Bluff-raise river against 2p2er?

[StrictlyStrategy]

2p2er is Kit. Not long ago he raised and I 3-bet and he folded on an A high flop. He just lost a big pot and I think he might be steaming so I try this.

He raises early and it folds to me and I 3bet QJs in the CO. HU
KTXr I raise the flop and he calls.
Turn's a 2 and he check calls.
River's non-pairing 5 and I can't imagine he has anything so I raise his river bet?

[PokrLikeItsProse]

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River's non-pairing 5 and I can't imagine he has anything so I raise his river bet?

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What hand do you think you are representing here such that a river bluff on his part makes sense?

[Tugg]

If he's steaming will he be able to lay down any made hand getting 10-1.Otherwise all you can get him off of is A high.

[SNOWBALL]

fold preflop
the river raise is fine
assuming someone is steaming can lead you to make significant mistakes, like playing this hand against a good player's EP raise.

[PokrLikeItsProse]

BTW, does anyone think that this would be a fairly normal way to play KQ?

[James.]

fold pf. maybe even just coldcall depending on the table. isolating one of the better players at the table(who just raised in EP) with QJs isn't a great play. the fact that he might be steaming makes me like it even less because players that are steaming showdown more, not less.

[AlienBoy]

PF: 3 betting with QJs is spew.

River: You're beat. Fold.


AB

[Harv72b]

He's getting better than 10:1 to call your river raise. Unless you're holding a chopping hand, I don't see him folding often enough to make the raise good in an immediate sense.

And I'd much rather be 3betting preflop with 87s than QJs.

[elindauer]

You have represented a strong hand. He has basically told you that he has a one pair that he thinks is mediocre. I don't know about Kit in particular, but 2+2ers like to bet / fold.

You hold probably the worst hand in your range at this point, which from a game theory standpoint is exactly the one you are supposed to bluff-raise. You're against an opponent who is capable of folding, so there is no reason to think that you can exploit him by bluff-raising less than optimally. Go ahead and make the "default" play.

good luck.
Eric