Bad Play?

I am fairly new to playing poker for real cash, so I have being playing a lot of freeroll tournaments, I have been in the money a few times and came 2nd once, so I wouldn't say I was that bad, but recently I have been getting a lot of bad beats, and I am starting to think its bad play on my part, this one got to me so just in need of some feedback on how I played it.

Blinds are 40/80
Am on the button hole cards are AQ C
I raised 240
One guy called, he doesn't play a lot of hands, usually folds a raise
Flop - 10 H 6 D 8 H
Both Check
Turn - A S
He Check
I bet 300
He called
River - 7 S
He check
I bet 600
He re-raised me 2485 ( all in )

He shows 9 C 7 H, he had the straight from the flop
In my view he should have folded pre-flop and I thought he was trying to bluff

There's so much info missing.
And its impossible to say that you play good or bad from just this hand.
But you should have checked behind instead of betting on that river I think.

betting river is not horrible, calling shove is though. No mater what info you have on this guy what hand does he rep with a shove there that u can beat?

I also would normally expect that a person would fold to the preflop raise with the 79 o. Then real hard to tell why he did not... he was a big stack in BB, figuring you want to steal... or some other reason...

But the big loss and big problem came with his shove. At that point as was said above - anything was beating your hand - as in any 2 pairs or 3 cards...your one pair of A's look real weak against a shove.

Very hard to fold - I know - after you invested over 1K chips and when you have the nagging feeling that he is bluffing... but I found out the hard way that people do not really bluff as often as one would think.

Take this with a grain of salt - I am not a great player just my opinion.

betting the river IS horrible, so is calling the shove.

check back 100%

people don't bluff enough, and your hand can't beat anything.. so in those spots its best to just fold.

What was he going to call you with (that you beat) when you bet on the river? Unlikely he had a 10 as he would have bet the flop.
On the turn he would have bet an A if he had one I think. It's unlikely he would have called your turn bet with an 8 or 6 so the call here should have set of some alarm bells. Absolutely no need to bet the river. He had to have beter hand than you or nothing.

Players play these types of hands due to the implied odds attached to them. Hands like these flop pretty well and when they do hit, you often get paid well. This guy used that and hit hard and you fell right into the trap of not considering what his range was. You saw your own two cards and were basing all your decisions on that.
Also look at his line, call, check, check/call, check/shove and you say he is a tight player. So add the two together and what does it tell you?

wow, you guys know this is a freeroll?

Your river bet is a thin value bet. You are hoping to get called by a pair of Tens or worse A. When he shoves, you fold. Bluffs are a component of his range, but only a small one. The board is well coordinated for a straight and his pre-flop calling range from either the sb or BB (you didn't tell us his seat) includes pocket pairs that could all be sets now, and a bunch of connectors that could be two pairs or straights.

Sounds like you called 2,000 chips to win a pot of 4,000 on the river. Based on the action, I think you are behind more than 2/3 times, so it's not a profitable call.

Hi NPGB...In the future 10's are denoted as T's. And suits are in lowercase. --> Th 6d 8h. Just makes it easier for us.

If the guy doesn't play that many hands, and folds pretty easy, I gotta ask, how are you playing?

You're right, he should have folded to a raise with that hand. Now why would a tight player call a big raise against you with 97? Sounds to me like it was his turn for a shot at the easy money, and he struck gold. Not trying to take a stab here. More of a wake up poke.


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