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Poker Stars $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 1803867
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CO: $11.24
BTN: $10.45
SB: $18.68
BB: $15.17
UTG: $3.54
Hero (MP): $10.46

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is MP with A K
1 fold, Hero raises to $0.30, CO calls $0.30, 3 folds

Flop: ($0.75) 4 A 5 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.50, CO calls $0.50

Turn: ($1.75) 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.90, CO raises to $2.78, Hero calls $1.88

River: ($7.31) J (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $6.50???


Okay guys, so I had just began playing and had played about ten hands, i had no history with this player and therefore no reads.
What do you guys think is "correct" in this situation?
I thought it was a pretty difficult spot as I expect a lot of small/medium pairs in his preflop calling range, and therefore felt it was very possible he could have 55/44 for a set, which he slow played on the flop. I think he could even have 33 for a turned wheel, although I think it is less likely, however players at these stakes don't like to fold anything!!
So what do you think guys, call or fold?

at these stakes its a pretty easy fold on the turn.
people dont float the flop with the intention of bluff raising the turn to often (close to never)
so when they do do it, its close to alwayz A3 or a set, sometimes 2p but whatever, you are beat like almost alwayz (unless you have a soul read on someone its an easy fold on the turn)

ya you should fold turn....calling turn and folding river is burning money, you have a bluff catcher, ifur bluff catching turn you should expect to be bluff catching river and expecting a bet from villain.

Fold the turn, but not against me

Your average player at this level just isn't bluffing enough for this to be a profitable call down. All it took for me was a search through my database of hands like this to realize that calling down in spots like this is hugely -EV. The percentage of players that are capable of bluffing in this spot at this level is under 1%. And those players are probably DC members who you could learn from anyways

Why do you bet half pot on the turn?

yea, the turn is an easy easy fold he is not doing this with AQ,AJ.. so we can easily fold,