10NL: Aces against loosish player

[Check_The_Nuts]

guy was 54/8/1.6. He had a serious folding problem tho. Folds something like 30% post flop.
I was 38/20/2. Fairly active, mostly because I was catching cards. I just can't picture him making that river bet without a ten....

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SB ($5.70)
BB ($6.95)
UTG ($6)
MP ($12.65)
Hero ($16.35)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $0.4</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, BB calls $0.30.

Flop: ($0.85) 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif, T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 9/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $0.6</font>, BB calls $0.60.

Turn: ($2.05) T/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $1</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB raises to $2</font>, Hero calls $1.

River: ($6.05) 8/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets $2</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: $8.05

[Gravy]

Closer to pot on flop.

Check behind turn, call reasonable river bet.

[Check_The_Nuts]

not changing my cbet size.

yeah turn should probably be a check, in hindsight.

[Roadstar]

Gravy gave you good advice - you should take it.

The check is standard and not in hindsight because he raised.

Quite often turn checks are fundamental in: 1) pot control, 2) inducing bluff, 3) generating a call from your value bet later.

The board was dry on the flop and you're not really worried about draws. The turn pairing the T is a little concerning but you should still be ahead of villain's range.

If villain doesn't have a T, a bet could get him to fold while a check could induce a bluff or have worse hands pay you off on the river - especially since there are no overcards to AA.

(edit: ESPECIALLY since he has a folding problem, you're getting way less expected value from a turn bet)


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not changing my cbet size.

yeah turn should probably be a check, in hindsight.

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