1/2

Villain is a 50 yr old wg. Good winning player. Probably closer to lag than tag. Maybe a bit spewy sometimes.

Villain views hero as a winning player whose also on the lag side.

Utg limps
Folds to hero in mp who raises to 15 ($400)
Fold
Villain calls in CO
Sb calls
Utg calls

4 ways to flop ($60)

945

Check, check, hero bets 30, villain calls, fold, fold

Turn ($120)

945A

Hero checks, villain checks

River ($120)

945A5

Hero bets $44, villain raises to $115, hero?

Thoughts on all streets are welcome.

What's your hand?

Edit: I see, it's in the title -- JJ.

Dafuq is he repping here? I think I call just because his story makes no sense, and if we're re-on-reg, i want to know what he can play like this if it is a value-raise.

Villain could have anything here. After you decide to x the turn I would just go ahead and x/c the river.

The turn is mostly a brick however. It's unlikely you would c-bet this flop 4-way with AK so I would keep betting. You are ahead of all 9x besides A9 and can still get value from 67. If he flopped a set this is also the most likely street where he will spring to life. $60-75 is a good bet size.

As played I probably close my eyes and make a crying call but I'm not digging your line at all. The river bet is pointless after checking the turn.

I like how you played it. Preflop is standard. I might go a little bigger on the cbet, but half pot is fine too.

I also like the turn check. The ace is a scare card for villain. It makes it harder to get called by worse. It's also a card he might bluff. So I like a check/call on the turn.

I hate this spot on the river, but I often play it the same way. The small bet is exploitable, but that's fine at 1/2. You want to size your bet so that you can get called by villains nines, which make up a lot of his range.

Against most villains I'm folding to this river raise. At this level, most players (even good players) aren't turning nines into a bluff. So the only realistic hand that he gets here with that you're ahead of is 67s. But I think he'd size a bluff bigger. This looks a lot like value with a five or with two pair.

I didnt bet the turn because its hard to be called by worse when the ace hits. Plus, I felt very comfortable check calling the turn vs this villain, whereas if i bet and get called, im kinda just in no mans land by the river, and ill for sure have to check, and there are probably nonhands that work best as a check call on the river rather than a lead. So i check and have a weak range vs an aggressive / spewy opponent and i have to check- guess. Pretty much always have to check fold i think.

So anyways, otr, im def ahead of his range. Im looking to get value from TT and 9x. I did put floats in his range, but im expecting those to often bet turn, whether he has the A or not. And if they didnt bet turn with like AT or AQ or something, im not expecting them to raise river. Once he raises, I thought it was probably 5x or value or 9x that is bluffing.

I'm all for half pot bets on flop... Except when you flop an overpair with a hand like JJ on a board like this. Also, bet turn. Why are you giving 5-outers or more a free card when you're OOP? It makes sense if we can bluff catch a lot, but I don't think villains are likely to start bluffing when the ace turns.

Probably calling river as I view my small river bet as bluff inducing.

i much prefer a x/c here. i call this raise as well and expect to be good quite often.... really not sure what value hands he ahs here

His value hands are 65s and 75s but that's not many combos. I tend to think he just raised because we look weak. I'm calling and he's going to have to show me whatever this is.

Very oddly played by V. I like your line and I would fold to this value raise. I can only put him on Ax and sets. Can't wait to see results.

I called the small river bet and villain had AK