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[bernie]

I'd check behind here. You have showdown value.

What's he going to call a river bet with? He's not going to fold a better hand or he'd have likely done that on the turn. Maybe, maybe an xTd, but even then he'd probably call given his profile.

Q-high, or something like mid pair(above the bottom 2 pair on this board), I might try a steal or VB on the end.


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[bernie]

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eric - in a 10/20 online game i'd bet this a lot, as you say, expecting to get called by worse hands a fair bit.

in my live experience incl. 10/20, ace high doesn't call here ever, but something like 88 does.

obviously the games are lightyears apart, however.

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10-20 online people go into callingstation mode with an A here because they're so afraid of being bluffed out. I'd be much more inclined to bet this online.

Live they aren't calling this with A high unless they are a major calling station.

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[bernie]

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would he ever fold A5?



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Not once he calls the turn.

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[James.]

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seems standard to me

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the house is divided 50/50 it appears.

must not be standard

I think a lot depends on what you're goals are (like James. pointed out). if you want to project a v-betting machine, loose image, then its a bet. lately i've been projecting a Bernie-esque, tight so i can steal pots on occasion type-image, so i think this should have been a check here.


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i think this is about right.

i typically produce a fast-playing, laggro image and i would have likely valuebet assuming(which is usually the case with me) that i would be called by any ace.

this is the trade off in table image, though. i give up stealing a couple small pots here and there so that i gain more value from my made hands.

if your image is as you said and you want to maintain it, checking is correct.