Playing 2/5 at local casino on a Tuesday night.

V1 ($150): Bad regular in his early 20s. First time I play with him but have seen him around a lot lately. He bought in for $300 intially and is now down 1.2k or so after reloading $300 a couple of times. He got coolered twice for his stack, then made a spewy call with a gutter for a stack. This guy is passive with the bottom of his range and aggro with the top of his range. Never seen him bluff so far. He calls a lot of single raises pre-flop.

V2 ($400): Guy in his 30s. Sat at the table an hour ago. He donk bluffed the river with a pot sized bet vs me earlier. Besides that I havent seen him play many other hands. Looks pretty tight aggro.

Hero ($650): Has been playing very tight. Was card dead for almost 2 hours but managed to throw some bluffs pre-flop and post-flop a few times. Won a few pots before showdown and one at showdown. I thank/folded twice on the river vs 2 different opponents who both showed bluffs.

Pre-flop: It's folded to hero in CO who raises to $20, V1 in SB call, V2 in BB calls.

Flop ($60): J64 V1 and 2 checks, hero checks. I did not c-bet as the board was very dry and I not see any worst hands calling me besides 77-TT and Jx given my image. Also I would have to fold my hand if someone decided to raise me.

Turn ($60): 9 V1 bets $35, V2 folds, hero calls.

River ($130): 8 V1 bets $72, keeping $50 or so behind, hero? Dont see many hands bluffing besides a missed gutter, even though I never seen him 2 barrel bluff like that. He could be value betting a set, 2 pair or a better jack. Thoughts? Ty.

Hero's hand might help... I c-bet this board for value if we have TPGK.

AP, we have a short/tilty V and a hero who has a history of folding to river bluffs. Never ever folding TP here.

I'm betting the flop 100% of the time on this board.

Also, I am sigh calling a check/shove from V1 and check/folding (/shutting down) if V2 raises/calls

Oops hero has QJo.

1- Is there a leak in my thinking process on the flop? Its not like we are looking to get 3 barrels with our hand so a check is not that bad under this point of view, but I would agree that we are more likely to get called by worse on the flop if we target 6x, 77-TT and A high. I cant figure out why I thought myself into checking...

2- Is there any circumstances where a check on the flop is appropriate? Maybe if both V's have a high turn aggression when flop checks through or something?

Learn how to control the pot with your bet sizing. River is an easy fold. Never turn over the keys vs weak players. Cbet the flop your sizing is key.

And he's back. Seriously, ILCD, fold river? V has seen hero fold to river bluffs twice and is short and stuck. You don't think there's a lot of air and 9x type hands in his range?

I c-bet this board always unless I have top set. It balances my air c-bets and gets not much credit as everyone knows about c-bets, so it may be our only chance to get a street of value out of our hand.

Half-pot looks good with my whole range doesn't it?

@ Garick: Don't we want 3 streets with top set?

yes.

Hero is under repped forsure. But at the same time his bet sizing does not look like a bluff. Villain plays his weak range passive so why would he bet 70$ with only 50$ left. I'm not saying I'm right and you are wrong. I just don't like how hero played the hand. Given how he got to the river it should be a fold after 2 streets given that the only hand we beat is J10. Straight draw got there as well. He could show up with 75, yes or no?

Given V1's wide range pre-flop I'd say he could have 75 in his range.

Pretty much

Yes, yes we do. But with a dry board crushed like that, we are unlikely to get it. I generally hate slow playing, but if we'd flopped top set on that dry board, I'd go ahead and check flop in the hopes that someone catches up a little and/or becomes an unbeliever because we checked flop.

He could have Q10 as well. But we block that combo so I weight more towards 75 then maybe J9/J8 and Q10 after that. I seriously doubt this guy bets 2 streets with A9 or K9 and air.