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I\'m not sure why you\'d want more bets to be going in. You\'ve got what is effectively the nut no pair but you\'re hoping he\'s running a bluff. The board is dry, so it\'s hard for him to be raising a draw here. If you think he\'s bluffing with 6+ outs then you could play back at him, and if you think he\'s not bluffing then you can fold the turn, but as is I think you played it ok.

Were you calling a river bet?

Rob

Looks very good from here.

Entity wrote:

Were you calling a river bet?

Another thing to consider since the villain seems to be so agressive (CJ uses the aggression frequency statistic in Poker Ace which is a 1-100 scale, 60 is very agressive for a player with these stats) is the check/call line. I think I prefer the bet/call raise & call down line the best if we think the villain will likely check behind with A high on the river, so I like it as you played the hand. I\'d make this decision based on prior reads/hand experiance rather than just stats of course, numbers shouldn\'t be the absolute decision factor for you.

CJ - what was the villains hand, and why do you like the way he played it?

Cactus Jack wrote:

Against this opponent, I think I would have called a river bet, and, if I remember correctly, had decided to do so when I checked. I almost bet out on the river to put him to a decision, yet thought he\'d be bluffing often enough to make a check/call profitable.

A leading bet isnt the best play here. The player will often check behind with a middling pair for example which saves you a bet, and will often bet for you with a dominated hand, but probably check behind with A high hands (not always of course). However he will call with most any hand that is paired or better because he is a showdown monkey, which wastes your bet. The percentage play is to check, and consider calling.

Ill ask it again because i didn\'t understand the answer, what was the villains hand, and why do you like the way he played it?

Cactus Jack wrote:

*TT* wrote:

Ill ask it again because i didn\'t understand the answer, what was the villains hand, and why do you like the way he played it?

Sorry, he had KJs.

\"I think he played this as I would have played it\" - God I hope not, he played it like a total spewtard - as if K high is the total nuts. Bad idea.

i think you played it fine. river would be a coinflip, though probably a weighted one, cuz i call most of the time here and am occasionally pleasantly surprised.

Not sure if I played this right. Villain is very aggressive with stats of 29/19/65. I think he played this as I would have played it, but not sure I played it as well as someone else might have. Could I have gotten more bets in? I think so. SHOULD I have? Not so sure.

Full Tilt Poker $1/$2 Limit Hold\'em - 6 players
Converted by DeucesCracked.com

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, Q
UTG raises, CO folds, Button folds, Hero raises, BB folds, UTG calls.

Flop: (7.00 SB) 9, 3, 3 (7 players)
Hero bets, UTG raises, Hero calls.

Turn: (5.50 BB) 4 (7 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets, Hero calls.

River: (7.50 BB) 2 (7 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks.

Final Pot: 7.50 BB

*TT* wrote:

Entity wrote:

Were you calling a river bet?

Another thing to consider since the villain seems to be so agressive (CJ uses the aggression frequency statistic in Poker Ace which is a 1-100 scale, 60 is very agressive for a player with these stats) is the check/call line. I think I prefer the bet/call raise & call down line the best if we think the villain will likely check behind with A high on the river, so I like it as you played the hand. I\'d make this decision based on prior reads/hand experiance rather than just stats of course, numbers shouldn\'t be the absolute decision factor for you.

CJ - what was the villains hand, and why do you like the way he played it?

Against this opponent, I think I would have called a river bet, and, if I remember correctly, had decided to do so when I checked. I almost bet out on the river to put him to a decision, yet thought he\'d be bluffing often enough to make a check/call profitable. He was pretty aggro after raising PF.

TT, I would have taken two shots and checked the river against the average SB opponent who raised PF but was this passive on every street. I\'d have given it up on the river as I couldn\'t push him off the hand with 2 barrels, it was unlikely he\'d go away with a third. I\'d have to give him some credit for 99-JJ or maybe AK.

*TT* wrote:

Ill ask it again because i didn\'t understand the answer, what was the villains hand, and why do you like the way he played it?

Sorry, he had KJs.