PLO25: A8xx on K88A7 board

[Jurrr]

Hero is UTG with $25 and 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].

SB covers and is 42/0/0.5 over 19 hands.

Hero limps, 2 limpers, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($1.20)

Blinds check, hero pots, 2 folds, SB calls, BB folds.

Turn A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($3.50)

SB checks, hero pots, SB calls.

River 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($10.15)

SB checks, hero...?

Pot and call a shove? Check behind? Bet smaller and fold to a raise?

Is my line too aggro up to river?

[PokerGolfFiend]

i think u check river.

[Bavid Denyamine]

Um, there are two hands that beat you, and given his action there is no way you can put him on either. I'd pot and call a shove all day.

I think your line is fine. When I have trips like this I usually like to be the first one betting, because if I get c/r I can find the fold button more easily. As played, there's no reason to think you are behind. I wouldn't overestimate his 0.5 aggression factor, because that's total aggression and if he's raising pf 0% of the time, that's going to throw that number way off. Also, it's a small sample size.

Anyway, pot and call a shove. You should hope he has 8xxx here and get stubborn, or had 87xx and made a bad boat.

[Tartufo]

I don't mind a value bet here, but I really don't see the point of calling a push.
Also, at this level many players will slowplay KK, and if you do get checkraised on the river it will most likely be that hand.

[Haagen]

The problem here to me is that if he bets pot, the only hand that will call or shove is one that has him beat. I don't think trips can call here once the flush has been made on the river, and I don't think a flush can call here seeing as how he's pot it every street. The only hands that will call that he has beat are K8 and 87, or a total bluff/cr on the river. I'd probably check behind in fear because I don't think he can call a shove.

[Tartufo]

But this is the $25 game, right? If you bet 1/2 pot or so you can expect calls from trips, 87, or a flush.

[piiop]

Yah dudes its $25. You bet, he calls, you win. I'd bet 8.

[Bavid Denyamine]

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Yah dudes its $25. You bet, he calls, you win. I'd bet 8.

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[davalii]

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Yah dudes its $25. You bet, he calls, you win. I'd bet 8.

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[Jurrr]

I potted and called a shove and he had KKxx. I was left a bit puzzled - are third nuts NEVER good in this game?

I think the correct line probably is to bet $5 to $8 so that a flush or trips can begrudgingly call.

Not sure what to do when he shoves over the top of that bet... it could still be A8xx for a split or 8Kxx/87xx for worse boats...