NL50 (6): ugly bottom set, facing River PSB

[fooz]

Villain is 43/18/1.5/27 after 154 hands

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
6 players
Converter (http://www.neildewhurst.com/hand-converter)

Stack sizes:
UTG: $16.35
UTG+1: $64.45
Hero: $73.45
Button: $105.50
SB: $92.30
BB: $58.55

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is CO with 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif 7/images/graemlins/diamond.gif
<font color="#cc0000">UTG raises to $1.75</font>, UTG+1 folds, Hero calls, 3 folds.

Flop: 7/images/graemlins/heart.gif J/images/graemlins/club.gif 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif ($4.25, 2 players)
UTG checks, <font color="#cc0000">Hero bets $3</font>, UTG calls.

Turn: T/images/graemlins/spade.gif ($10.25, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks.

River: A/images/graemlins/heart.gif ($10.25, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">UTG bets $10.25</font>, Hero ?

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This is an easy call, right?

[Spleen]

ez call for me

[Zagga]

easy call. but why dont you bet the turn?

[payoff wizard]

Looks to me like villain has paired his ace and thinks its good. Given that you checked the turn, its fair enough for him to think that you flopped middle pair and failed to improve. Given his pre-flop raise from UTG, and his check-call on the flop and check on the turn , IMO not many hands in his range beat you. I'm raising this river for value.

[Brian O'Nolan]

Given UTG's short stack I think you should pot the turn... if he has a 9 so be it, but raising UTG it's probably not that big a part of his range. With full stacks you should probably be potting it too, or whatever amount such that if villain puts in a standard size turn c/r there's still money left to go in on the river. As played I don't think you can fold, call or raise depending on, ah... feel, I guess.

[GoadToad]

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easy call. but why dont you bet the turn?

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I would likely check here too (depending on whether villain seems to like to pounce on weakness) for pot size control with 4 to a straight on the board. If he does like to pounce all-in (are there still those guys at NL50) I would bet 2/3 pot to stop that.

[freedom18]

ur too tight djfooz loosen up a bit /images/graemlins/smile.gif