2 AQ hands, river decisions

[piestack]

unknown opponent

6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: utg+1 ($709.45 in chips)
Seat 2: Hero ($522.60 in chips)
Seat 3: BTN ($400 in chips)
Seat 4: sb ($426 in chips)
Seat 5: bb ($400 in chips)
Seat 6: villain ($529.10 in chips)
sb: posts small blind $2
bb: posts big blind $4

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [ ]
villain: raises $8 to $12
utg+1: folds
Hero: calls $12
BTN: folds
sb: folds
bb: folds

*** FLOP *** [ ]
villain: bets $20
Hero: calls $20

*** TURN *** [ ] []
villain: bets $40
Hero: calls $40 - maybe raise here is better than call???

*** RIVER *** [ ] []
villain: bets $108
Hero ?


opopnent 23/19 decent winner
river value bet or not??

6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: bb ($271.35 in chips)
Seat 2: villain ($637.25 in chips)
Seat 3: utg+1 ($1134.25 in chips)
Seat 4: feesh ($751.10 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero ($1030.60 in chips)
Seat 6: sb ($411.50 in chips)
sb: posts small blind $2
bb: posts big blind $4

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [ ]
villain: raises $8 to $12
utg+1: folds
feesh: calls $12
Hero: calls $12
sb: folds
bb: folds

*** FLOP *** [ ]
villain: checks
feesh: checks
Hero: bets $24
villain: calls $24
feesh: folds

*** TURN *** [ ] []
villain: checks
Hero: bets $56
villain: calls $56

*** RIVER *** [ ] []
villain: checks
Hero

[boldie]

Hand 1...meh, don't know.


Hand 2, value bet IMO.

[GreekStein]

Hand 2, looks like you gots yaself da missed draw so valuetown like 140.

[doubleup]

Hand one - v bad river as you are now at best chopping with Ax.  Any reasonable opening range is all over this board, and I would've expected a blocking type of bet from ax, so I reluctantly pass.

Hand 2 - I wouldn't bet very much, maybe 1/4 1/3 pot.  Looks like he has tt or something similar, so he won't pay much.

[Rupert]

hand 1: call
hand 2: bet like 40% of pot.  25% of pot looks far stronger imo since you're seldom bluffing with that amount

[boldie]

hand 1: call
hand 2: bet like 40% of pot.  25% of pot looks far stronger imo since you're seldom bluffing with that amount

In hand 1, aren't you really calling hoping to get a split pot?

[Rupert]

yeah hand 1 is an easy fold upon further analysis, he's never bluffing and he's more likely to check back an ace on the turn than a ten and even QJ got there which is def in barrelling range

[AlexMartin]

hand 1 v an unknown is a fold, though in practice, i mostly call.

hand 2 is is a bet/fold, bet/call dependant on much more than the fact he is a 23/19.

[doubleup]

hand 1 v an unknown is a fold, though in practice, i mostly call.

lol I was thinking the same thing - luckily I'm mostly playing rush atm and time out b4 I can call.

[gatso]

hand 1 is a great one for analysis. I reckon most people call here in real time but would fold given time to think about it

'easy call, why's he posted that?' was my first thought on reading it

[piestack]

i was worried i was overthinking things on hand 1 but i thought about it and folded. couldn't decide if i liked how i played it and wondered whether raising turn is better and still not sure.

hand 2 i was really torn between betting and checking, surprised that everyone pretty much says bet. obv i bet and he called with KK lol.

[AlexMartin]

i was worried i was overthinking things on hand 1 but i thought about it and folded. couldn't decide if i liked how i played it and wondered whether raising turn is better and still not sure.

hand 2 i was really torn between betting and checking, surprised that everyone pretty much says bet. obv i bet and he called with KK lol.

guy is a tag, if he had a draw on this board he wouldnt be calling 2 streets, he would likely have the nfd, 2 big overs+fd or some kinda good combo. hence checking misses too much value as his betting range has next to no bluffs and is composed predominantly of showdownable hands, WE HAVE TO BET since we can get called by a tonne of mid pps, the odd huge hero can the occasional Q float (though this obv less likely than the rest) and villain will never/rarely bet worse for value.

[piestack]

yeah, you're right it's a standard bet.