$55 NLTRN - river min raise
 

Against what villians is this a push versus a call/fold?

12 hands in. This guy had bad sharkscope stats which made me want to push, but the thing is he seemed to be playing ok. He limped a fair amount, but raised on the button once and folded to a reraise, which I find this happens rarely against bad players. Also folded to a couple cbets and definitely hadn't gotten out of line so far.

Is this enough of a read to not push here?

Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t10/t20
2 players
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Stack sizes:
SB: t1420
Hero: t1580

Pre-flop: (2 players) Hero is BB with K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
SB calls t10 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was t30)</font>, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to t80</font>, SB calls t60 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was t100)</font>.

Flop: T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (t160, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">Hero bets t80</font>, SB calls t80 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was t240)</font>.

Turn: Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (t320, 2 players)
Hero checks, SB checks.

River: 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (t320, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">Hero bets t240</font>, <font color="#cc0000">SB raises to t480 ...</font>

Re: $55 NLTRN - river min raise
 

I think you could have played this hand better up to the river. Pf is ok I could go with the raise or check. On the flop you need to bet 100-130. On the turn there is no reason not to bet, bet enough so you can easily push the river. On the river I am inclined to push as I think he a worse T/Air/one pair hand that you beat (ie AA/QJ)more then he has T9/J8/KJ or whatever other random have he might have that beats you.

Re: $55 NLTRN - river min raise
 

pf is fine.
bigger bet on the flop.
turn is a mildly bad card but you should still bet, there are now a lot of draws you're giving free river cards to.
as played i would 3bet ai on the river, you're going to get called a lot of the time by a worse ten which will make up for the time he has a boat or a straight and you stack yourself.