River bluff against a tight player
5/5
$500 effective
HJ - Loose-tight rec player. Sees a lot of flops, but not really an action guy.
The table dynamic has been kind of tight lately.
Hero MP A♣Q♠ raises to $20, HJ calls
Flop($50) J♦ 8♠ 2♠
x x
Turn($50) 5♠
Hero bets $35, HJ calls
River($120) 9♥
Hero bets $150
I was thinking that, after my opponent's passive line, his range seemed rather weak and capped. So I decided to overbet to push him off pairs.
Is the line overall okay? And what do you think about the sizing?
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Your line doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Firstly, I would probably have bet the flop, unless his PF cold-calling range is significant stronger than his limp-calling range.
Once you checked the flop, I see no reason to bet the turn. Is check-flop, bet this turn how you would really have played an AsXs flush draw? If anything, you risk getting raised off your Q (which may not even be good if the 4th spade hits).
After stumbling to the river, you now overbet this apparent brick in order to "push him off pairs," although I'm curious which pairs you believe called the turn bet and will now fold to a 1.2 psb?
Just seems like a lot of button clicking.
P.S. "Loose-tight" is not a thing. I assume you meant "loose-passive."
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I like cbetting the flop with the Qs, makes future bluffs more credible as well.
I think a value-looking bet accomplishes the same and might get more folds since this looks a little bluffy. Also not as expensive when he does call 😉
I bet the flop.
Yeah, you guys are right. I probably should have bet the flop with a flush draw, so my line doesn’t make much sense.
Something like a 1/3 bet on the flop, 2/3 on the turn, and an overbet on the river would likely seem more reasonable to my opponent.
AP, should I check/call the turn?
