2/4 To bet or not to bet?
 

Im new to pokerstars, so I'm not too familiar with the regs atm. Villain in this hand seems kinda bad and overly loose postflop, and sorta passive. HouseeLover for those who may knw him. He's been opening a ton of hands preflop so I 3 bet him because I'm ahead of his range and I can probably outplay him postflop if he calls. He called the turn bet pretty quickly FWIW. Do we bet this river? and if so, how much?

Poker Stars - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $2/$4 Blinds - 6 Players - (LegoPoker Hand History Converter)

SB: $685.40
BB: $1,101.15
UTG: $656.60
MP: $505.95
Hero (CO): $562.25
BTN: $99.60

Preflop: Hero is dealt A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (6 Players)
UTG folds, <font color="red">MP raises to $16.00</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to $52.00</font>, 3 folds, MP calls $36.00

Flop: ($110) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 Players)
MP checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($110) J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 Players)
MP checks, <font color="red">Hero bets $72.00</font>, MP calls $72.00

River: ($254) 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 Players)
MP checks, <font color="red">Hero ???

Re: 2/4 To bet or not to bet?
 

Sigh

Re: 2/4 To bet or not to bet?
 

This is a more interesting spot than the one you posted.

Re: 2/4 To bet or not to bet?
 

Hehe, just kidding. My answer FWIW is that you can't value bet this river. You may be able to turn your hand into a bluff by betting. But it's better to just check it down and not expect to be ahead.

Re: 2/4 To bet or not to bet?
 

so what exactly are you putting him on here?

Re: 2/4 To bet or not to bet?
 

i think betting is pretty standard here. $155

Re: 2/4 To bet or not to bet?
 

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so what exactly are you putting him on here?

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it's not that i don't think ur ahead a fair amount here. i just think it's way to thin for value w/o some history.

Re: 2/4 To bet or not to bet?
 

i check it. don't think there's much you can get a call from.

Re: 2/4 To bet or not to bet?
 

I think I check here. I don't think we are getting value from many weaker hands. Plus we get to see what he is calling with and you can start to get an idea of hand ranges for him (is this a valid point at all??!??!?!?!!). I expect to be good here FWIW.

Re: 2/4 To bet or not to bet?
 

I should have included this hand because it's pretty relevant to this situation I'd think. This happened pretty early in the session.


Poker Stars - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $2/$4 Blinds - 6 Players - (LegoPoker Hand History Converter)

Hero (SB): $397.60
BB: $138.10
UTG: $645.40
MP: $1,212.15
CO: $375.80
BTN: $415.75

Preflop: Hero is dealt A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (6 Players)
3 folds, <font color="red">BTN raises to $16.00</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to $54.00</font>, BB folds, BTN calls $38.00

Flop: ($112) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 Players)
<font color="red">Hero bets $77.00</font>, BTN calls $77.00

Turn: ($266) 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 Players)
<font color="red">Hero bets all-in for $266.60</font>, BTN calls $266.60

River: ($799.20) Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 Players - 1 All-In)

Pot Size: $799.20 ($3 Rake)

BTN had 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (a pair of Tens) and WON (+$398.60)
Hero had A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (high card Ace) and LOST (-$397.60)