NL25 - Turned trips vs. TAG regular, What's your play?

[microDonk]

Villian is 21/16/2.7 after about 300 hands. I don't have any specific notes on him, which probably means we haven't clashed much, and that he plays a pretty straight forward game. He felt that my play in this hand was terrible, so I wanted to see what most people would do here. I will post my play, along with both sides of the argument after I see some replies. Thanks.


Poker Stars - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.10/$0.25 Blinds - 4 Players - (LegoPoker HH Converter)

SB: $17.05
BB: $25.25
UTG: $33.85
Hero (BTN): $31.75

Preflop: Hero is dealt (4 Players)
UTG folds, <font color="red">Hero raises to $1.00</font>, SB folds, BB calls $0.75

Flop: ($2.10) (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($2.10) (2 Players)
BB checks, <font color="red">Hero bets $1.80</font>, <font color="red">BB raises to $5.75</font>, Hero ????

[wildzer0]

I would cbet, but as played, push the turn.

[microDonk]

Yeah, I meant to mention that in the OP. I would cbet here a good percentage of the time. Put he was a thinking opponent and I had been raising the button and cbetting a lot, so I opted for the check here.

[wikemang]

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I would cbet, but as played, push the turn.

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[Capone]

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I would cbet, but as played, push the turn.

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[Khaos4k]

Push. If he's bluffing because it's a scare card your not getting any money out of him no matter what you do. If he's on a draw you want the money in before the river. If he's got a 9 that isn't A9 or J9 you want his stack, and he will gladly give it to you.

[wildzer0]

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Yeah, I meant to mention that in the OP. I would cbet here a good percentage of the time. Put he was a thinking opponent and I had been raising the button and cbetting a lot, so I opted for the check here.

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Checking's not terrible, especially if you think it's reasonably likely he'll raise your cbet here. I could go either way really (usually leaning towards a cbet). Definitely get it in on the turn.

[Capone]

Were ahead of him almost always here.

[Kasane]

It's not exactly a cbet here. It's more for value -- plus, turn is going to be a card you can't trust not to hit villain so often. Not like checking behind when there are few or no overcards to hit.

[microDonk]

Thanks for the replies. Good to see peoples reasoning as to why the flop should be a cbet. Wildzero hit it on the head though, in that I was worried he might c/r my cbet.

As for the turn, I obviously instashoved. He called with A9, and after the hand basically told me I should work on improving my game after such a terrible shove. Since he was a decent player, I figured I should at least look into it. His argument was weakened a little when he told me he would have folded a hand like T9 or 98.