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Villain here is Duck Bucket, solid mass tabling TAG type, winning at steaks between 5/T and 15/30.

River play? b/c, check back, or b/f? Check raise bluffing here would be really unlike him.

Poker Stars $5/$10 Limit Hold'em - 5 players - View hand 1157484
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Pre Flop: (1.4 SB) Hero is BTN with Q A
UTG raises, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, 2 folds, UTG calls

Flop: (7.4 SB) A T 8 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets, UTG calls

Turn: (4.7 BB) 4 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets, UTG calls

River: (6.7 BB) T (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero ???

Agreed that Check raise bluffing would be really unlike him. At first glance I think that you can get enough value against his worse Ax and JJ+ < Ax type hands to justify a b/f, but haven't crunched the combos yet.

I can't fathom a check back.

If he does XR river what kind of range that makes it to river this way are we giving him here?

Must bet, he must have a lot more Ax combos than Tx. Either bc or bf depending on your read, mostly on what he'd do with Ax here.

Must bet, he must have a lot more Ax combos than Tx. Either bc or bf depending on your read, mostly on what he'd do with Ax here.

Yeah it has to be this, its a kind of tough decision if raised I think, probably like folding (I fold a lot though), but its a must bet

he has a lot of worse aces. calling if he he cr is going to be bad though. The Qd in your hand cuts down on his bluff combos too.

Any decent ace, I'd expect him to raise the flop, or the turn at the latest. A crappy ace, say A6s at the very worst, he may just check/call down.

Now what do we do on the river? I figure I'm good here just about never, but if I start folding AQ on this board, how do we stop him from making this play with KJ or KQ or other people taking advantage of that?


Poker Stars $5/$10 Limit Hold'em - 5 players - View hand 1157484
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Pre Flop: (1.4 SB) Hero is BTN with Q A
UTG raises, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, 2 folds, UTG calls

Flop: (7.4 SB) A T 8 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets, UTG calls

Turn: (4.7 BB) 4 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets, UTG calls

River: (6.7 BB) T (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets, UTG raises, Hero ????

Any decent ace, I'd expect him to raise the flop, or the turn at the latest. A crappy ace, say A6s at the very worst, he may just check/call down.

Now what do we do on the river? I figure I'm good here just about never, but if I start folding AQ on this board, how do we stop him from making this play with KJ or KQ or other people taking advantage of that?


Poker Stars $5/$10 Limit Hold'em - 5 players - View hand 1157484
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

Pre Flop: (1.4 SB) Hero is BTN with Q A
UTG raises, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, 2 folds, UTG calls

Flop: (7.4 SB) A T 8 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets, UTG calls

Turn: (4.7 BB) 4 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets, UTG calls

River: (6.7 BB) T (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets, UTG raises, Hero ????

what stops him is that every idiot in these games would rather cut his nuts off than fold a pair. Keep in mind he's probably folding the turn if he doesn't have a diamond and you have the Qd. This cuts down the combos of those hands.