$20/$40 hand
 

At the Borgata. not a very good game, I'm playing it with my friend before going to bed.

Preflop: Unlike what had been going on, 4 players limp to me. I limp with 8d7d, blinds check.

Flop: J 6 5 two hearts. Big blind who usually plays pretty conservatively but is on a huge rush leads. A loose overaggressive guy calls, and I call.

Turn: some blank I forgot. Checked around.

River: 9h. Big blind leads, guy calls, I raise.

Re: $20/$40 hand
 

is this not a standard freecard raise spot?

flush draws will stay honest here, and a lot of limps are only paired up on that flop.

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8 bets in the pot on the flop, closing the action, unraised pot = raise. You're probably not going to get 3-bet, and can take a very sexy free card.

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yeah maybe a raise on the flop is best. how about the river raise?

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That's a bad flop to raise. You want to call and make the turn action easier to interpret if it's not a good card.

Re: $20/$40 hand
 

raise preflop, especially if you're not on the button

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Unless BB is pretty passive, I'm not a big fan of raising for a free card here on the flop. On the river, it sure looks like the BB made his flush, I'd just call.

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raise preflop, especially if you're not on the button

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most def

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yeah maybe a raise on the flop is best. how about the river raise?

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Unless BB is pretty passive, I'm not a big fan of raising for a free card here on the flop. On the river, it sure looks like the BB made his flush, I'd just call.

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flop is a raise. given that the turn checked thru and you appeared to be drawing, I like a river call.

Re: $20/$40 hand
 

Call the river. The way BB played it it looks like he made a flush. The only worse hands that call you if you raise would be poorly played sets or two pair which don't seem likely give that the turn was checked through.

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what's the problem?

conservative types usually don't bet this flop unless they can bet/3bet... so trying for a free card is shady at best.

turn check is fine.

river raise is fine too. yeah the flush got there, but w/dumb LAG calling villain's river donk, you're getting 2 to 1 on your raise. lot's of 2 pair hands will look you up here.

its an easy fold to a 3town if conservative guy takes it there.