Flopped trips - three flush river, I need a river line
 

Villain is 30/20 ish.

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
6 players
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Stack sizes:
Hero: $100
UTG+1: $146.75
CO: $230.05
Button: $257.87
SB: $121.01
BB: $98.50

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is UTG with Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
<font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to $4</font>, 2 folds, Button calls, 2 folds.

Flop: 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($9.5, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">Hero bets $6.5</font>, Button calls.

Turn: A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($22.5, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">Hero bets $17</font>, Button calls.

River: 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($56.5, 2 players)
Hero ???

Re: Flopped trips - three flush river, I need a river line
 

Wow it really looks like he was chasing here, but he could still have a worse nine (maybe? possibly?). I'm probably making a blocking bet here then folding to a push. If he's 30/20 he's building a pot with 5's right? The thing that's worrying me is he called again when the ace came meaning he's either drawing/not worried/ donkish. I'm still going with blocking bet/ fold to a push since people always show up with weird [censored] like AT, 9T, 8's.

Re: Flopped trips - three flush river, I need a river line
 

I bet. I think a flush draw is raised on that flop a lot by a guy with 30/20 stats.

If you have a loose image he might even be calling this flop with ace high.

Re: Flopped trips - three flush river, I need a river line
 

Yes... my standard line would be to block/fold here for ~$30. I don't see much that's bluffing here, so check-calling should be out of the question.

Re: Flopped trips - three flush river, I need a river line
 

I don't run into this problem a lot because playing this UTG is not so good. Then again, I don't play enough hands, so who am I to say.

I usually check here. If you bet out 1/2 pot or so you're gonna fold all the big ace hands because you're still repping a pig pair or that you caught the flush yourself. These hands may bet when checked to out since the river is a scare card. If he has a 9, I think it's more likely 89 or 9 10 which he will comfortably bet since you didn't like the flush card. Basically I think he'll bet with more hands that you beat than he'll call with, and I'm paying off a flush if the bet is about 40 or below. If you take this line, you cannot chicken out and fold. You'd be better off C/F. I want to keep this showdown cheap and get on to the next hand.

Re: Flopped trips - three flush river, I need a river line
 

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Yes... my standard line would be to block/fold here for ~$30. I don't see much that's bluffing here, so check-calling should be out of the question.

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AK &amp; AQ isn't stabbing at this? I think that's more likely than a flush don't you?

Re: Flopped trips - three flush river, I need a river line
 

I think AK/AQ calls more often than they bet, especially with an aggressive image like A5 should have In my experience, if they do bet with those hands, it's usually a little post-oak bet like $10-15.