NL50: River straight and face big bet.

[slickss]

Villain is 23/0 over 32 hands.

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
6 players
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Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is CO with 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
2 folds, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to $2</font>, 2 folds, BB calls.

Flop: 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($4.25, 2 players)
BB checks, <font color="#cc0000">Hero bets $3.5</font>, BB calls.

Turn: T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($11.25, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks.

River: 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($11.25, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">BB bets $11.25</font>, Hero ?

Raising preflop was pretty standard and betting the flop was just a c-bet. When he calls it I am ready to throw it away.

I can't really put him on a very specific hand, but since he also checks the turn I'm thinking he either has a very strong hand (namely set) or something like a weak king or medium pocket pair. The river bet leans towards strong hand.

My question is, should I raise here? I don't think I'm beat. How much do I raise and what hands do I get value from?

[Machavelli]

stack sizes?

I personally call. Raising is going to push out hands like AK, KQ, KJ, maybe even KT. You'll also certainly get called by hands like QJ and any backdoored flush. I would expect to split here a lot too.

[slickss]

Hmm, I don't know where the stack sizes went. I think we both had about $50 before this hand.