Trips and middling kicker on a coordinated board. What range do you give to an unknown villain?

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Trips and middling kicker on a coordinated board. What range do you give to an unknown villain?

Blinds: $0.15/$0.30 (5 Players) BB: $30.00 (Hero)
UTG: $35.02
CO: $24.25
BN: $46.72
SB: $15.61
Villain 22/14, tricky but overall aggressive postflop
SB Is 42/14 and will stick around with top pair for far too long
Preflop ($0.45) Hero is BB with T J
UTG raises to $0.90, 2 folds, SB calls $0.75, Hero calls $0.60
Flop ($2.70) J 8 6
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG checks
Turn ($2.70) J 8 6 J
SB checks, Hero bets $1.80, UTG calls $1.80, SB folds
River ($6.30) J 8 6 J 4
Hero checks, UTG bets $2.09, Hero

How do we feel about a blocking bet on the river?

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Tir-X 4 years, 7 months ago

Would lead the flop with value. When it's multiway, coordinated and there's a fish, you're missing value checking coz the preflop raiser is gonna check it way too much.

River blocking vbet makes sense, I like it.

As for his range:
When you check and he bets he can still have some missed straight draws around the 8 and J and might bet an 8x but that's not very likely. His size changes this range a little bit though, the frequency of missed draws decrease as I believe he will bet bigger most of the times with those combos. So quite a lot of flushes in this betting range but with this odds it's obv a call, he might be betting those straight draws or an 8x, 99, TT sometimes.
When you blockbet he will always call with an 8x and almost always with a 6x, if you bet small enough, that's why I like the idea.

MatoStar 4 years, 7 months ago

Interesting idea of leading the flop.. given the fact that there is also a fish.. but how would you approach this spot if we would lead the flop, UTG calls, SB folds and turn is a brick card. I would say I would prob go for x/c since he might still has some draws and then x/f river (bc they arent bluffing enough)?

Otherwise agree with all.. and maybe I would add that vs 22/14 (not sure if you are playing 5max or 6max as a default, but if it is 5max he is definitely a nit, in 6max prob just a tight reg) I would consider folding this preflop.. yeah the fish called on the SB and we have position on him, but I would more likely call hands like Axs,Kxs,Qxs which may flop a decent flush or lower suited connectors just because of playability and domination

MatoStar 4 years, 7 months ago

imo, its even more of an incentive then.. I mean we are protecting mainly vs AK,AQ,KQ type of hands which are usually in a x/b mode esp with the fish involved and MW. Therefore not holding Q,K or A is just another incentive for us to lead, because his 2OC are always real

Mudkip 4 years, 7 months ago

Yep, think the same, just don't want put some wrong info out there when there are people more experienced than me around :p
Also 100% agree he is likely a nit and the fold pre option is there with the opener being a nit, it's got to be close with the rec on the SB.

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