25nl interesting AJ hand
 

Full Tilt Poker
$0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em Ring Game
6 Players
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<font color="black">Stack Sizes</font>
SB: $23.15
BB: $24.75
UTG: $18.15
Hero (MP): $24.50
CO: $20.85
BTN: $24.90

<font color="black">Preflop:</font> J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($0.35, 6 players)
UTG folds, <font color="red">Hero raises to $1</font>, CO folds, BTN folds, SB folds, BB calls $0.75

<font color="black">Flop:</font> 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($2.1, 2 players)
BB checks, <font color="red">Hero bets $1.50</font>, BB calls $1.50

<font color="black">Turn:</font> 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] [A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]] ($5.1, 2 players)
<font color="red">BB bets $3</font>, Hero calls $3

<font color="black">River:</font> 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] [K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]] ($11.1, 2 players)
BB checks, <font color="red">Hero bets $5.30</font>, <font color="red">BB raises all in to $19.50</font>

What do you do here and why?

Villan is 30/10/1 over 120 hands

Re: 25nl interesting AJ hand
 

Pretty easy fold. He has at least aces up.

Re: 25nl interesting AJ hand
 

FOld? We don't fold! I insta called and took him to valuetown with his A8o

Re: 25nl interesting AJ hand
 

Raise the turn.

He may have a combo draw in which case you have him crushed and he isn't folding it.

The way you played it you're going to have a hard time getting paid on the river when a diamond hits.

I'd check behind on the river.

Re: 25nl interesting AJ hand
 

I think grifter is spot-on

I also fold to that river CR.

Re: 25nl interesting AJ hand
 

While I do not normally question pooh-bah's, I am not sure I like raising the turn. If I'm villan and am sitting on a flopped 2 pr or straight, I bet into the A-high turn, hoping to get raised and stacking Ax (where x = J,Q, or K) here. Am I off base here? Maybe I'm just seeing monsters and forgetting that this is 25NL (which is what I play).

And, since OP did not raise the turn and villan checks the river, I'm thinking this is a great value bet opportunity. His c/r on the river seems real fishy as hero showed no aggression on either the flop (just a CB) or turn. Seems real fishy. I think I become Mr. PayoffMonkey on the river as well.

Please, help me learn.

Re: 25nl interesting AJ hand
 

So many things could have happened there. With 30/10 he could possibly be on 78 suited hoping to hit and stack you, in which case he hit.

Anyways, I think your call here, longterm, is a bad one. He could have had alot of hands that beat you there.

Re: 25nl interesting AJ hand
 

Nice ride to valuetown, I couldn't make that call. I'm raising the turn to $11.

Re: 25nl interesting AJ hand
 

Horrendous river call. If I see this hand I make a note on you

Re: 25nl interesting AJ hand
 

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While I do not normally question pooh-bah's, I am not sure I like raising the turn. If I'm villan and am sitting on a flopped 2 pr or straight, I bet into the A-high turn, hoping to get raised and stacking Ax (where x = J,Q, or K) here. Am I off base here? Maybe I'm just seeing monsters and forgetting that this is 25NL (which is what I play).

And, since OP did not raise the turn and villan checks the river, I'm thinking this is a great value bet opportunity. His c/r on the river seems real fishy as hero showed no aggression on either the flop (just a CB) or turn. Seems real fishy. I think I become Mr. PayoffMonkey on the river as well.

Please, help me learn.

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Sometimes you'll be beat and all the money will go in on the turn if you raise. However you'll have up to 15 outs in that situation so you'll still win a good % of the time.
I think he's got &lt; 2pair here quite often and the primary consideration should be getting money into the middle.