Betting the river for value OOP or checking 3 ways w/ the nuts?
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Betting the river for value OOP or checking 3 ways w/ the nuts?
This spot comes up sometimes and I think I miss value on the river when its obvious only I have the nuts. I am playing a 1/2/5 live game and its a pretty short stack game, especially bc of the $5 straddle. I have about $600 and am UTG with Kd7d89 and I make it $15 here. In many games I would limp this hand UTG and rarely fold it. But I was starting to raise in these smaller games with hands, because if I open preflop and if I dont get reraised, I know where I stand as far as bigger ranges villians can have. What I mean is, villians rarely have broadway hands or AA KK hands because these hands would usually pot preflop with all the dead money. I am happy with my hand vs a lot of hands in this spot. Also, I know that if they dont have those hands, I can represent those kinds of hands in the right spot. Trying to play more against their range rather than my actual range.
Anyways, I open and get 3 callers and the flop:
Kh Th 6d
I lead out for $40 and get 2 callers. Villian 1 is an older guy with $500 and I have never seen him. He isnt bad but passive. I raised pre with AAT5 and the flop was T36 and he check called flop and turn was 2 he cc and river 5 and I checked backed thinking my 2 pair might be ok (or he made a straight) and he showed J733. And villian 2 has a small stack and is passive but will gamble his stack away.
Now the pot is $180 and the turn is;
8d
I lead out for $120 and get both to call. At this point, I dont know what they can have besides QJ and/or hearts. I am thinking of a plan on the river but I dont think I am happy with many river cards. Villian 2 has about $100 behind after the call.
Pot is $540 and the river is:
3s
Now I obviously have the best hand here. I dont think anyone else has 79 in their hand but I dont know what they can have here to call me. I discounted sets on the flop bc I lead out and I would think a set would raise on a draw heavy board, especially from a short stack. I cant think of any hands that call me but I consider that villian 2 can take a shot at the pot thinking I missed my FD and he only has $100 behind. I feel that if it goes check, check, villian 2 should bet here more often than anyone will call a bet from me.
I have 2 questions (and make any comments on my thought process anywhere in the hand):
-Should I pot the turn or is my bet sizing ok? I dont know if a larger bet is "better" but in this case, being results oriented, I probably should have bet $150+
-What is the best line on the river? Was my thinking ok?
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