$10 A9s hand

[wake_up]

Villain in this hand is 79/0 over 19 hands.

Thought this was an interesting river decision... What does uSNL say?

The river bet was for value, not for blocking.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (9 handed) internettexasholdem.com (http://www.internettexasholdem.com)

UTG ($7.90)
UTG+1 ($4.65)
MP1 ($9.30)
MP2 ($5.45)
MP3 ($6.20)
CO ($4)
Button ($2.40)
Hero ($10)
BB ($10.25)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP1 calls $0.10, MP2 calls $0.10, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, Hero completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($0.40) A/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $0.4</font>, BB folds, MP1 calls $0.40, MP2 folds.

Turn: ($1.20) Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $0.9</font>, MP1 calls $0.90.

River: ($3) 7/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $1.2</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises to $7.9</font>, Hero ???

[shoxbb6]

River value bet is too small, I'd bet around $2 as at this level most aces will likely pay you off.

I think I'd call the river and exepct to see worse Aces up, or some other kind of weird two pair practically all of the time. If he has a site, that just sucks, but I'm calling this all day long.

[ymu]

He has A7, A5, a lone A or some random two pair more than he has AQ, 6s8s or a set. It looks more like a middling A or a busted draw pouncing on your progressively weaker bets - wouldn't shock me to see 67 here.

You're getting nearly 2:1 - call.

[ajmargarine]

Bet more on the river. $2 at least. That's consistent with your betting on other streets. Call on the river. It'll be +EV. He'll have other weird two pairs/bluff enough for it to be profitable. Don't expect to win it every time. But, it'll be +EV long term.

[wake_up]

Thanks for the feedback. I agree that the river bet was a bit small.

I went very close to folding this but eventually called. Villain shows A5 and MHIG.