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I flat pre here because bb might raise so i can back raise and get it in good.
Party Poker $100 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 832364
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Hero (SB): $104.53
BB: $43.05
UTG: $99.53
MP: $43.69
CO: $121.68
BTN: $100.00

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is SB with 8 8
3 folds, BTN raises to $3, Hero calls $2.50, 1 fold

Flop: ($7.00) 8 9 9 (2 players)
Hero bets $3, BTN calls $3

Turn: ($13.00) 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $6.17, Hero calls $6.17

River: ($25.34) 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $12.04, Hero raises to $92.36 all in, BTN calls $75.79 all in

i would bet the flop bigger. You usually get called by hands that wanna continue, so you lose value by betting smallish.

any info on sb? Do you have any reasons for leading in to him on flop?

btw, i think c/r the flop is much better than leading out. Sure, if you lead out he might bluffraise you, but i think he calls a c/r with a much wider range that puts more money in later. (He would example call down with any flush on that turn, whereas he now can fold a flush on the river).

CR flop has some merit, not that balance is the most important thing but i tend to lead quite a few low board if im calling oop at all.
Nice to be able to have some strong hands in my range.
also leading can also make the pot much bigger when villain has air and decides to raise, where as CR blows out all of his air.
Realized i dont have enough hands on button, but he looks like a reg.
maybe CR is better to stack JJ+.
but he might also raise them over my flop donk.

I don't think a CR is going to get much value. The question is what he does on that flop with his weaker hands/bluffs.
I don't think leading like that accomplishes much other than give him a reason to fold air cheaply.

If you havent c/r him in a situation like this before I think I like c/c. I think he will fire this board with air and the turn can bring him a few "good" barrel cards.

When BTN is not cbetting much, it has some merrits to lead on such lowcardBoards here in a decent freq. -> for Balance you also have then to donk sometimes monsters, but bigger.


But if BTN was cbetting a decent amount, I either C/R or C/Call.

If he is aggreesive on all streets, I like C/C Flop b/c he will barell ots of turns/rivers - reson: a C/Call range is here often weak.
+ you strenght in this way your C/Call-range on such boardtextures.