Hello all,
I'm not positive I misplayed this hand, but I'm writing to see if I'm playing bluff-catchers right on this board.
We're playing $1/$3 with $300 effective stacks and I think we're seven handed this hand.
Hero: UTG + 1
V1 (BTN): Tight player, not super aggressive but willing to put money in the pot when he has a good hand.
V2 (UTG): Loose player whom I've see raise PF UTG with hands like A6s, etc
Hero: 8
8
UTG limps to me, I raise it to $10 since the table is seeing very few players to the flop and very few three bets. My goal here is to fold hands like K9o on the blinds/button and to build a small pot if I hit a set. Folds to BTN who calls, as does UTG.
Flop ($25): 9
J
Q
Not a good flop for me. We check around. I'm not interested in Cbetting since it seems like there are a lot of hands calling 3bb that could have hit this.
Turn ($25): Q
A harmless card, but I check when it's checked to me since with three players I'm not sure this card is scary enough to fold for someone with T9 or Jx, etc. BTN checks too.
River ($25): 2
Total brick. UTG bets $20. I can't imagine the two helped, so I see this as either a bluff with a hand like AK/AT or it's a bet for value by someone who's trying to get a little extra money with a hand like TJ or T9.
Do I call here and look him up with my 88 or just fold and move on? Did I play too passively on the turn?