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Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 5 players - View hand 556157
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Hero (UTG): $56.60
CO: $20.65
BTN: $51.30
SB: $21.10
BB: $24.75

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is UTG with K Q A 8
Hero raises to $0.85, 1 fold, BTN calls $0.85, 1 fold, BB calls $0.60

Flop: ($2.65) 5 9 4 (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $2.25, BTN calls $2.25, BB folds

Turn: ($7.15) 3 (2 players)
Hero bets $6.50, BTN calls $6.50

River: ($20.15) 3 (2 players)
Hero bets $9, BTN raises to $41.70 all in, Hero folds

Final Pot: $38.15
BTN wins $36.30
(Rake: $1.85)e

Villain played 82/15, about 100 hands and appeared to be pretty aggressive.
1) Would you think about check/raising the turn to exploit his aggressiveness or is he always checking back weaker flushs and sets?
2) How to approach the river? I don't know if he is capable of turning a weak flush into a bluff, but I feel like betting small is giving my hand away. If he bluffs, I even might check/call, but I think he has me beat too often here. Check/fold?

1)You would need to have a read and/or your opponent having very aggressive statistics to attempt a checkraise there. In my mind betting is the play against most people at these stakes.

2)I don't think most people at these stakes will transform a made hand into a bluff. I bet here (around 12-15) hoping to get called by a lower flush and fold to the raise. Looks like he called flop and turn with a set and raised when he made his boat (or made a straight flush). I don't like checking because I feel you lose too much value against the lower flushes that will check behind (I assume).

Im not sure if i like the river bet sizing. All depends on why your doing it, if its a blocking bet/fold then fine, but if you doing it to induce a spaz then your going to have to pay him off sometimes

I dont mind a check call here on the river if your unsure, id be calling anything below a PSB, but then again im a massive station

1) if we c/r turn, we can at most only get 1/2 our stack in leaving us in aquward positions if the board pairs on the river. I think he also folds his weaker flushes to a c/r on the turn. He might still call with sets expecting to get implyed odds or just think that he has enough equity.

2) I like bet folding here best. Probably around 12. I'd expect an 85/15 to show up with t,j,q flushes here somewhat often. I dont think i'd be super surprised if he shows up w/ 62dd, or 67dd as crazy as that is.

as a side note, on paired boards and monotone flops I bet about 2/3 pot. So on the flop I'd bet about 1.75 and on the turn I'd bet about 5.

I like your gameplan. I'd probably just bet slightly bigger on the river to make it an easier bet-fold. $12 looks good.

I think you played the hand fine.
1) I wouldn't get too tricky without a very specific read on opponent. Just bet bet bet and let him chase drawing thin/dead.
2)Simlar to what everyone else said I'd make it around 11 or 12 and fold to a raise. People aren't turning their made hands into bluffs that often in this spot and at these stakes imho

I like the hand all the way to the river, i think the check/call on the river would have been ideal. he is pretty loose and might have floated you with a smaller flush hoping to take the pot away if the board paired. you held top two flush cards and i think you got beat on the river.