20th hand of match, so no firm reads. This is my 2nd 3bet. He folded to my first 3bet. He opens 70% of btns (65 hand sample). Seems standard so far.

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Hero (BB): $214.00
BTN/SB: $215.50

Pre Flop: ($3.00) Hero is BB with 7 K
BTN/SB raises to $6, Hero raises to $20, BTN/SB calls $14

Flop: ($40.00) Q 5 7 (2 players)
Hero bets $20, BTN/SB calls $20

Turn: ($80.00) 7 (2 players)
Hero requests TIME, Hero bets $40, BTN/SB calls $40

River: ($160.00) Q (2 players)
Hero?
(Rake: $0.50)

screw what i just said (I can't see the edit button for some reason),continue betting half pot to get value from pocket pairs, and crycall a shove

As far as river play... What range will villain call a shove w/ and what range will he shove himself?

He might make a hero call w/ 88-TT and slow played KK/AA. I think you can discount JJ (maybe TT as well) as you'd expect a 4 bet. I think you can exclude a set of 5's for obv. reasons but a worse 7 could be within his calling range, as well. And, obv. he calls w/ a Q.

He will shove a Q, maybe a 7 (depends how nitty he is) and maybe missed fd's. It's so hard to say w/o solid reads what is more +ev, but it seems like he has more hero calls in his range. That said and based on a very similar hand I played, this is a good board to check and induce a shove from a missed draw. Either way, I'm not considering a fold and not knowing if villain would be prone to making hero calls or more prone to make a big bluff I can't say what I'd do on te river.

When he just flats the flop I figure it's a bit less likely that he has a draw

Why is that? You did bet really small and gave him a good price to call. Why did you bet so small on such a drawy flop? I like a closer to 2/3 pot bet here. I'd want a bit more FE w/ mid pair here.

so what's the best line to take vs his less than TP hands (mid pps, a 7)? Hence the small bet. I did consider a crai but this being only the 2nd 3bet I didn't have any reason to believe he was floating me.

I think any bet between 1/2 and 2/3 is fine. I do think a cr on the turn is def. an option cuz your flop bet looks real weak and villain might think he can semibluff you off a mid pair or whiffed ace. But, as this is early on, I like a bet bet bet line and keep villain on the defensive before you take a line w/ more tricks in it.

Actually, the more I think about it, with 1/2 the deck completing a flush and even a few more cards completing a str8, I like a big bet on the turn. A lot of cards are gonna kill your action or beat you. I guess, I'll see what others have to say

I had those hands in mind, if they call 40$, they probably call 60-65$

Good point. I guess what I was thinking is this: if I'm in villain's shoes with TT and I'm faced with a $65 bet, I'm going to think, hmm, if I call that will leave a river pot of 210, so 1/2 psb left, I won't be able to fold to 1/2 psb. So by calling the $65 I'm committing my stack to the hand. So the $65 bet might as well be a shove. But if he sees a $40 bet he's going to think, hmm, I can call one more street and then happily fold when he fires a psb into me on the river. So he'll call, and then hopefully on the river decide he likes his tens and call the rest off anyway.

Does that make any sense?

Jaxwy, I think I agree with you that he has more hero calls in is range. If your opponent flat calls 2 streets you have to assume they have some kind of sd value, especially in a rr pot where there is so much more to be gained from semi-bluffing. So I think shoving the river is def better than checkcalling.
I guess the real question in my mind is whether a checkfold might be better.

Why did you bet so small on such a drawy flop? I like a closer to 2/3 pot bet here. I'd want a bit more FE w/ mid pair here.

Well, various reasons. I've tinkering with my betsizing in rr pots recently and found that a 1/2 pot cbet seems to get the job done as often as a 2/3 bet (i.e. getting them to fold). My first 3bet was a few hands ago and I had cbet bluffed 1/2 pot, so I was just being consistent. Obviously at this point in the match I'm not too concerned with balance (after all, the first 3bet didn't get to sd), and if I'd had AQ I'd probably have bet 3/4 pot. But with K7 I'm not sure I want any FE (a better hand isn't folding even if I bet pot anyway), and if he floats with A high because my bet is small than that's good for me. Also if he decides to call with his fd because he thinks he's getting good odds than that's also good for me. I mean, if I bet bigger and he raises with his fd then I have to fold. And when he flats and hits his flush he's not getting any more money out of me anyway.

Actually, the more I think about it, with 1/2 the deck completing a flush and even a few more cards completing a str8, I like a big bet on the turn. A lot of cards are gonna kill your action or beat you. I guess, I'll see what others have to say

good point.

If we knew villain had AT what size would you bet the turn?

OK , so I checked, still not really sure whether I'm checkcalling or checkfolding.

He bets $32 into $160 pot.

I call, he shows Q8

Pretty clear ck/call imo. If the board was rainbow ck/fold

Don't make a habit of 3-betting that PF.

That river is about the worst card you could see.

I hate to say it but you pretty much butchered this hand. Check/calling the flop is the best way to play this hand. As played, bet ATLEAST 55 on the turn. It's such a great spot to bet more though because he can ship sooooo many draws and he's never folding a queen anyway. Check/raising turn is fine too.

Check/call river.