100nl - stealing the blinds, but I hit trips, what's my play here?

[kabouter]

Villain was 18/3 over 200hands or so, nothing too strange about him.



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5 players, seat 8 is the button

Seat 1: BB ($20.05)
Seat 3: UTG ($94.40)
Seat 5: CO ($31.40)
Seat 8: <font color="#C80000">Hero</font> ($108.75)
Seat 10: SB ($99.00)

SB posts small blind, $0.50
BB posts big blind, $1.00

Dealing to <font color="#C80000">Hero</font>:
9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img],T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

UTG calls
CO folds
<font color="#C80000">Hero</font> raises to $5
SB folds
BB folds
UTG calls

Dealing flop: (Pot is $11.50)
A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img],9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img],5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

UTG bets $5
<font color="#C80000">Hero</font> raises to $17
UTG calls

Dealing turn: (Pot is $45.50)
9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

UTG checks
<font color="#C80000">Hero</font> checks

Dealing river: (Pot is $45.50)
8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

UTG bets $28
<font color="#C80000">Hero</font> calls

Showdown is hidden

I figured he must have 55, but then again he could be limp calling with AJs too with stats like that. How did I play this hand?

[BombayBadboy]

Bet the turn. Putting him solely on 55 is very weak. He plays AQ and AJ the same probably.

[Acevader]

Agree work his stack in as best you can between turn and river. If he has A9 or 55 take it like a man [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[CruS]

Turn is your money card and you loose a lot of value from Aces by not betting the turn.

[Unknown Soldier]

dont raise the flop

[CruS]

Since you do have a pair
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dont raise the flop

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[kabouter]

I guess I represent a good hand, hence my raise pf, simply hoping to pick it up right there. Then repping the ace doesn't seem to strange, and I still have some outs if he does have the ace.

But I guess he would raise AK with stats like that, but he wouldn't limp with anything lower then AJ, so obviously pocket pairs are still in his range and maybe AQ/AJ?

Ah well I thought about folding, but called, and he showed 55.

[AggJedi]

Folding that river is burning money. Please bet turn.

[Acevader]

Raising this flop is fine as a semi-bluff every now and again provided you also raise AK, sets, etc in this spot. As others have said above you have to regard the 9 as a money card and bet it accordingly - from the turn onwards you are betting purely for value; you don't want a fold.

[JFsports]

Bet the turn, as played I'd shove the river