(NL 100) Folding Trips

[Marwan]

Villain is 43/24 over 100 hands.. I really wanted to call, his river agg. factor is like 7 (but only over 10 times sample)... I think I just played this hand bad all around.. just call turn? call river? comments on all streets welcome. BTW I usually never slowplay but I figure i'd let him catch up a bit.. we've been in a few really boring blind battles where flop is check/check and then he bets the turn and I fold.

Full Tilt Poker
$0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em Ring Game
5 Players
LegoPoker Hand Converter

<font color="black">Stack Sizes</font>
BTN: $90
SB: $158.8
Hero (BB): $185.25
UTG: $101.50
CO: $119.15

<font color="black">Preflop:</font> 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($1.5, 5 players)
UTG folds, CO folds, BTN folds, SB calls $0.50, Hero checks

<font color="black">Flop:</font> J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($2, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks

<font color="black">Turn:</font> J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] [8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]] ($2, 2 players)
SB checks, <font color="red">Hero bets $1.50</font>, <font color="red">SB raises to $6.50</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to $25</font>, SB calls $18.50

<font color="black">River:</font> J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] [6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]] ($52, 2 players)
<font color="red">SB bets $52</font>, Hero folds
Uncalled bet of $52 returned to SB

[MyTurn2Raise]

bet the flop and start building that pot

especially since most 43/24 guys won't expect you to bet that flop with a 7

[Marwan]

ya knew I should have bet pot and started to get some money in there.. what about turn/river?

[gir]

It's true. Bet that flop...I love that move, it's so obvious, they just can't believe you. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[carnivalhobo]

you should be betting this flop nearly 100% of the time regardless of your hole cards

[gir]

I flat call the raise on the turn. You want to get your money in with the best hands, not the 'pretty good' hands.
River, as played...It's tough. It's probably a fold though. If it were a smaller pot, I'd think differently. Unless you know that your villain is going to do that with AJ, I'll stick to folding (but again, don't inflate the pot so much that you won't call a PSB on river).

[Mcot]

Am I missing something?? EZ call on river, or even raise hes a 43/24.......

[Whisper]

Im so confused. What do you think you are losing to on this river? These guys love to bluff if your not showing any strength, i would just call unless uve seen him stack off without a stellar hand before.

[SilentNoise]

How did somebody say Hero isn't showing any strength. If anything Hero has shown extreme strength in this hand by 1) checking the flop - betting looks weaker 2) Reraising a turn checkraise - nearly always a monster.

I fold the river. I think 910 or a 7 which is a house is a big part of his range. If he had bet the turn I would be more tempted to go bust on the hand because he probably doesn't bet the turn as soon as he hits his straight. But the checkraise screams monster from him. 910 type of monster or 88..but he probably doesn't have an 8 since he didn't raise preflop. Something like J7/87/67/A7/K7. I think its a pretty easy fold?