$2 NLHE 6-max: $2 NLHE 6-max: MP KJ on 9KT board

only have 25 hands on villain.
i lost a buy in to him a few hands back (flopped set vs. made straight on turn).

WPN, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 5 Players

SB: $4.14 (207 bb)
BB: $6.44 (322 bb)
Hero (MP): $2.37 (118.5 bb)
CO: $2.07 (103.5 bb)
BTN: $2 (100 bb)

Preflop: Hero is MP with Js Kd
Hero raises to $0.06, 3 folds, BB calls $0.04

Flop: ($0.13) 9s Kh Ts
(2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.10, BB raises to $0.33, Hero calls $0.23

Turn: ($0.79) 6h
(2 players)
BB bets $0.58, Hero calls $0.58

River: ($1.95) Ac
(2 players)
BB bets $5.47, Hero ??


my questions are:
1) do i bet more on the flop with top pair + gutshot?

2) his check raise on flop says so many things. im not sure if he has a set here, QJ, AQ, AK, KQ, two pair, etc. the board is really scary. i just called for this reason. was this a mistake?

3) on the turn, i thought a drawing hand might check here, but then i thought that would be a misplay on his part since he check raised the flop and it could be obvious he is chasing a flush or straight. so then i thought maybe he has QJ. but that also seems weird since i think QJ would've shoved. so i called again here thinking he might be on the draw still and is trying to hide it. he could also just have a better kicker here, or he could still have a set. should i have folded here?

4) the river brings another scary card, and i didn't improve. the flush also missed so that might alleviate some of his worries if he had a straight, and for some reason was waiting until the river to shove. he also massively overbets here so it makes me think AK or a set probably makes the most sense. but his insta shove here for his whole stack just seems odd. wouldn't he just bet my stack if he had a monster?

VPIP and PFR? Is he a maniac?

Fold here. You may be against QJ.

yeah need some reads on vilain, since villlain flatted in thee in the blnd im leaning morre towards hi being fishy type,

this is a scary board, and i don't see hm bluff raising here without an almost nuttted range (99,TT,QJ,) .

bet sizing otf is good , now fold

swingro said:

VPIP and PFR? Is he a maniac?

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32/12 over the 30ish hands ive been at the table.
not super sure. i havent seen him raise a lot preflop, but he usually is very aggressive postflop.

the only reads ive picked up on so far in the session were:
a) he plays draws very aggressively (he called a shove on the flop, with a flush draw)
b) he cbets every hand
c) he went to showdown nearly every hand

asdfg123 said:

32/12 over the 30ish hands ive been at the table.
not super sure. i havent seen him raise a lot preflop, but he usually is very aggressive postflop.

the only reads ive picked up on so far in the session were:
a) he plays draws very aggressively (he called a shove on the flop, with a flush draw)
b) he cbets every hand
c) he went to showdown nearly every hand

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He is a fish. He is not as aggressive as you think. Insta fold on the river and be happy about it.

swingro said:

He is a fish. He is not as aggressive as you think. Insta fold on the river and be happy about it.

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Quite agree with you. No need to gamble here

Fold herw
You once gave him your full stack and he is thinking that he can do it again. I agree that he is a fish. A good players will bet half to full pot. You would definitely called if he have done that.

I would 3 bet on the flop and fold to a shove/4 bet by the villain. If he called, it would have been a checked pot to the river.

I actually think letting it go on the flop is an alright play. If that's too fit-or-fold, then I'd call but make up my mind on what I'do on which turn cards ahead of time. Do you really want to improve to two pair? If a king comes, you're only beating counterfeited 10 9, and the equally likely combos of K9/K10/1010/99 boat up. You're still behind KQ and AK if he flatted those. QJ is a possibility as well and the paired board might freeze the action.

The one turn card you'll really like is a queen, then you can milk his sets on the turn.

With a blank on the turn, and villain bets pot on the turn instead of checking, after you bet the flop and called a checkraise, that is usually a bad call. He wasn't semibluff check-raising with AQ of spades, he doesn't have K8, this is time to fold.

thanks guys for the input