Rivered straight w/ double backdoor runouts

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Rivered straight w/ double backdoor runouts

Blinds: $0.50/$1.00 (5 Players) UTG: $170.91
CO: $71.96
BN: $138.25 (Hero)
SB: $98.75
BB: $100.00
Villain 21/13/5.1 thru only 121 hands. Fold to steal 6/7 thru a small sample
Preflop ($1.50) Hero is BN with 5 5
2 folds, Hero raises to $2.50, SB folds, BB calls $1.50
Flop ($5.50) A 7 6
BB checks, Hero checks
Turn ($5.50) A 7 6 4
BB bets $2.61, Hero calls $2.61
River ($10.72) A 7 6 4 8
BB bets $5.09
Do you put in a raise here? Why/why not? If so, how much?

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RaoulFlush 4 years, 7 months ago

Im usually not raising this river. This runout favors the range of BB a lot and still the passive looking guy is betting after the one card straight and the flush gets to the board. This lets my alarmbells ring.
So there is a decent amount of straights and flushes that beat us now, so imo this raise would simply be to thin as i expect to get called about never from worse.
We might consider a raise with 9T and a diamond, but even then we have to raise really small to hope for a crying call of the lower straight imo.

cdubdiddly 4 years, 7 months ago

I 3X'd and he just called with KTdd. I need to hone in more on when passive players take these actions, i.e. the alarm bells. Basically, I didn't think he would semi-bluff the turn as a passive player (probably not a fair assumption in hindsight) so I put a lot more pair hands in his range given turn action and tried to squeeze out a crying call on the river from worse. This particular player profile would likely lay down worse, so it's not a play here.

RunItTw1ce 4 years, 7 months ago

I agree with RaoulFlush comments. Villain could be leading turn with AdXd or 7dXd. There are some two pairs in there as well. It's possible villain is sticky enough to call a small raise, but it's thin. Are you going to fold if you raise and he clicks it back for a 3 bet? Mostly just flushes that I would be raising the river with for a larger sizing and also bluffs AdXx where I turn top pair like AdJx into a bluff thinking it doesn't have enough sdv.

cdubdiddly 4 years, 7 months ago

Yes I would have to fold if he clicks it back...is this a spot where I ask myself that question and the answer is yes, I should be more inclined to call? Is that what you're getting at?

RunItTw1ce 4 years, 7 months ago

Being able to fold is important if you are raising for thin value. Would really suck if guy turned AdX into a bluff. So being able to raise fold is part of it and also being called by worse is the other part of it. I just don't see it as a very good spot in general to be raising.

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