$5 NL HE 6-max: AQo NL 5 Pokerstars

pokerstars, Hold'em No Limit - $0.02/$0.05 - 6 players
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UTG (Hero): $9.48 (190 bb)
MP: $5.19 (104 bb)
CO: $5.00 (100 bb)
BU: $1.44 (29 bb)
SB: $5.02 (100 bb)
BB: $7.17 (143 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.07) Hero is UTG with A♠ Q♣
Hero raises to $0.12, 4 players fold, BB calls $0.07

Flop: ($0.26) 5♠ Q♥ A♣ (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.08, BB calls $0.08

Turn: ($0.42) 4♣ (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.36, BB raises to $0.80, Hero calls $0.44

River: ($2.02) 6♦ (2 players)
BB bets $1, Hero calls $1

Total pot: $4.02 (Rake: $0.20)

Showdown:
BB shows 5♥ 5♦ (three of a kind, Fives)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 54%, Flop: 83%, Turn: 91%, River: 100%)

UTG (Hero) mucks A♠ Q♣ (two pair, Aces and Queens)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 46%, Flop: 17%, Turn: 9%, River: 0%)

BB wins $3.82

I think the hand is standard on flop and turn. Is it a fold on the river? Villain shows aggression on the turn and he is betting on the river again. Should I fold here? What do you think?

I had almost the exact hand, at 5NL, except replace AQ with AK and the Q with a K on the flop.

It is a cooler. You got set mined. Move on to the next hand!

I think we can save a dollar here, BB has all the sets, straights and 2 pairs - folding the turn might be a bit nitty but you can definitely fold the river vs this line, I'd need a read villain is capable of strong plays with floated draws to be paying river here.

monkeytilter said:

I think we can save a dollar here, BB has all the sets, straights and 2 pairs - folding the turn might be a bit nitty but you can definitely fold the river vs this line.

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In theory yes and now that we know the results even more 😅
But in-game this is an incredible difficult fold to make imo. We still beat worse two pair and on NL5 its still possible that people overplay certain hands.

Im calling this Dollar all day everyday (but i kinda suck at cash and im very curious to know what people have).

Sunz of Beaches said:

In theory yes and now that we know the results even more 😅
But in-game this is an incredible difficult fold to make imo. We still beat worse two pair and on NL5 its still possible that people overplay certain hands.

Im calling this Dollar all day everyday (but i kinda suck at cash and im very curious to know what people have).

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Sorry tired, I missed the two pair for hero, call river for sure, be grateful this cooler was pretty cheap

Becomes a more interesting spot if villain shoves river, they bloody always have it

Preflop
Standard raise.

Flop
Of course we have to bet for value here, so the only question is our sizing. It sucks, that the board is so dry, and we block both top pair and second pair, and for those reasons a small sizing makes sense. But on the other hand we have an extremely strong hand, that wants to play a big pot, so I think, there would also be a lot of merit in going for a big bet here like close to full pot or even an overbet. Just something to think about, that we dont always need to use these tiny bet sizes.

Turn
Board got wetter now (and 23 got there), so especially with the small sizing used on the flop I like to use a big sizing now. Now we get raised, and I think, the best play is to just call that raise. We have position, so we can always bet the river for value, if he check to us. Also if we 3-bet, we reopen the betting for him, and if we now face a 4-bet, we are in a sticky spot, where now we need to realise, that maybe we actually dont have the best hand.

River
We beat all his random two pair combos, that might play like this, and realistically we only lose to 55 and 44, since all the hands, that potentially made a straight, were folded preflop or on the flop. Of course we never know 100% for sure, how people play, but I would weigh down both 32, 73 and 87 dramatically due to the action on previous streets. Unless of course the Villain is some massive calling station, but no information was given about that.

So for me I think, we have the best hand a ton, and the only question is, if we should call or raise for value? And I do lean towards just calling for the same reason, I would not go for a 3-bet on the turn. If we raise here to say $3 and get jammed on, its a really sticky spot, because we are sort of priced in to call it off, but we are also almost always beat. So while a bit conservative I do like your decision to just call the $1 river bet and see a showdown in a moderately sized pot.

Results
You definitely lost the absolute minimum here, and the opponent lost value by keeping his bets so small. If he check-raised you already on the flop and bombed turn and river, you would still have needed to call him down.

Standard cooler. You got lucky that villain sized his bets so badly. River is never a fold, its between raise and call

I think there is more to learn from this hand beyond the cooler.

How do we (succinctly) note villain's bet sizing error and how do we exploit it in the future?

(I wonder if villain is 'scared' his set isn't good enough to blast with,was he just 'trying to get paid' or does not understand no-limit?)

monkeytilter said:

I think there is more to learn from this hand beyond the cooler.

How do we (succinctly) note villain's bet sizing error and how do we exploit it in the future?

(I wonder if villain is 'scared' his set isn't good enough to blast with,was he just 'trying to get paid' or does not understand no-limit?)

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Succinct version: Fish

Less succinct version: bets thick value small to get paid.

In future we would never raise river in this exact apot and potentially bluff catch v larger bets especially when repping thin.

In terms of results, you lost the least amount, but it would have been interesting if you had played more on the turn. Your range is strong from UTG, so any 4-bet OTT of your V (if you had 3-bet there) would be very revealing about he.

Thanks for your help guys.