NL50 AJo on dry board

[Womble]

Party Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.25/$0.50 Blinds - 6 Players - (LegoPoker HH Converter)

SB: $53.77
BB: $64.46
UTG: $51.71
MP: $20.41
Hero (CO): $48.75
BTN: $46.75

Reads: <font color="blue">New at this table so no reads or stats. Only scared of a 7 obviously by the MR - fold flop maybe?

On the turn he is betting weak so it makes me think he may not have a 7. River is even weaker so I have to call it, does a raise have any merit - dont think he would call this without a 7 right?)</font>

Preflop: Hero is dealt A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (6 Players)
2 folds, <font color="red">Hero raises to $2.00</font>, BTN calls $2.00, SB folds, BB calls $1.50

Flop: ($6.25) J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (3 Players)
BB checks, <font color="red">Hero bets $4.25</font>, BTN folds, <font color="red">BB raises to $8.50</font>, Hero calls $4.25

Turn: ($23.25) A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 Players)
<font color="red">BB bets $8.00</font>, Hero calls $8.00

River: ($39.25) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 Players)
<font color="red">BB bets $6.00</font>, Hero calls $6.00

Pot Size: $51.25 ($2.56 Rake)

[mertzo]

Valueraise river. Your ahead here so often it doesnt rly matter what he would call you with. Even minraise-foldtopush is better than just calling here imo, but that would be redicilous, just push =)

[homeslice]

I agree w/ mertzo, your ahead more often, raise the river...

[yntm3]

Can someone explain our flop and turn action? Is raising at one or both of these streets a bad play?

[corsakh]

Call flop and see what he does on the turn. For this price you can obviously afford to see him.

[corsakh]

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Can someone explain our flop and turn action? Is raising at one or both of these streets a bad play?

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A turn raise may be ok for value, but its pretty thin and you need a read that he actually has QQ-KK.

[dawade]

I'm normally calling the flop raise since he just raised the minimum and proceeding cautiously.

It appears as if we either destroy his range or we're crushed ourselves.

The good news is if we're behind, he did a terrible job of extracting value. I like the calldown.

[Womble]

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Valueraise river. Your ahead here so often it doesnt rly matter what he would call you with. Even minraise-foldtopush is better than just calling here imo, but that would be redicilous, just push =)

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What would he call me with? That is the KEY thing in this game! His line looks like a bluff or 7 a lot more then a J (doubt we see an A here much if so, its weak)

[cooker3]

I just prefer a call on the river.

[infinite_loop]

Hmm, I think the turn paints the picture decently well. Does he continue betting with just a J? I'm not sure that's true often enough. A read would be nice. But I probably just call down as well. Maybe 3-bet the flop against the right kind of opponent.