$6.50 AQ tptk line check

[Sober]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

MP3 (t1500)
CO (t1480)
Button (t1710)
SB (t1480)
BB (t1320)
UTG (t1480)
UTG+1 (t1500)
MP1 (t1530)
Hero (t1500)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls t20, MP1 calls t20, Hero calls t20, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, CO calls t20, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t120) J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(6 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, UTG+1 checks, MP1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t80</font>, CO calls t80, SB folds, BB folds, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls t80.

Turn: (t360) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
MP1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t200</font>, CO folds, MP1 calls t200.

River: (t760) 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP1 checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: t760

Is checking behind here good? I figure no hands I beat are calling, and I'd hate to see a reraise.

[traedamatic]

I would bet the river for value.

[Draidin]

value bet river. if you thought your hand was good flop and turn, then it usually gonna be good on the riv. Especially with this board. the river card wasn't scary so bet. if river was a 7d or a 10 then that could look like it flushed or straighted MP1.

also, i raise preflop with AQ

[sence25]

I like a bigger turnbet of lets say 250-300 and I bet the river for sure

[Sober]

I raise AQ with 1 or 2 limpers, not with 3, especially without position.

I agree the turnbet should be bigger.

Are there really that many hands we have beat that are paying us off on the river should we make a near-pot-sized bet? I suppose KQ, QT, and maybe AJ. Then again, I guess I have to step back and realize that at a $6.50, people are calling with bottom pair all the time here.

[ADLinden]

bigger bet on flop, like 100, even a pot sized bet would be fine here,

bigger bet on turn

I think you can get some value on the river also

[sixfour]

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Are there really that many hands we have beat that are paying us off on the river should we make a near-pot-sized bet? I suppose KQ, QT, and maybe AJ. Then again, I guess I have to step back and realize that at a $6.50, people are calling with bottom pair all the time here.

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Yeah. People will call with all sorts of junk at this level. Value bet the river. Rest of hand looks good btw.

[RobGW]

I would just make a half pot sized value bet on the river. Lots of people will call you down with a Q or even a J. I wouldn't worry about a check raise since he hasn't shown any aggressiveness at all so far. So he usually has either a draw which missed and you are not going to get paid any more or he has a pair and is willing to call it down for the right price.