Hero: Straightforward tight-aggressive player. Occasionally makes moves but usually just plays ABC. Has history with villain.

Villain: Good LAG. Plays live, online, and deals for some local home games. Has respect for hero's play, but is not afraid to make moves.

$1/2 NL home game (6 handed)

SB
BB Villain ($400)
UTG Hero ($500)
MP
LP
Button

Hero is dealt 55

Hero calls $2, MP folds, LP button and SB call, BB Villain checks.

Flop ($10): 37Q

Everyone checks.

Turn ($10): 5

SB checks, Villain bets $6, Hero raises to $20, folds to Villain, Villain calls.

River ($50): 9

Villain checks, Hero bets $30, Villain raises to $125. Hero?

Should Hero ever fold here?

no, you should never fold unless you are up against OMC and even then, i'd call for that price.

the argument is whether or not you should raise.

shove

he can have two pair and 33 enough for you to get value

Fold.

Call

I'd also raise preflop

why

your hand is no good

you have a long way to go

fold because your hand is no good

i know i have a long way to go to becoming good at poker, but i at least know you should fold when your hand is not good

you're suggesting jamming 200BB into a limped pot with the 6th nuts on a dry board where villain's line represents something, and we have no reason to think he doesn't have it

oh theres straights that i didnt notice

in that case youre right, shoving is bad

if we give him a range of straights, sets, and 2pair it's basically 50/50. no way am i ever folding but i agree raising is bad

Board: 3d 7s Qh 5s 9c
Dead:

equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0: 50.649% 50.65% 00.00% 39 0.00 { 5c5d }
Hand 1: 49.351% 49.35% 00.00% 38 0.00 { 99, 77, 33, Q9s, Q7s, Q5s, Q3s, 86s, 75s, 64s, 53s, Q9o, Q7o, Q5o, Q3o, 86o, 75o, 64o, 53o }


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74 games 0.042 secs 1,761 games/sec

Board: 3d 7s Qh 5s 9c
Dead:

equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0: 48.649% 48.65% 00.00% 36 0.00 { 5c5d }
Hand 1: 51.351% 51.35% 00.00% 38 0.00 { 99, 77, 33, Q9s, Q7s, Q5s, Q3s, 86s, 75s, 64s, Q9o, Q7o, Q5o, Q3o, 86o, 75o, 64o }


I didn't put in QQ because I think he never has it. I also think this range is too wide but he's in the BB so he could have anything. If he put in KQ we have 57% but don't expect him to have that too often.

He's a 'lag who isn't afraid to make a move.'

Needs to be some air in that range.

even more reason to call

yeah, i agree that it's a call.

Yeah, if he's BB he can pick up a lot of draws OTT to bet/call with a plan to check/raise bluff OTR. A hand like 4s2s has a ton of outs that just whiffed.

lol at this silliness

lol at you saying fold without giving a reason other than "our hand is no good"

42ss is a pretty hand that goes into the muck

If he knows what he's doing (and I would think that he does from your description), your range basically consists of only sets and flush draws. Therefore, I think you can take 2 pair hands out of his range. No point in raising with them. Its straights, air, 99. I'd be more inclined to fold here with the information provided. If you have some kind of read or history with V that says otherwise, that could change things. If he was a fish, i'd snap it.

Snap call or snap shove.

GET IT IN.

Based on villains description this is a super easy call. I wouldn't shove though I highly doubt you're getting called by worse.

Snapple. nh sir.

Hand reading FTL.

Get shown 86 like 80% of the time and call it a "cooler."

Or worse, jam into it and call it a "cooler."

LOL.

HU4ROLLZ?

LOL at this ever being a shove for value! If Villain is as described, he has to know we have a real hand on the turn and is absolutely calling with implied odds on the turn knowing he can check raise the river, knowing you as well as you say he does. Has Villain ever exploited you in this spot? Villain has 68. If you are calling, with the mindset 'I'm probably beat here', then it's a fold. Otherwise you're a fish.

I think we can rule out 46, he would have 3B the turn in that spot as well as never checking QQ and 99/77 pre based on his 'good LAG image' alone, and 99 is ruled out again on the turn. Don't see Villain ever calling your raise with 99 here and would absolutely 3B 77 if he'd decided to play a pair fishy pre. Don't think we can quite rule out 33 but he has to know you have a hand on the turn, otherwise he would have 3B with that also. Why check/raise the river with 33 when he could have 3B the turn?

He in all probability doesn't have a made hand until the river. His raise is 68 almost always. If he shows up with anything else (like 42ss) then your description of him is off and you need to reevaluate.

But to answer your question: YES.