Idiot straight, question on turn

Posted by

Posted by posted in Low Stakes

Idiot straight, question on turn

BN: $17.35
SB: $13.45
BB: $10
CO: $31.90 (Hero)
This is villain's first hand at table. The exact hand before, while he was waiting for the blind, he probably saw me lose 125bb in a hand when I turned AA7x into basically a bluff catcher otb against slowplayed flopped top trips. There's been a lot of limp calling, and some very passive preflop play, as you'll have in these games. No reads on villain in particular as I have no hands on him.
Preflop ($0.15) (4 Players)
Hero was dealt 9 T 8 J
Hero raises to $0.30, BN calls $0.30, SB folds, BB calls $0.20
Single suited rundown, not much to say. I'll open it in fair relative position and won't be worried if I'm called multiway or really even if I'm 3bet, which will almost always be AA. (Almost.)
Flop ($0.95) 2 Q K (3 Players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.95, BN folds, BB calls $0.95
Flop an idiot wrap without the flush draw, but I think it's worth a cbet, and I get heads up in position against a likely draw. I'd say about half the people in these games will x/c flopped trips here oop. (It happened to me just the hand before. Wonder if it's wrong to be checking back the overpair with no good backup as I did last hand, but betting the medium strength draw here.)
Turn ($2.85) J (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero checks
Bet thin value, or check back with good equity but not the nuts? Am I wrong to think that, readless, I can check back here to keep the pot smallish? It's an easy b/f, I think, but I also think that the villain will almost never x/r, since I see it so seldom at this level, and I'm not going to know what to make of a x/c. So if I really only want one more bet going in, I'd rather know what the river card is first.

OR, is this a spot where we feel good about betting for protection on a board that possibly picked up a draw, although a draw I somewhat block?
River ($2.85) K (2 Players)
BB bets $2.85
I beat trip K, but not KQ or KJ, of which there really should be a fair amount if he has a K at all. I certainly would have bet 2 pr on the flop (and maybe turn) if i were him for protection on such a wet board, but I find that other guys don't push small equity much oop in these games, so it's still definitely in his range. I beat all missed flush draws turned into bluffs. I chop the lower straight. I lose to AT (seems reasonable: he might have been going for x/r on turn and led river to make sure he got value.) And, as stated, lose to boats.

Is this an auto fold readless against someone who's played the hand so passively thus far, or can I bluff catch? Thoughts appreciated on turn check and possible river call. Thanks!

Loading 5 Comments...

Be the first to add a comment

You must upgrade your account to leave a comment.

This thread has been locked. No further comments can be added.

Runitonce.com uses cookies to give you the best experience. Learn more about our Cookie Policy