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Villain is 27/22, 9% 3bet in 231 hands. He 3bet 55, A2s, A7o till now. Cbet in 3b pots is 3/4, normal pots 50%

Do you bet at any point? how many barrels?

BB: €56.80
Hero (UTG): €258.03
MP: €165.99
CO: €138.60
BTN: €87.86
SB: €201.98

SB posts SB €0.50, BB posts BB €1.00

Pre Flop: (pot: €1.50) Hero has K J

Hero raises to €3.00, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to €11.00, fold, Hero calls €8.00

Flop: (€23.00, 2 players) 2 8 6
SB checks, Hero checks

Turn: (€23.00, 2 players) 6
SB checks, Hero checks

River: (€23.00, 2 players) 7
SB checks, [color=red]Hero

When villain checks this flop he probably has some kind of Sdown AK,A8,A2,A6 and some small pp or is just giving up IMO (u should know his cbet tendencies from the shown down 3bet pots already). So with that said I definitely think u can get villain to folder by the river with 2/3barrels. As played u think you will get a lot if lite calls on the river sonorous just x it down.

Yeah he may have hit a pair with Ax or is hoping to check down a pp or A high. I think I like checking back the flop with showdown value, but can probably bet K high. But if you check the flop, may just have to check it down.

I would most likely go for 2 barrels here as I think you rep a lot of 99-QQ for taking this line and so I would expect most of his weak bluff-catchers to fold by the turn.

Is he 3betting the same amount regardless of opening position? You say that he 3bet 55, A7o, and A2s, but that's kind of irrelevant if that was against late position opens.

thanks for the replies. I guess sometimes it's good to balance and check down missed hands too

thanks for the replies. I guess sometimes it's good to balance and check down missed hands too

Balance is overrated at sNL even though you're never checking down your value hands here so how is that being balanced again?

Bet flop, turn, river if you want to be balanced

I just start betting on the flop Lots of good things can happen!