$5 NLHE 6-max: Weird line by Villain, call river?

Lmbeach

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In the hand as soon as I bet the flop I wished I would have checked instead, I realized his entire calling range was crushing me when I have showdown value. Was going to bet turn if checked to on a T or Spade, check back everything else then call river bet. Was going to call turn bet then fold to a river bet without improvement if he bet turn.

On the turn I really just called to see what he did on the river, at the time I was thinking there were a lot of draws on that board and I planned to call a reasonable river bet if all the draws miss. Player seemed fishy and was in a lot of hands, this was on Bovada so I didn't know anything specific. I'm having a hard time justifying the call 'by the numbers,' it just felt like such a weird line by him so what would you do? On the river I thought "well, he either has nothing or A7s/J8s."

PokerStars - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: $6.57 (VPIP: 45.71, PFR: 17.39, 3Bet Preflop: 4.17, Hands: 70)
BTN: $5.37 (VPIP: 43.24, PFR: 22.73, 3Bet Preflop: 6.98, Hands: 111)
SB: $4.36 (VPIP: 45.95, PFR: 12.96, 3Bet Preflop: 6.25, Hands: 111)
BB: $6.81 (VPIP: 39.25, PFR: 15.38, 3Bet Preflop: 6.15, Hands: 116)
UTG: $2.55 (VPIP: 36.94, PFR: 17.12, 3Bet Preflop: 5.26, Hands: 111)
Hero (MP): $4.62

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has T<font color='black'>♠</font> J<font color='black'>♠</font>

fold, Hero raises to $0.15, fold, fold, fold, BB calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.32, 2 players) 9<font color='black'>♠</font> A<font color='black'>♣</font> T<font color='black'>♣</font>
BB checks, Hero bets $0.20, BB calls $0.20

Turn: ($0.72, 2 players) 7<font color='red'>♥</font>
BB bets $0.41, Hero calls $0.41

River: ($1.54, 2 players) 3<font color='black'>♠</font>
BB bets $0.77, Hero calls $0.77

[spoil]BB shows K<font color='black'>♣</font> 3<font color='red'>♥</font> (One Pair, Threes) (Pre 51%, Flop 15%, Turn 7%)
Hero shows T<font color='black'>♠</font> J<font color='black'>♠</font> (One Pair, Tens) (Pre 49%, Flop 85%, Turn 93%)
Hero wins $2.93
[/spoil]
 
John A

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Your first comment about not betting the flop isn't correct. He does have worse hands and draws in his calling range and you're too early in the hand to lose control of it.

In summary... it's 5nl on bovada, almost never fold getting 3:1 on the river unless you have good reads. :)
 
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