15/30 - Pocket 7's in the small blind

[SinCityGuy]

Good, live 15/30 game. It's my first time playing brick & mortar in over a year.

Slightly loose/aggressive UTG raises. He seems to play fairly well after the flop. Two calling stations cold call on the cutoff and button. I call in the SB with 77. The BB seems to be a solid, fairly tight player, and he calls.

Five to the flop for 10 SB's.

Flop: 8-3-2 with two hearts (I have the 7 of hearts).

I check, BB checks, UTG bets, both calling stations surprisingly fold, I raise, BB calls, UTG calls. BB appears to be on a draw, UTG appears to have two big cards (I think he would have 3-bet a big pair).

Three to the turn for 8 BB's.

Turn is an offsuit 5.

I bet, BB calls, UTG folds.

Two to the river for 10 BB's.

River: non-heart Q.

I check, BB bets, I call. I think this is a clear check on the river, but others might disagree.

[jfk]

There's little sense in betting the river. You're only getting called by hands that beat you. You might even get put to the test by a the BB who may only be able to win a good sized pot with a bluff raise. Do you want to face or call a raise here? Probably not.

Hopefully you induced BB to take a stab with a busted draw or he's holding something softer than a 8 or Q and figures your draw didn't come in. He could very well hold an unsuited A8 with Ah.

The check/call makes for an easier river decision. No need to get overly fancy and/or recklessly aggressive if you haven't played live for 12 months.

[luckychewy]

If you put him on a draw, easy call since more draws don't have a queen than do. I think when he bets if he is unimaginative you will lose to A8 or something like that quite a bit.

[3rdCheckRaise]

Well played. I check that river about 95% and call every time. BB will bet a lot of missed draws and also some hands that you can beat but will fold blown draw to your bet. I will bet it against some lunatics who will bluff raise me but those retards are hard to find.

[luckychewy]

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Well played. I check that river about 95% and call every time. BB will bet a lot of missed draws and also some hands that you can beat but will fold blown draw to your bet. I will bet it against some lunatics who will bluff raise me but those retards are hard to find.

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Agreed, betting this river against unknowns is nothx.

[stigmata]

I might donk the flop if I'm pretty confident that the laggy UTG will raise with overs, otherwise I think it's better to wait and see what develops on the flop. Well played.

[James.]

nh. i like it all.

[Smoothcall]

Well played.

[SinCityGuy]

He mucked his hand after I called on the river.