$50 NLHE 6-max: River Bet

limper is a fish who has limped K6o, ISOer is a reggy looking player so I 3bet as a bluff pre as the reg is obviously iso'ing fish and Im not strong enough to flat multiway

I check back flop for pot control, Im not in love with my hand tbh then bet the turn small on the river for value mainly vs the fish!

Thing thats stopping me betting the river is the fish's FCB is 71% and his WTSD is only 23 or do you think its best like just betting 10 - 14 or something.


Prima, $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
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MP: $33.11 (66.2 bb)
CO: $50 (100 bb)
Hero (BTN): $101.98 (204 bb)
SB: $59.77 (119.5 bb)
BB: $66.63 (133.3 bb)
UTG: $66.88 (133.8 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BTN with Q T
UTG folds, MP calls $0.50, CO raises to $1.50, Hero raises to $5, 2 folds, MP calls $4.50, CO calls $3.50

Flop: ($15.75) Q 3 3 (3 players)
MP checks, CO checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($15.75) 7 (3 players)
MP checks, CO checks, Hero bets $7.50, MP calls $7.50, CO folds

River: ($30.75) 8 (2 players)
MP checks, Hero ??

Bet the river. He can talk himself into calling any pair since you've obviously got AK imo.

how much? he has 20.6 behind

WVHillbilly said:

Bet the river. He can talk himself into calling any pair since you've obviously got AK imo.

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i like that line also

Jurn8 said:

how much? he has 20.6 behind

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~$12? I'd really like to just put him in but I'm afraid he might start folding some hands we need to call.

$7.50

WVHillbilly said:

~$12? I'd really like to just put him in but I'm afraid he might start folding some hands we need to call.

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Agree with this. Also like checking back the flop because it gives some deception value too, its hard to put you on a queen when you check back. Probably able to get two streets of value after that.

Really hard to get a shove called here.

baudib1 said:

$7.50

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sounds good to me

I think im down for betting 12. I like the way the way was played so far though except I'd rather be 3betting something stronger like KQ or something here but im a nit tho

We're 3-betting light here. KQ could be 3-bet for value but obviously we can just flat it.

yeah I agree betting is best here, I checked back but w.e. I learnt from my mistake and bet in a similar spot in my final session

baudib1 said:

We're 3-betting light here. KQ could be 3-bet for value but obviously we can just flat it.

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I just hate 3betting QT as a bluff hand

I'm also agreeing with a ~7.50-10 bet.

bgomez89 said:

I just hate 3betting QT as a bluff hand

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I dont think the hand is all that important in this spot, the guy is playing pretty aggro/laggy and this fish is limp/folding a bunch so with position its a great spot with any two IMO, the fact that we have blockers to big hands makes it even better. I hate folding and hate flatting even more.

I like the line you've took. I'm happy to shove, I expect pretty much any pair to call and we can heavily negate better queens as he spent two street not betting.

78/67/99-JJ/A7s/Q9 = 46 combos? (did that kinda fast)

I can see QJ being too scared to bet or monsters slowplaying but KK+/AQ/KQ are considerably less likely when he checks the turn which is why I love this line as without this information I wouldn't feel comfortable betting. Sure we will see these hands from time to time but heavily negating a scary 28combos and leaving just a few monsters and QJ does us a lot of good.