25NL - Rivered straight on paired board, villian wakes up

[Maple Leafs]

Not thrilled with the whole hand. Pre-flop call is weak, but table was loose so thought I had a decent shot of limping in without a raise. On the turn, I called thinking I could probably double up with a J and get away cheap on anything else. But the river action really threw me.

Villian is not in my pt database and I'd only seen him play for a short time, he seemed semi-loose but nothing unusual from him.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (8 handed) converter

MP2 ($24.65)
CO ($12.35)
Button ($19.40)
SB ($34.55)
BB ($49.95)
UTG ($10)
UTG+1 ($13.55)
Hero ($10.40)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
UTG calls $0.25, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero calls $0.25, MP2 calls $0.25, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Button calls $0.25, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($1.50) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(6 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks, MP2 checks, Button checks.

Turn: ($1.50) 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(6 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets $0.5</font>, BB folds, UTG folds, Hero calls $0.50, MP2 folds, Button folds.

River: ($2.50) J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets $5</font>, Hero ???

What does villian's 2 x pot bet mean?
- I just made a monster on the river?
- I had the 7 and now I mean business?
- I missed a flush draw, but the board is scary and I want the pot?

Can you fold this? If not, do you call it and showdown or do you push here?

[jjigglers]

I just call, and probably get shown a FH, but I'm a pussy.

[ahnuld]

call.

[HoldEmNewby]

I've seen people complete in the SB with just about anything. Villain could have made a FH with A7, K7, J7, or JJ (even AA or KK but these seem less likely).

I'm unable to put villain on a narrow range of hands. That said I don't think we get called by something we beat often enough to warrent a push. A call I think here is +EV. I'm not sure if raising is a +EV though I am open to other opinions. I think a push though is probably a -EV.

Like jjigglers I too am a pussy.

[Maple Leafs]

If we think the river made him a boat, should I have raised the turn? Or was I right to just call it on the draw?

[Dan Bitel]

maple leafs,

the call on the turn was fine

river should be pushed (due to your stack size)

in future, buy in full

[Maple Leafs]

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river should be pushed (due to your stack size)

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I'm not sure I understand this concept (I mostly play SnGs). I can understand pushing with a small stack in a tourney situation, but why would it matter in a cash game? Don't all my chips have equal value?

[Maple Leafs]

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I'm not sure I understand this concept (I mostly play SnGs). I can understand pushing with a small stack in a tourney situation, but why would it matter in a cash game? Don't all my chips have equal value?

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Poor form to bump/quote my own post, but would someone be willing to explain this concept to a relative noob?

[b0on]

Push river

[Maple Leafs]

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Push river

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Because my hand is likely good, or because I have so much of my stack in already?