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OPR shows villain to be rather fishy (37% stats, which are considerably boosted by one biggish win that makes up 75% of yearly wins). I've only had 37 hands with him but he seems a station. Stats 22/8 with aggression 1.5. Doesn't cbet, has tendency to call down to river - and then cbet. *Granted v sample size*

I have VERY tight image, mainly as I've had utter junk all tourney. The one hand I did have, I shoved trips on the flop and got hammered by 2 pr>>>boat. Rebuy period has just finished.

PokerStars Hand #74263511671: Tournament #556010976, $5.00+$0.50 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (60/120) - 2012/01/22 2:40:49 UTC [2012/01/21 21:40:49 ET]
Table '556010976 34' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: jackd2000 (4515 in chips)
Seat 2: Sash1382 (1985 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 3: S_N_A_K_E466 (5404 in chips)
Seat 4: zachjackdad (13050 in chips)
Seat 5: brianh8822 (17670 in chips)
Seat 6: jjandellis (4285 in chips)
Seat 7: izeta0 (13685 in chips)
Seat 8: carmenmike (3725 in chips)
Seat 9: magalfelit (9235 in chips)
jackd2000: posts the ante 15
Sash1382: posts the ante 15
S_N_A_K_E466: posts the ante 15
zachjackdad: posts the ante 15
brianh8822: posts the ante 15
jjandellis: posts the ante 15
izeta0: posts the ante 15
carmenmike: posts the ante 15
magalfelit: posts the ante 15
Sash1382: posts small blind 60
S_N_A_K_E466: posts big blind 120
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jjandellis [Qh Qd]
zachjackdad: folds
brianh8822: folds
jjandellis: raises 180 to 300
izeta0: folds
carmenmike: folds
magalfelit: calls 300
jackd2000: calls 300
Sash1382: folds
S_N_A_K_E466: calls 180
*** FLOP *** [9s 5c 4d]
S_N_A_K_E466: checks
jjandellis: bets 767
magalfelit: folds
jackd2000: calls 767
S_N_A_K_E466: folds
*** TURN *** [9s 5c 4d] [Ts]
jjandellis: bets 1610
jackd2000: calls 1610
*** RIVER *** [9s 5c 4d Ts] [Ad]
jjandellis: bets 1593 and is all-in
jackd2000: calls 1593
*** SHOW DOWN ***
jjandellis: shows [Qh Qd] (a pair of Queens)
jackd2000: shows [9c 9d] (three of a kind, Nines)
jackd2000 collected 9335 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 9335 | Rake 0
Board [9s 5c 4d Ts Ad]
Seat 1: jackd2000 (button) showed [9c 9d] and won (9335) with three of a kind, Nines
Seat 2: Sash1382 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: S_N_A_K_E466 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: zachjackdad folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: brianh8822 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: jjandellis showed [Qh Qd] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 7: izeta0 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: carmenmike folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: magalfelit folded on the Flop

Preflop:

I get 2 (image) fishy callers and the BB comes along too. The antes have been play a while, but is 2.5 bb pre big enough? Or should I still be sizing slightly bigger taking into account people are still fairly aggro?

Post flop:

Fairly dry board (except maybe the low connectors), happy enough with my cbet...and he comes along pretty much expected.

Turn didn't really scare me. Get to the River and obv the Ace is a scare card.

Even without the Ace I believe he'll bet the river, so I'm in a predicament. Obv I bet it and hope for the best...

At what point do you slow down? Or was there absolutely no getting away from this? Was my turn bet too big (I was barrelling, happy for him to come along, but looking back now..it lacked balance and I was hugely pot committed)

Or just smile, chalk it down n put 50p in the pot?

make sure it's a shiny 50p. The fund likes shiny ones ;)

having said that, for the general case, i think you can either bet such a dry flop smaller, to bet a deece amount on turn to set up a proper river shove, or you can bet turn smaller for the same reason and also give yourself room to puke on ikky rivers and can let your turn double barrells be cheaper and more balanced (not that balance is important in this one spot vs station, but generally). Also on the Ace river, I think a lot of his 'value range' is A9 or A2/A3 which is a bit sighful, but your turn bet size makes a river shove a no-brainer.

If this guy is a huge post-flop station, I guess shoving the turn is also fine ;)

He's a station and it's a $5 tournament, which means you have no image, you don't even have a range, just some cards, which may or may not be better than the two he has, which is the only thing he's thinking about. Your image plays almost no role in how this hand goes down.

think flop sizing is fine, but if it's cally then don't be afraid to move away from standard and fine. If you think you'll get called by worse if you 10x it, do it ;) On the other hand, don't be afraid of playing multiway pots with people who don't like folding.

edit: [X] in before 'lol mulhuzz stfu' from someone who can play the NL pokahs.

i edited my original reply - think it's too big, yeah.

Your line is completely fine imo but sizing wise here bit smaller on the flop, then much smaller ott when you're heads up. Then you've got greater chips left behind enabling a much more natural river shove which doesn't look as strong.

On a different board that wasn't quite hard to hit like this one i'd consider going bigger on the flop and shoving turn instead. Could be an option here too since we're 4way.

I was thinking that, 85% flop then shove turn. Could work well in this comp

Yeah, I bet flop bigger here 4 way so I can cram turn. Vs someone good I'm much more likely to bet smaller and look to set up 3 streets as its difficult for you to be light with a bigger sizing there and someone who is good is gonna play correctly against it

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As to what was said earlier in thread, these players will be taking no notice of your image what so ever.
Preflop you could make it bigger, but your still likely to get multiple callers.
Just unlucky he hits a set.