$25 NLHE Full Ring: JJ on monotone flop

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Villian Stats (VPIP/PFR/AF): 19/16/2.3

Only got ~50 hands on villain. Seems fairly competent so far.

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.25(BB) Replayer
SB ($28.80)
Hero ($25.00)
UTG ($15.20)
UTG+1 ($28.65)
UTG+2 ($32.50)
CO ($35.10)
BTN ($15.22)

Dealt to Hero J J

fold, fold, UTG+1 calls $0.25, CO raises to $1.00, fold, fold, Hero calls $0.75, fold

FLOP ($2.35) 2 5 9

Hero ??
 
WVHillbilly

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I 3bet this preflop most of the time. His range for isoing a limper is wide and playing OOP against a decent aggressive player with a wide range can be tough.

As played, I check/call flop and lead most non-spade turns. It's not great but I really don't like any alternative better.
 
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Just wondering why you didn't 3bet
 
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Just looking for some post flop analysis on this one.

If we are to check/call and plan on leading out are we doing it an an A or K turn? These will obviously hit his range quite a lot and we could lose a lot of our showdown value if he calls. This is the same with any diamond so do we really want to be seeing a turn when we don't want to see so many cards?
 
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What are your other options? Ch/raise? Bet/fold? Check/fold? Don't like any of them as much as ch/calling tbh. Our equity goes way up on non-spade turns and he's much less likely to raise a turn bet with just the As or Ks. Probably bet/folding and Ace or King turn.
 
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Yeh I don't think we really have any great options.

I am just not sure I Like bet/folding turns that hit his range. If we are check/calling this flop I think we should be check/folding any spade, any Ace or king turn. And given that those cards make up about a third of the deck I don't know if I like check/calling the flop in the first place.

As for our other options, bet/folding isn't great as he has a lot of hands with decent equity that call this flop and we really don't want to be building a big pot in this situation.

I also don't like check/folding as we most likely have the best hand at the moment.
 
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3bet pre for value. You are way way ahead of his calling range which usually is small-mid PPs, AJ+/AQ+ and for some people SC's and the like. KK+ or QQ+ 4bets you, so you'll know to be ahead on every flop witout Q,K,A in it
 
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