25NL AJs Yuck Flop

[re84uk]

Villain is 76/0/0.8 over 63 hands:

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
6 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $22.55
Hero: $32.80
CO: $4.75
Button: $27.30
SB: $12
BB: $21.80

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is UTG+1 with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
UTG folds, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to $1</font>, 2 folds, SB calls, BB folds.

Flop: A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($2.25, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">SB bets $1</font>, Hero calls $1 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was $3.25)</font>.

Turn: K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($4.25, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">SB bets $1</font>, Hero calls $1 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was $5.25)</font>.

River: 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($6.25, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

Results:
Final pot: $6.25

What with him being so passive post flop, I was worried about him betting out. Raise the weak looking turn bet?

[china_hard]

His turn bet is very weak, reraise turn to $5 (this does give him bad odds to draw to a flush as he is so short stacked and you fold if it hits and he goes all-in) I'm more than happy to get a half stack in with this hand on this board.

[Transference]

raise the flop. since you didnt raise the flop raise the turn. since you didnt raise the turn bet the river.

[Doug Funnie II]

Flop should go something like, sb bets 1, hero raises to $3.50, sb folds, calls, or raises.

If he raises I'm likely getting out of here.
If he calls and checks turn like they do a lot in this spot then go 3/4 pot on turn.
If he weak leads turn, also raise.

As you played it I think you should bet $1.50 on the river. That will get called by a lot of Kx hands

[Nick C]

I wouldn't make too much of this guy's bet sizes. He probably doesn't really realize how small they are (he sees a lot of other players doing the same thing, after all [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]), and if he doesn't have a flush, maybe those diamonds scare him.

Still, bumping it up at some point (or betting when checked to on the river) does seem like a good idea to me. I think he'll have a worse ace or a PP or KdXx or 7x or 2x or XdXx a good chunk of the time.

And then, of course, sometimes you'll find out that what he was doing was making trappy bets with a flopped flush or a set or aces up [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]. (I'm saying I wouldn't be willing to commit my stack or anything.)

That said, I'll admit that I do what you did in this hand sometimes too. When I like my hand but am not crazy about it, sometimes I let my opponent take the initiative and control the pot for me with his small bets. And there are times when this is a good strategy, but I'm thinking maybe you have a little bit too much hand for this to be one of them.