NL50 OOP set of 3's vs. possble rivered flush. Facing huge overbet.

[JROK777]

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
5 players
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Stack sizes:
Hero: $52.30
CO: $123.60
Button: $50
SB: $53.35
BB: $92.60

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is UTG with :3c :3h
[color=#cc0000]Hero raises to $1.75</font>, CO calls, 3 folds.

Flop: :7s :3s :5c ($4.25, 2 players)
[color=#cc0000]Hero bets $3.25</font>, CO calls.

Turn: :jc ($10.75, 2 players)
[color=#cc0000]Hero bets $7.75</font>, CO calls.

River: :2s ($26.25, 2 players)
Hero checks, [color=#cc0000]CO is all-in $110.85</font>, Hero folds.
Uncalled bets: $110.85 returned to CO.

Results:
Final pot: $26.25


My read on villian is that he is aggressive. Should
have I made a blocking bet on the river here? I thought it might be better to c/c. If I c/c, I keep from getting blown off the pot by a manaic villian raising 2 pair etc. I also thought I might give villian a chance to bluff. Any one call this river?

[We Major]

I'd pot the turn and fold the river. Bets like this are almost always a flush. I think if you start calling these you lose a lot more than you gain when you take the pot because he's bluffing.

I occassionally call down with position with middle pocket pairs on boards like this with the intention of bluffing the scare card so that I get some of this money that I lose in these situations back.

I'd be interesetd to hear what others do as I'm always tempted to call but I used to lose a lot of money doing this.

Also, if you call here you give him infinite implied odds in the future when he decides to call you down with a FD because he knows you'll pay off if you hit.

[brian8065]

You have to fold, unless you have other information, such as the other player likes to bluff a lot.

If he had a flush draw, 4 out of 5 times you win that hand. In the long run what you did was great, as long as you don't call.

[We Major]

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You have to fold, unless you have other information, such as the other player likes to bluff a lot.

If he had a flush draw, 4 out of 5 times you win that hand. In the long run what you did was great, as long as you don't call.

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What size river bet would you call?

You're laying him 2.4:1 on the turn on a roughly 4.2:1 shot. Theoretically, the most you should pay off is ~8 bucks given the odds you gave him on the turn...