$3/6. AA check

[ahnuld]

Yeah, I was wondering about the action, given that sb called you pf. I like more money on the flop, then the pot is bigger on the turn and you can commit yourself (which you want) on the river, I guess your be is okay from a passive calling station, and I cant see many hands holding a nine, but if he is loose, maybe I check since 9T suited is a possibility for bad opponents. But I probably bet too.

[barongreenback]

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What do you put villian on here? Something like 10 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 10x?

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I was thinking about that kind of hand and I reckon he would call with that. When a big raise gets called preflop I naturally think about pairs but this situation was different. He had a big stack and my raise probably didn't seem that big to him. He could have a big range.

I normally bet the pot on the flop but my hand wasn't as vulnerable as most one pair hands and I didn't want to lose a small FD because of the potential payoff. Also, villain had shown willingness to draw to bluffs and bluff big and I wanted to leave that door open.

James

[Bukem_]

I don't like it in general after preflop.

Bet more on the flop.

Consider a cr all in on the turn. The guy will bluff, let him.

On river I definitely don't like a push as played. Its now way to obvious you have an overpair, doubtful he calls you with a worse hand. Check, let him bluff the nine.

Why are so many people putting him on TT-QQ? He is loose, calling with any two to get lucky. THese guys make money when you over play your hands, even though they typically draw incorrectly.

It's hard to check raise when you're last to act.

[Bukem_]

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It's hard to check raise when you're last to act.

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Bleh, way its posted really looks like hero is first to act.

I just blast it every time vs this guy then.

[Wayfare]

Your river play sort of makes it hard for opponent to make any mistake.

[barongreenback]

Thanks for the replies.

I have pretty bad instincts when it comes to value betting the river. I still haven't got limit out of my blood. I usually decide too much on emotions (scared or worried about being weak) instead of doing what I should be doing.

Once he just called the turn I was confident I was ahead. The 9 is a problem on the river but his check makes it less likely he has it. His lack of aggression suggests he has something to show down which increases the chance of a call. So I'm usually ahead but it's hard to believe a decent player calls much with a worse hand.

Anyway, he thought awhile and called with 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] and I got the read I was looking for! I think that most of the time he wouldn't call with such a hand but just at that particular moment he didn't care too much about the money. Note that even with my smaller flop bet and a reasonable hand he didn't play back at me.

Whether I bet more early on depends on whether I intend to get away from the hand unimproved. Vs a wide range my hand does need protection from random 2 pair suckouts if I’m going to payoff. The majority of my stack went in at the river which I don’t like. Still don’t know about the river.

James

[xorbie]

If this guy is really loose and a big bluffer I see no harm in checking the turn. We're looking at like 4 outs most hands have, and unless he's *really* loose I just can't imagine him calling two big bets here with a poor pair and a [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. That river bet looks terrible unless this guy is a major calling station.

[Hattifnatt]

I check behind on the turn.