10NL How would you have played this?

[0uTpLaYeD]

villan is 45/6/4


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PokerStars NL Hold'em Ring - 0.05/0.10 Blinds (6 handed)

Starting Stacks
Seat 1: Small blind ($14.35)
Seat 2: Big blind ($9.20)
Seat 3: UTG ($11.10)
Seat 4: LP ($8)
Seat 5: CO (Hero) ($18.50)
Seat 6: Button ($9.85)

Preflop: Hero is CO with Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif, J/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Hero raises ($0.40), Button calls ($0.40), Small blind folds, Big blind calls ($0.30)

Flop: ($1.25) 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, J/images/graemlins/club.gif, 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Big blind bets ($0.80), Hero calls ($0.80), Button folds

Turn: ($2.85) K/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Big blind bets ($1.30), Hero calls ($1.30)

River: ($5.45) T/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Big blind bets ($2.20), Hero all-in ($16), Big blind all-in ($4.50)

Final Pot: $17.95 ($0.90 rake)

Results not shown

[0uTpLaYeD]

bump

[RollTide77]

Given this guys stats you need to be careful when playing QJ. Usually just your Q or J alone won't be good here if you plan on calling behind so you want to end this quickly. I would probably RR the flop to $2 or $2.25 and make him pay to outdraw me. If he called that then I'm not sure what I'd do after the K hits. That's obv a bad card for you. I think simply calling the turn is bad. I would probably raise the turn and bluff having KJ and see what happens. If he calls that then I fold the river. As played, the river is a definite fold IMO. This guy is a calling station so he's not folding to an AI bluff and you're beat by so many hands.

[0uTpLaYeD]

you do realize that I hit a K high straight on the river, don't you? And not very many hands beat me here that are in his range, therefore river shove is for value

[davidyang]

Villain plays 40%+ of his hands. What exactly is his range? This might not be a horrible play b/c I think a lot of times if he does have two pair or something, he'll probably call. However, I think in the heat of the moment, I would just call the river bet.

[bozzer]

I think I would raise on the flop. multiway pots where you have a mediocre top pair and the board is wet are a nightmare though.

raise to:
give bad odds to button
give bad odds to cheaky lead with flush draw from BB (perhaps 25% of his range here)
value-bet vs dodgy top pairs and worse that BB is leading with (another 25% of range)
bluff/get free card on turn for pot control vs KJ, poss AJ.

calling keeps the pot smaller plus probably gets us a look at the turn, but I like staying agressive here, and you'll be in a better position than when the turn is slightly threatening, it's still three-way, and you're checked to.

on the turn i drop. you don't have many clean outs, and this is fairly strong stuff with the overcard coming.

river fine since AQ or clubs are unlikely, and there are a number of hands that level that call for $4 more.

[Doug Funnie II]

either the exact same way or raise flop depending on how I'm feeling about my opponent and the button.

[RollTide77]

[ QUOTE ]
you do realize that I hit a K high straight on the river, don't you? And not very many hands beat me here that are in his range, therefore river shove is for value

[/ QUOTE ]No. I missed that. Got distracted at work mid-post. I think the river is fine then.