I raise AQ utg, only BN calls. He's been pretty quiet overall but just won a massive pot in the previous orbit.

HU flop (5 SB): TT3
I bet and he calls

Turn (3.5 BB): 5
I bet because I could have the best hand if he has a FD and maybe he folds 66/77 type hands.

Is all this ok? I know it's not an exiting hand but I'm new to LHE and wanna make sure I'm plugging any possible leaks if I'm making mistakes.

Thoughts appreciated!

Completely standard.

Does he 3! 66 or 77? And if not, why would he ever fold them?

On the flop, what do you think your range's equity is against his?

He almost certainly wouldn't 3b 66/77. People don't do that at 8/16, nevermind vs utg raise. 3b here are always premium hands. Besides, I think 77 might prefer a 4-way flop to try to set mine IP, rather than duke it out HU vs utg raiser.

Yeah he might not fold OTT but you never know. There's always a chance. He's not beating much after all and betting at least gives him a chance to fold.

My range's equity is definitely ahead of his, although I couldn't give you a number. My utg pfr range is super narrow which crushes his BN calling range, and this flop offers him little help.

Have you tried running this in equilab?

Turn play comes down to a few things

1) Can we exploitatively bet thinner for value because we can fold to raises? Answer is clearly yes; you're always drawing dead when a player like this raises the turn, absent a read.

2) How loose is this opponent? OP doesn't really say, but I don't exactly expect a "quiet" guy to be in there w/ half the deck (which down-votes betting)

3) What are his flop tendencies? This is extremely important and OP has to know these things. I know players who would raise this flop w/ any pocket pair, any flush draw, and leave behind a range of hands that are polarized between garbage overcard peels (in which we still have the nuts) and Tx.

Essentially, if we expect this guy to carry a preflop range of:

22-99, A2s-AJs, K9s+, Q9s+, J9s+, T9s, 98s, 87s, 76s, A8o-AQo, KTo+, QTo+, JTo

Then our turn play is hugely dependent on what he's doing with 22-99, 87ss, etc. If he only folds A2s, K9s, Q9s, J9s, 98s, 87s, 76s of red cards and QJo with no spade and calls with the rest of it, then our bet is fairly even money and may opt to check. However, if he likes to raise his 77 on the flop, we can opt to bet for some thin value to get calls from weaker Ax, KQ, KJ, and draws that didn't raise the flop. If he likes to raise those, I bet here and feel good that I'm ahead often. Otherwise, I'll x/c, b/f, or even x/f to opponents I've a dead read on (though the player types who will only bet when checked to when they have AQ dead on this board are few and far between).

Also, OP, make Pro Poker Tools your best friend, so you can see the math behind your decisions, rather than just trying to copy what other players do. Obviously asking for opinions will get you better as well, but poker is a lot like school: have to do the homework and participate in class to really do well .

I'd bet call the turn as default. Then with information I may take a few exploitive measures.

a) check call vs overaggressive players.

b) bet fold vs value heavy players.

c) bet call even thinner to induce bluff raises from maniacs.

Never check folding vs anyone in any realistic scenario.

Never bet 3 betting vs anyone in any realistic scenario.

The river is kinda close depending on what falls. I suggest you do this:

and check out the turn and river scenario analyzer and try clicking the pie charts.

Unfortunately I only have an iPad at the moment so I can't run equilab

Let me know if there's any other similar software I can use instead.