V: new guy, no reads

V is effective stack with ~$300

H dealt AKhh utg and raise to 15
3 callers (V in MP)
Flop (60): AT5cc
H bets 30, only V calls
Turn (120): Kc
I bet 45, V hesitates and calls (should I have sized up here? if so, to how much? merits to checking?)
River (210): brick
H checks, V bets 60 (at this point, I was convinced V had a set, and not a flush, but do I really have any FE here? especially since V has less than a PSB behind)
H?

FE? Why can't you just call?

He bet $60 into a $210 pot and jamming isn't gonna get worse to call

Just call?...

Call lol

Trivial call.

check turn?

For those saying its a trivial call, what hands call turn and lead river that I beat?

He didnt "lead" river. He bet when you checked. And you're probably not checking ant flushes. So he can bet most Ax 2p, and Kx 2p for value.

And you're getting 4.5:1..

+1

With your tiny bets and given it's live poker, some Ax that hung around, AT/A5s/KT and busted draws with cards like Q9cc/J9cc. Also he didn't lead river and also he bet tiny, kind of like you have been doing. You need to distinguish between this spot which is a trivial call and villain say donking out pot on river which I would just snap fold to an unknown.

+2

It isn't a question of whether you're going to be good the majority of the time. You're not. It is a question of whether you're going to be good 20% of the time. Given the lineup at the Encore, the answer is yes.

I just limp preflop in EP but that's me. Hand plays fine multiway in high SPR pots, otherwise we can limp/reraise if there's a raise which will work fine with this stack.

Thanks to multiple callers, SPR is now < ~5 which means stacks can go in trivially, and yet we're OOP and offered 3 opponents very decent IO of 23:1 (and also drawy board so we'll likely feel need to hammer, and perhaps even commit stacks by the turn). Not a great spot, and yet one that preflop will often setup. Seems like our flop sizing we were attempting to tow the line between not committing and committing, which is a meh spot.

I probably check the turn. The main draw got there and we don't want to be raised off our full house draw. Mostly calling and evaluating river.

Not sure why we're thinking about FE on the river when we have top two (are we planning to turn a hand that strong into a bluff?). We're getting a great price and there are some worse value hands that could be betting (AT/KT) and perhaps some busted draws, so probably a sigh call.

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Just want to point out that there aren't many sets available on this board.

AA: He would have re-raised pre, and only one combo left give you have Ah and another A is on the board.
TT: Possible given you raised from UTG, but would assume at least sometimes this is 3-bet from villain.
55: Probably the most likely candidate here, but only 3 combos of these left.
KK: Same as AA, unless he's like the world's biggest nit he will 3-bet this pre.

As played, it could certainly be possible that he has a set that he is now sort of block/value betting at the river. But there are some two pair combos you beat, you're getting a great prize, and although I like to make exploitative folds at this level, I would call here. Especially against an unknown.

If nothing else, it will give you good insight into how he plays for the remainder of the session.