AQ - block this river?

DoubleTwentyOne · #1 01-11-2007, 02:25 AM

5/10 Live
Hero $1200
Villain covers - no reads, I just sat down.

Hero raises to $35 with A [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]Q [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] from EP, Villain calls, 2 others call. Flop 4 ways.

Pot $140. Flop: 3 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]A [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]9 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
Hero leads for $120. Villain calls. Rest fold.

Pot $380. Turn: J [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
Hero checks, villain thinks and checks.

Pot $380. River: J [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
Hero bets $200...

Senor Choppy · #2 01-11-2007, 02:26 AM

Looks perfect to me.

FionnMac · #3 01-11-2007, 02:30 AM

i think he has the lone Kc alot of the time, so my natural instinct is to check-call here and induce bluffs and possibly value bets from weaker aces.

jlocdog · #4 01-11-2007, 02:36 AM

Seems pretty thin. Don't mind it but you definetly can't call if raised (barring read/tell).

yvesaint · #5 01-11-2007, 02:39 AM

standard but i would have bet the turn

DoubleTwentyOne · #6 01-11-2007, 02:39 AM

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i think he has the lone Kc alot of the time, so my natural instinct is to check-call here and induce bluffs and possibly value bets from weaker aces.

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Would he call a PSB with the stiff K [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]? He should know even if he hits, most of the time he's not getting paid. However, a lower ace would've logically bet the turn and shown down the river? The more I think about this, the more I can see villain with the AxK [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] a good % of the time?But a hand like that can't raise the river.

yvesaint · #7 01-11-2007, 02:47 AM

u guys are talking as if villain is a good player .......far more often u see a guy w/Ax or PP w/a club here hoping for a free showdown

jlocdog · #8 01-11-2007, 02:52 AM

Why, is dumping the 2nd nuts that clear a fold here? If so, do you think that you may be easily bluffed when scary boards hit?

And why can't he raise you here with the Kc. Knowing you don't have the nut card makes this a very opportune spot for a bluff and his bet that much stronger.

T-God · #9 01-11-2007, 03:04 AM

This isn't so much a block as an incredibly standard v-bet. Maybe bet 300 on river, otherwise looks good. Betting turn is better.