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[tjsimoneau]

i think check folding the river is the only play here. you are almost never ahead here and the few times you are ahead he has to consider that you are checking to call cheap with trips here so he is also going to check behind. keep in mind most average players are not getting too carried away when both stacks sit above 250 bb's

 

[baudib1]

I think b/f $150 here is good.

 

[Gunner57]

I think the real problem of this hand is you did not raise the flop. With a bet ahead and a player behind I would raise instead of call (especially when an A hits the board with your trips). This will help you keep the villains hands limited to Ax, 8x, or PP. It makes playing the turn and river much easier.

Why dont bet when we hit trips when an A is on the board? 3 handed one of them has to have an A. Dont slow play trips in a multi way hand.

Because of the call on the flop we allowed the BTN to see another card very cheaply and it came runner runner flush. This makes things very difficult on how to play. Once that happens I would think your best line on the river is:

Check/Call > Bet/fold > Bet/call.

We have good showdown value but not a super strong hand as to what has come out and for the range that we allowed BTN to stay in the hand with on the flop. Keep it cheap as possible for the showdown which means:
-check/call if bet is reasonable and BTN is LAG, capable of bluff and giving you proper odds. overall we want to keep it cheap and see if we win.
- Bet/fold if you think villain will call with a wide range paying you off when he has TP or 2 pair, or is super tight and will fold his weak flushes due to "full book" possibilities, or if will only raise if he has you beat
-Bet/Call- Only if BTN is a bluff donktard who breathes in air and spits out money.

Your bet sizing is ok as it is low enough that hands that you beat may call. I think if you bet something like $250< you run the risk of only getting called by hands that beat you.

Again I think your biggest mistake that would have made playing the hand easier would have been raising the flop.

 

[McAlonso]

I think b/f $150 here is good.

+1

 

[TheRevolution]

I would raise preflop. Even though utg2 is short, if he's still limping into flops with his stacksize I would say he's likely more fish than lag and still profitable to play against postflop. As played, you've made your hand pretty transparent on the turn(not saying it's wrong to ,especially at a casino, but it's just the reality) and since you say button is a thinking player, I would assume he's not raising for value without 89+. Even with your pot odds, I wouldn't expect him to be bluffing there more than 20% of the time. Fold. Personally, I don't agree with the concept of blocking bets. I mean, small value bets that you are willing to fold to a raise are exploitable(especially if you do not have a tricky image and are playing against thinking players) but are sometimes ok. I guess "blocker" bets implies the wrong purpose imo.