$2 NLHE Full Ring: NIT UTG raise - did I play this OK?

At the time villian was ~4/3 over ~85 hands.

So because of this I put him on AA,KK,QQ or maybe JJ/AKs.

When he just called pre I suppose AA wasn't possible and KK is unlikely as I hold it.
On the flop if he had QQ i'm beat so I checked back to keep the pot small.
On the turn I was thinking JJ after his two checks, so I bet (bit still pretty small). Same for the river. IMO I should have bet a little bigger, but I didn't want to create a massive pot then have him jam on me on the river. (in heinshight I suppose a c/r on the river is unlikely from this player).

Poker Stars - $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em (9 players)
Poker Stars Hand Converter Tool from CardsChat.com

SB: $2.29
BB: $2.02
UTG: $1.97
UTG+1: $0.83
MP: $5.40
MP+1: $2.08
MP+2: $1
CO: $4.32
BTN: $1.60

Pre-flop: ($0.03) is MP and dealt
UTG raises to $0.06, UTG+1 folds, MP raises to $0.22, 6 folds, UTG calls $0.16

Flop: ($0.47) (2 players)
UTG checks, MP checks

Turn: ($0.47) (2 players)
UTG checks, MP bets $0.27, UTG calls $0.27

River: ($1.01) (2 players)
UTG checks, MP bets $0.50, UTG calls $0.50

Anyway, bet higher, more often?

i think there were no pocket aces here...however this was well played,no objections from my side

sryImPro said:

i think there were no pocket aces here...however this was well played,no objections from my side

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Yeah during I kinda suspected he didn't, after I was 100% sure as it would be re-raise pre, c/r flop all that stuff etc etc.

lol assuming ur MP bet the flop, bet turn more, bet river more

yes,he would reraise definitely....so don't tell me he had 7? :/

sryImPro said:

yes,he would reraise definitely....so don't tell me he had 7? :/

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lol hell no. He was at the very bottom of his range.




Jacks.

e: oh yeah Tyler + SIP.. say he check-raises the flop, fold or jam? Probably jam as I'm pretty much pot committed with him having ~$1 left after his c/r?

...i'm glad to hear that..as i said already you played it well and no,i think you shouldn't raise more,you would just scare him...

Lol stop using a HUD at 2nl and just bet your big hands big. Besides, 85 hands it's such a worthless sample.

Aldito said:

Lol stop using a HUD at 2nl and just bet your big hands big. Besides, 85 hands it's such a worthless sample.

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haha made me laugh. Thanks for the lolz

Checking the flop is okay, but you need to raise the river if you're going to play it this way.

c9h13no3 said:

Checking the flop is okay, but you need to raise the river if you're going to play it this way.

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Yeah if by raising river you mean betting a little bigger then I suppose so. It might fold out his mid-pairs if I bet too high though?

jbbb said:

It might fold out his mid-pairs if I bet too high though?

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Yeah, bet bigger. People like to see showdowns.

I would only check the flop if I'm hoping to get hero called by worse on an overbet shove later. Probably raise more pre too.

Bet flop bet more bet bet bet bet.

sryImPro said:

no,i think you shouldn't raise more,you would just scare him...

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I don't think this is very good advice - we shouldn't bet small because we are worried about scaring our customer away we need to be looking at getting maximum value. You need to do this:

LuckChippy said:

Bet flop bet more bet bet bet bet.

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Try to avoid too putting villain on specific hands and look at his wider range (not that wide sure, but don't soul read). You say on the flop you think he may have QQ then on turn you think JJ - if so bet and get some value, I don't think villain is going to fold JJ here and will call 30-35c as often as he call 27c so get value. Come the river what has changed? He doesn't have AA or QQ so you are way ahead here - don't bet so small.