Hero: mid-30's white guy. Seen by table as competent enough to fold an overpair to a shove OTF in a 3-bet pot (maybe I'll post the details of that hand, but I think it was a pretty clear fold). Covers V.
Villain: 20's Asian-American with Georgetown U. hoodie on. Sat down 1 orbit before this hand and had not made any waves. Talked about a previous day's game with another reg like he knew his way around the game. Stack: $280 (bought in $300).
NB the structure of this game, at Artichoke Joe's in San Bruno, CA, is very strange. In addition to 2/2 blinds in the normal spots to the left of the button, there is a mandatory $1 blind on the button. One cannot limp for $2; the minimum open is $5 and then bets must be in $5 increments (I tried to bet $11 into a $15 pot at one point and was told I had to make it either $10 or $15). Also, any player can declare any pot a "kill pot," which acts something like a straddle: the declarer buys the right to act last preflop and makes it $10 to open instead of $5. Max buy-in is $400, so the game plays more like a short-stacked 2/5 game than a 1/2 game. The structure is very advantageous to good players, because bad players still can't fold their blinds and thus commit even more money to pots preflop with range and position disadvantages than they would have to if they could just complete a small blind and check their option in the big blind.
OTTH:
1 limp ($5) in EP; folds to V in CO who raises to $20; folds to Hero in BB who calls (this somewhat tight and seemingly competent V had raised only one other hand pre, and I didn't want to bloat the pot OOP); limper folds.
Pot $40 after rake
Flop: 9
8
3
Hero checks
V bets $25
Hero calls
Pot $90
Turn: 5
Hero leads $50
V tank-calls
Pot $190
River: 3
Hero: ???
Lemme know what you think about the turn lead as well as what line you would take on the river.