Advice on AQ

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Of course its easy to give advise after the hand. However, before deciding what to do with his check raise to you, the question may be, why did you bet? This hand spells trouble because there has been a decent amount of action the the BB been part of it. At the end of the day, you have only 1 pair (not including the 6's). I play alot of 4/8 and I know plenty of players that would 3 bet pre-flop with pocket 6's. In my opinion, it was a blessing when he checked to you. This falls under the catagory, "he would only call you (or raise) with a better hand. As for what to do now, I say you have to call one more bet. This reminds me of the saying, "a good play can set a trap, but a great player can smell one." His play smells fishy to me.
Regards,
miketomK82

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Wrong. This is a very obvious value bet. Hands like 99, TT, QQ, KK and even sometimes a worse A or even worse pocket pair is probably going to call a river bet.

Failing to bet this river is a big, big, big mistake. Winning low limit hold'em is all about sacking up and value-betting.

I call the river basically because my opponent clearly played his hand in a weird, irrational way which, if he had a good hand, obviously risked costing himself tons and tons of money if his plan backfired. The confusion and the pot size are enough to make me look him up. I think we'll see a desperation bluff with QQ here often enough to make it worthwhile, and seeing his hand will do wonders for playing against him in the future.