so im a calling station

[thedustbustr]

Hand 1: can I value bet the river vs. unknown?
Effective stacks $100.

Hero has A/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif UTG.
Hero calls, 2 folds, Button calls, SB completes, BB checks
Flop: 7/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 6/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 6/images/graemlins/club.gif
2 checks, Hero bets $2.00, Button calls, 2 folds.
Turn: 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif
Hero bet $4.00, Button calls.
River: 8/images/graemlins/club.gif



Hand 2: villain is 57/16, do I call the river? Is the turn a standard raise?
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saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>

UTG ($120.95)
<font color="#C00000">MP ($153.63)</font>
<font color="#C00000">Hero ($113.50)</font>
Button ($98.50)
SB ($340.47)
BB ($373.90)

Preflop: Hero is CO with J/images/graemlins/heart.gif, K/images/graemlins/heart.gif. SB posts a blind of $0.50.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP calls $1, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $5</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB (poster) calls $4.50, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP calls $4.

Flop: ($16) 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, K/images/graemlins/spade.gif, J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, MP checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $12</font>, SB folds, MP calls $12.

Turn: ($40) 9/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">MP bets $10</font>, Hero calls $10.

River: ($60) 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">MP bets $20</font>, Hero calls $20.

Final Pot: $100



Hand 3:
Hero has $100, LP covers. LP is 70/4. Edit: postflop aggression something like 1.3, so the river bet said "i just slowplayed my flush" but Hero said [censored] that I have two pair and you might have A/images/graemlins/club.gifQ
Hero (BB): 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif. LP calls $1, Hero checks.
Flop: 9/images/graemlins/club.gif, 8/images/graemlins/club.gif, 5/images/graemlins/club.gif. Hero bets $2, LP calls.
Turn: A/images/graemlins/heart.gif. Hero bets $6, LP calls.
River: K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif. Hero checks, LP bets $14, Hero calls.

[stu-unger]

1) i might c/c river against some villains, but i dont see any value in betting.

2) i like a raise here, i think we are ahead and i dont want villain pricing himself in on the draw.

3) looks fine to me, i think we see A &amp; K high flush draws betting this river along w/ bluffs enough to make this profitable...

[gol4pro]

check behind in hand 1

Hand 2 is fine-- raising turn is VV bad because you're easily beat and don't want to play a big pot.

Hand 3-- fold river as played. If you want to get to shodown, toss out 8$ and call it a block/value bet. Most people won't raise here with 1 pair (at least most passive donks won't)

[Dan Bitel]

Hand 1) c/c river, no point in value betting as not tooo much we beat is calling.

Hand 2) I think I play it the same way...some may argue you could raise turn, but his bet scares me after he flat called flop, it looks like he wants to be reraised, whether thats cos he has Q10 or K9 I don't know...but I like keeping the pot small here.

Hand 3) Looks fine to me, if he slowplayed the flush...so be it, but you see Acx enough here to make the call