Okay so a bit about the history hand first.. I get a table change and pick up two black AA on my first hand in the BB with a stack of $480.

V on my immediate left (1k) raises to 30, 3 calls, I make it 150 in BB, he tanks for a minute and then calls, BTN (500+) calls too.

Flop comes 765ddd I shove 330, he tanks again for 2 minutes, all uncomfortable, says “there’s only one hand I’m afraid of and could be drawing dead” while there’s still another player left to act, and then makes a crying call. BTN folds. He rolls over KK with the Kd and the board bricks out, I win the pot.

V then proceeds to say that if the flop was 762r or something, he was 100% folding on the flop.

Around 15-20 mins later, I ($1k+) pick up two black AA again UTG and raise to $25, V ($450) calls in UTG1 and 2 others call.

Flop ($100): Jd 9c 4c
H bets $70, only V calls

Turn ($240): Js
H checks, V checks

River ($240): 3d
H bets $100, V folds



Nothing too interesting but I’m interested to analyze a few things here as this spot (top card pairing on turn and we holding an overpair) comes up often:

1) Pretty standard check OTT? Does anyone ever bet here?

2) Once we check, it’s so obvious we never have trip Js here. What would we do if V bet here? I really expected him to bet turn once I checked since it was such a good card for him and bad for mine, yet he checked. How do we decide against which opponents to x/c and x/f? Holding the Ac is worse for our hand.

3) Once he checked back turn, I was confident he had a FD or SD (since I doubt he would call a flop cbet with a worse pair second to act vs a snug UTG PFR). Should we check river to induce a bluff if we’re certain a bet never gets called?

4) Should we x/f a club river? I know it sounds too tight but based on history hand, it seems difficult to get value from these MUBSY players.

I bet the turn for sure. You can still get value from lower pairs and you want to charge any draws. And since we have the Ac, I would probably b/f the river if the third club came.

This guys' a ridiculous nit. Just realize that we're making most of our money bluffing him, not with thin value.

Check/fold the turn. He called a significant flop bet 4-ways. Had it been heads up you could continue on this turn, but 4-ways Jx is just too much of his range.

Check the river too.

check turn fine, not always checking river when villain checks back turn, cos J will have to start building a pot.

If villain is bet happy, I check river so they can bluff, if villain is station, take em to value town.

Problem is this guy has no hand OTR that calls my bet, no? Unless it’s some ridiculous QQ.

Unless he thinks you’re bluffing it’s highly unlikely that he will call 3 streets of value with a hand worse than yours on that board , I think you played the hand fine. Usually people post on here when they make a mistake, cause I see no real major mistakes, the questions you’re asking all player dependant so you would probably know the best answer. I wouldn’t say we obviously don’t have trips, if opponent is tight and doesn’t have a J he will fold everything, by checking you can trick him into thinking you’re weak and that maybe he can steal the pot.

You can charge 1/3-1/2 pot trying to get 9 or TT to call


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I don’t see this nit calling with 9x/TT OTF.

Then of course you can check to see if they will bet. I personally learn more towards bet than check, but it is good to do a mix of both