those flop bets, so he might be capable of river bluffs as well). So I checked.
Feel free to laugh at the flop play all day long. It was definitely not well planned. I'm more curious about the river play. Is villain checking through with too many hands to make this play correct?
Paradise Poker 1/2 Hold'em (3 handed)
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Preflop: Hero is SB with Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
Button calls, Hero completes, BB checks.
Flop: (3 SB) 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">BB bets</font>, Button folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, BB calls.
Turn: (3.50 BB) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, BB calls.
River: (5.50 BB) Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">BB bets</font>, Hero calls.
Final Pot: 7.50 BB