Live 3/5 NL - Thin Value Bets Inside

[PoppaTMan]

Table lineup changes a little throughout the night, but the general flow remains the same. Basically your standard loose/passive donk fest. Most hands have 3-4 limpers plus the blinds going to the flop. About everyone but one or two will raise their premiums PF. However, when I enter the pot, I am generally raising the 4BB + 1 per limper. It's doing a pretty good job of thinning out the crowd in most hands.

I'm pretty carddead for the entire night, but I'm still running at about 25/15. This is pretty LAG as far as this table is concerned. As such, my image is complete garbage. I'm trying to capitalize on this by making some thin value bets/shoves.

Let it also be known that these specific donkeys are playing small bet poker. If you've ever played live, you know what I'm talking about. A typical betting sequence for someone on this table is flop $25, turn $25, river $30. I'm not sure exactly how my betting style is viewed by them, but I imagine it might be kind of intimidating.

Hands are in chronological order, and I have villains covered in all hands.

Hand 1:

PF: UTG [$300] (very L/P) limps. I raise to 25 with Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] in UTG+2. Everyone folds back to limper, limper calls.

Flop: K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
Pot ($55)
UTG checks, I bet 40, UTG calls.

Turn: K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
Pot ($135)
UTG checks, I check.

River: 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
Pot ($135)
UTG checks, I bet 100...



Hand 2:

PF: UTG+1 [~$440] (More solid than the rest), UTG+2 [$200] limp. I raise to 30 with 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] in CO. Everyone folds back to limpers. UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 folds.

Flop: Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
Pot ($70)
UTG+1 checks, I bet 40, UTG+1 calls.

Turn: 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
Pot ($150)
UTG+1 checks, I bet 100, UTG+1 calls.

River: 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
Pot ($350)
UTG+1 checks, I shove for effectively 250...



Hand 3:

PF: Folded to me in HJ. I open to 20 with K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] . Everyone folds but SB [$300], who calls.

Flop: A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
Pot ($40)
SB checks, I bet 30, SB calls.

Turn: 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
Pot ($100)
SB checks, I check.

River: 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
Pot ($100)
SB checks, I bet 50...



Hand 4:

PF: Folded to me in MP1. I open to 20 with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] . Only BB [$470] (possibly a rounder, but plays too loose IMO) calls.

Flop: Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
Pot ($40)
BB leads for 30, I call. (Note: BB has led into me once before. I called. He donked the turn, I folded 88 on a Q high board.)

Turn: T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
Pot ($100)
BB leads for 50, I raise to 150. BB calls.

River: 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
Pot ($400)
BB checks, I shove for effectively 270...



Looking for comments on any streets in the above hands, even PF if you feel the need. But I'd prefer to focus on the bet sizing postflop and moreso on the final river bets. If you'd like any more specific reads on the players, I will do my best to provide.