$20 NLHE 6-max: Do you ever bet the river?

forsakenone

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Villain is playing 50/25 only 12 hands, nothing else I know about him. What lines do you take here? Do you raise flop or maybe raise Turn bigger?

Also, given the line I took, would you ever consider betting the river?


888 Poker - $0.20 NL - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

BB: $16.40
UTG: $38.76
MP: $20.00
CO: $16.40
Hero (BTN): $20.34
SB: $19.90

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.20

Pre Flop: ($0.30) Hero has 8:diamond: 8:club:

fold, fold, CO raises to $0.60, Hero calls $0.60, fold, fold

Flop: ($1.50, 2 players) 2:spade: A:heart: 8:heart:
CO bets $0.60, Hero calls $0.60

Turn: ($2.70, 2 players) 5:spade:
CO bets $1.20, Hero raises to $3.40, CO calls $2.20

River: ($9.50, 2 players) 4:spade:
CO checks, Hero bets $4.00,

I wouldn't believe he would check a straight or a flush on the river, and I was putting him on an Ace, maybe even 2 pair like A8 or A2. Do you think I was wrong to bet the river?
 
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Raise the flop 100%, bet turn and bet river.
 
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Raise the flop.
Once we flat that small bet we've allowed him to keep the pot small/medium sized. We have a set vs a fish so we're not going to let him do that.

We also have an ace and a flush draw down vs a fish, we're getting calls loads! Especially when the bet is this small our raise looks a lot weaker.

As played I bet bigger on the river. He'll have a weak ace far more often than a flush/straight especially a backdraw one. Even fish don't raise nearly as many 3x hands as they do Ax hands.
 
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I'd always bet that river against this player. Not betting it is burning money. And, as said, raise flop (your line proves why baluga is such an accurate theory).
 
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