QQ on A high flop

[bigblackbuddha]

I have no real reads on villain, other than I have pushed him out of the last two hands without a SD so I feel he was itching to call me down to see my hand.

Can I bet this the whole way or am I just spewing to Ax? I feel like I should have just c/c the river, or is c/f better?

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Preflop: Hero is SB with Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Button calls.

Flop: (7.40 SB) A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, Button calls.

Turn: (4.70 BB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, Button calls.

River: (6.70 BB) 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, Button calls.

Final Pot: 8.70 BB

[mute]

Yeah, these spots can be annoying, but there's not much else you can do. His range includes a lot of Jx hands and weaker pocket pairs as well as aces. Check/calling is pretty terrible, because he is usually only betting when you're beat.

[counterspell]

this is fine. don't c/c river.

[Stealthy]

Betting the river is way better than check-calling. You should always bet here.

[bigblackbuddha]

Could I call a raise on the river? I can't see a lot of hands in his range that he would raise with that I could beat. Jx seems more likely to just call down.

[Stealthy]

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Could I call a raise on the river? I can't see a lot of hands in his range that he would raise with that I could beat. Jx seems more likely to just call down.

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There are very few hands that he will want to raise on the river. AJ will and 8x, 77 etc. For the most part you are bet/folding without a read that he can bluff raise as he will usually have one of the hands listed.