This looks standard but feels dirty

[AggJedi]

100NL on FTP, (no PT for a while, posting by hand).

Effective stacks are 80.

I had been semi-agressive lately, running in the range of 23/21/4 and stealing a lot of pots on the flop.

I had only been at the table for a few orbits, so I didn't have a ton of info on the villian in this hand. Our only history is I raised from the CO 2 orbits ago, and he c/f to my flop cbet after he called from the SB.

Hero is on the button with A [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]K [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

3 folds, Hero raises to 4, SB folds, BB calls.

Flop (8.50) 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

BB checks, Hero bets 7, BB calls.

Turn (22.50) A [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

BB Checks, Hero bets 18, BB raises to 55, Hero folds.

Standard?

[VPIP100]

yes

[capodu]

cant see him do this with anything that you beat, could be AJ, AQ that floated but villain doenst have it enough for u play back.

[ikestoys]

in pos i think checking is best here

[rakes.a.beach]

i'd play it the same way

[Wolfram]

I like checking behind on the turn. Betting gives villain way too much room to outplay us. As played, it's an easy fold.

[FishSticks]

Checking the turn does some good things for us here.

- Gets us to showdown cheap, which is fine with a marginal hand that is probably good but really can't stand any heat at all
- If he has a busted straight draw, he is likely to fire at the river since we showed weakness. He may have been trying some dumb OOP float in the first place, too.
- If the 4th spade falls, you'll have a good bluffing opportunity often.

As played it's a fold. I don't really think a turn a bet is *bad* or anything, but generally against an unknown I'll check back here.

[AggJedi]

For those who check here, whats your plan for a blank river if bet into. What about a 9?