66 - playing in rr pot with no set
 

Villain is 17/11/1.68
Should Hero bet the river?

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BB: $53.75
UTG: $59.15
CO: $35.50
BTN: $24.65
Hero (SB): $113.60

Pre-Flop: 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] dealt to Hero (SB)
2 folds, <font color="red">BTN raises to $0.85</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to $2.80</font>, BB folds, BTN calls $1.95

Flop: ($5.85) T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 Players)
<font color="red">Hero bets $3.50</font>, BTN calls $3.50

Turn: ($12.85) 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 Players)
Hero checks, BTN checks

River: ($12.85) Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 Players)
<font color="red">Hero bets $6</font>, BTN calls $6

Re: 66 - playing in rr pot with no set
 

He called your flop bet, either with a draw or some of the board or maybe just over cards.

I think that you should just check/fold the river, seens you checked the turn.

Re: 66 - playing in rr pot with no set
 

But Queen could be a good card to bluff... Since Hero 3-bet preflop and checked the turn he is likely to have overcards and Q could help him. Moreover, Q completes some draws that Villain can be afraid of

Re: 66 - playing in rr pot with no set
 

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But Queen could be a good card to bluff... Since Hero 3-bet preflop and checked the turn he is likely to have overcards and Q could help him. Moreover, Q completes some draws that Villain can be afraid of

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Usually if you're going to bluff you want to bet more than half the pot.

Clearly hero shouldn't have bet the river, because villian called.

Re: 66 - playing in rr pot with no set
 

We don't know what Villain is going to do while we decide to bet or not to bet. Maybe he calls in 10% of the time and folds in 90%

Re: 66 - playing in rr pot with no set
 

What do you really think you're going to get the villian to fold there?
Also, it's more likely that villian had a draw than anything.
Sick call Kenny Tran says he had QJ, or dem pocket 7's.

Re: 66 - playing in rr pot with no set
 

Just call preflop, there is no need to 3bet this hand out of the blinds. As played, what incentive have you given him to fold? You bet weak on the flop, check the turn, and bet weak on the river. Do you want him to put you on runner runner flush? I think that if you want to bluff him out you need to bet bigger on the flop and bet the turn aswell but my opinion is that you should call preflop, and as played, bet more on the flop then give up when called.

Re: 66 - playing in rr pot with no set
 

Ty all for your answers
Ama, but why 3-betting preflop is bad here?
Villain has a pretty big range of hands that he raises from the button and that will fold to 3-bet or c-bet. If we flop a set it's easier to put all our money in the rr pot.
It's a kind of 3-betting light

Re: 66 - playing in rr pot with no set
 

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Ty all for your answers
Ama, but why 3-betting preflop is bad here?
Villain has a pretty big range of hands that he raises from the button and that will fold to 3-bet or c-bet. If we flop a set it's easier to put all our money in the rr pot.
It's a kind of 3-betting light

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Its turning a mid strength hand into a bluff in a rereaised pot out of position which can get really expensive. I would rather 3bet 72o here than 66

Re: 66 - playing in rr pot with no set
 

don't understand=((((
He's TAG, why 3-betting small pocket pairs against him OOP is bad? If the flop contains cards that are higher than 6, than 66 play exactly like 72o OOP in a rr pot( c-bet on the flop and if Villain doesn't fold, check/fold on all streets)