Stealer slowplays me

Villain is 35/10/1.5 who steals moderately from the button.
He has demonstrated the ability to make continuation bets on the flop.... up until now.



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Preflop: Hero is BB with 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero calls.

Flop: (4.40 SB) J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, Button checks.

Turn: (2.20 BB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, Button checks.

River: (2.20 BB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button caps</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 10.20 BB

[donger]

If button has the best hand, his play is atrocious.

This hand goes down so bizarrely that I don't know if I'm three-betting the river. Button is usually either so far behind he can't call the three-bet or going to cap it with AK or QQ/JJ/TT..

And 89, but his steal % isnt that high.

NH. If he turned over AK or QQ-TT, I'm sorry. I might be tempted to bet the turn here, depending on his steal range. He may have an OESD and you are giving him a free card. I would either fold to a raise or call it on the turn depending on his aggression there. If I called, I would definitely bet the river, to prevent him from getting a free showdown. Since you made trips, I think I would have check-raised the river. So my line might've been check/bet-call/check-raise against a high PFAF, but probably check/bet-fold against a passive postflop player.