V1 (600)- 35 yo white male, very loose, station
V2 (340)- 40 yo white male, tight
Hero's Image (290)- 25 yo white male, tag

Preflop (3):
Hero is MP dealt KJ
Hero raises to 10, V2 calls from BTN, V1 calls from BB.

Flop (28):
Q95
V1 bets 20, Hero calls, V2 calls.

Turn (87):
8
V1 bets 20, Hero calls, V2 raises to 100, V1 calls, Hero calls.

River (387):
K
V1 checks, Hero checks, V2 bets 180, V1 folds, Hero folds.

I play it the same.

I think flop call is fine IP vs. a station.
Turn seems standard since JT got there.

nh

So you are up against KQ/JT/set? V2 is calling PF from B with JT?

I think I am 3-betting this Turn with V1 calling the raise. V2 cant bet 180 OTR if he already has $130 in the pot ... would be $160. Get V1 to commit to the side pot before he see the River and get away. You 'only' make $50 off him but thats better than nothing. If V1 folds out, then his money is dead and you still have a decent draw.

If V1 folds the Turn raise then I flat and evaluate the River.

You must have a lot of respect for this guy if you River top pair and fold out. He cant be raising with Kx here, right? So you are squarely putting him on JT/set. I agree though if you know a player then stay out of their way. But I also know I wont get paid by him if I hit so I might as well get it in. GL

Sure V2 can bet 180, he started with 340, so he had 210 left on the river..

As described, V2 played EXACTLY like JT.

Turn call is okay. $80 more into a pot of $307 for a huge draw pretty much to the nuts, when you hit he has no FE.

Overall hand AP is okay. The only thing I would do different is raise flop.

I really like the way you played the hand. Flop is standard. I don't like raising the flop with such an awesome draw. I'd prefer if we had a low flush draw or JT or something. If we get it AI on the flop here, we're basically coin flipping. Why get into such a marginal spot?

No reason to get fancy on the flop when we know calling is always +EV. Flatting the turn is also good, because we have no fold equity (no reason to shove). We can just see a river and play it based on whether we bink or not.

Nh imo, I think flatting the flop is fine and raising is fine but you don't kind the over call behind you

I think raising the flop is actually pretty bad. The other player is described as a station. We are pretty unlikely to get him to fold (especially if, like most stations, he is usually only betting with a decent hand). I think its better to flat, given that we should be able to get good value from him when we get there.

I might raise the turn. I don't mind flatting. But a lot of the time, the repeat small betsizing is a hand that he is going to be willing to fold to a raise. I know, he's a station, so I would probably want some reads before I was willing to do this. But, for me, it has been a pretty reliable betsizing tell for a b/f.

I would obviously be less thrilled about raising with a player behind us. But he is likely to fold his whole range other than JT to a raise anyway.

As a default, if you haven't seen him take this kind of line before, you may as well just take the option you KNOW is +EV and flat.

Once v2 raises, I would obviously be pretty unhappy, but you can't fold. Jam the river when you get there. C/f when you don't.

Thanks for the comments all, much appreciated.

Vs average opponents I would usually raise this flop. In this hand I felt I had very little FE and constraining the pot size was a better play.

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