$5 NLHE Full Ring: New to the table

pokerstars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (7 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from http://flopturnriver.com/

MP2 ($6.98)
CO ($5.29)
Button ($4.48)
SB ($5.97)
Hero (BB) ($5)
UTG ($5.82)
MP1 ($5.48)

Preflop: Hero is BB with J , Q
3 folds, CO raises to $0.15, Button calls $0.15, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.47) 5 , 4 , Q (3 players)
Hero checks, CO checks, Button checks

Turn: ($0.47) 9 (3 players)
Hero bets $0.33, CO raises to $0.76, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.43

River: ($1.99) J (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $1.57, Hero calls $1.57

Total pot: $5.13 | Rake: $0.21

Stats on villains? Reads?

I probably bet the flop, considering the button seems a little fishy without auto-reload.

Well-played. I think from the BB checking the flop is ok, you're OOP and you can make it to the river without bloating the pot with QJ. The minraise on the turn looks pretty strong and on the river you can easily call down. He can't be slowplaying the flop with only the button to act behind him as he'd bet, so it looks like he hit a 9. The only thing I can really put him that he'd reasonably play this are: a flush draw with 1 over (would he c-bet AK?) of which only Kh10h have you beat on the river. Or 99 that raises to protect against the flush draw.

I can also see Q9 which he'd check for pot control on the flop, raise the turn , and bet the river.

So I wouldn't fold here, especially if you've seen him value-bet thin or play creatively with draws and turning hands into bluffs.

I think you played the hand just fine. I agree with cactus that checking the flop was fine. If you do decide to lead out and face a good sized raise from someone in position, you are going to be in a bad spot and have to make some tough decisions throughout the hand. The min raise on the turn does seem strong but he is giving you over 3.5 to 1 pot odds so you are calling every time. Once you make your second pair on the river you are strong enough to call him down. I agree with cactus that the villain could be holding 99 or a less likely straight. However, I can also see your opponent playing this way with lots of hands that you beat such as QT, KQ, AQ, TT, JJ, KK, AA and others. There are just too many hands that you beat.....You gotta call. Good Luck.

Villain Won the pot with 99.

Yup... just one of those bad spots. It happens. Good luck

Jk20theQQ, AQ, KQ, AA, and KK are all c-betting this flop 100% of the time by 100% of the players at $5NL, certainly 3-ways, after the standard preflop action. This is really important to hand-reading at the microstakes. The check on the flop is what allows him to continue in the hand.

I maintain that you played it well. Just happened to run into the nuts when it was really hard to put him on anything. As for the result, what can you do. You were even money to see him turn up Q9 of diamonds or spades which makes 100% sense - this would be an open from the cutoff 90% of the time seven-handed, check the flop for pot control, then raise turn with top two pair, and value-bet the river. Unfortunately, he happened to spike the 2-outer.

I still think it's a call for that price once you improve to two pair on the river even now that I am more leaning to taking out semibluffs out of his range on the turn. Most players in CO's spot at $5Nl would flat with a flush draw, even Kh10h. When they check the flop and raise the turn, they can't represent a made hand. The important thing is to only check-call even when you improve such as when the queen or jack comes off the river.

Standard play for me.

You played just fine and so with the villain.

You know...when I saw the JQ and the call oop I thought this will end badly. It nearly always does with this trap hand. Even when you make top pair you are never sure where you stand as you are so easily dominated by AQ and KQ which are of both firmly in the range of the openers here. If the cutoff is even halfway decent I fold preflop.
I agree with the opening check as no decent player in position is going away to a donk lead out here. The rest pretty much plays itself. Again though the turn raise is a strong line and we don't have many outs to improve I would consider folding on the turn fearing domination but not understanding his flop check id probably call as well .

I see bad players slowplay those hands on a flop like this every day and get run down. ESPECIALLY at 10nl and below. Yes, it's a terrible idea even on a dry board, but I see it all the time.

he had 99

Well played. you just called the river, you could easily lose more if you re-raised him.
There are better hands than you, like a Set or straight but you just called with the best two pair on the board.
I think you played it well, unfortunately bad luck.

i would have bet on the flop i think the rest is fine would be nice to see the result of the hand

Samweis3 said:

i would have bet on the flop i think the rest is fine would be nice to see the result of the hand

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He lost the hand, the other player played with 99 and he got a set.