How did it finish?

13th made a pretty big mistake. Chip leader eastern euro min raises to 24k on 6/12k 2k antes two calls and I defend bb with Q7o. Flop comes 732r I check PFR checks co check button bets 32k I call PFR makes it 82k folds to me and I tank then rip it in for 280k total. I do not beat his 33. I just couldn't figure out what he could have for value in this spot other than 22/33. I thought he had enough 54,A4,A5 hand to justify it.. Talked to one of my friends who is a tourney crusher and he pointed out that while the value range is small no one uses that sizing in live play to bluff.

In a non Vegas casino for the first time in like three weeks. The games were good in Vegas, but are nothing compared to how soft the games I find elsewhere are. People actually folded over pairs in Vegas. It was sad

Good Luck dude, just read through the thread. Is the poker room you play at (full house poker) in Oregon considered a "casino"? Or do they get around the laws somehow by claiming to be a charity?

Thanks! It operates as a private club that sells memberships. Their status is decently similar to that of a country club. Non members can play if they pay for a guest pass. The owner of it basically wrote the city laws on gambling. There are some weird ordinances like not being able to play less than 4 handed and the club having to close at 2am, but overall it's the best card room I've ever played in. Only downside is the lack of big games.

Ugh running bad and making some awful plays lately going to take like a week off. Examples of both today was AT<98 on Ah7hJxTh7x vs this older Asian guy who was being overly aggressive. I opened over straddle to 80 got three calls. Checked to me I c-bet 220 into 330 got two calls. Was checking any non T turn behind. Checked to me again on turn I bet 550 he made it 1400 over caller folds I call with 1300 behind. He hollywooded then x/r turn I think it's a pretty easy fold. Like he was 100% calling flop with any guy shot. Instead my dumb ass called which is terrible because it left spr of like .4 anyways. so I could never fold river in case he had some Jxhh or AK hand which in that case I should jam or fold turn. And it's a pretty obvious fold. I did watch this guy pull some non sensical bluffs. So I'm sure he has some random spew here

Next hand was just run bad and I'm actually really happy with my river play. This is 5/T/20

Had 88 utg opens to 60 fishy guy calls I call both blinds call. Flop 8QQr check check check fish bets 150 I call so any Q can x/r. Everyone folds. Turn 9h check I bet 350 he calls. River 3h he leads 550 I flat he has 99

Results though are ugly stuck 4k on the day and just kind of beat up mentally. Think I'll relax for a while and grind some 2/3 when I come back to get my head right. I don't want to deal with any more big swings this summer. The 5/5 games are good down in San Diego where I'm staying so I can play those too once my head is right again

Have a bunch of free time being home for the summer and have $33 on bovada. Thinking about trying to grind it up from $5nl just to see if I can.

Played live a little today and lost like 80bb in 3 hours. This isn't a big deal but I did notice it means I've now lost 2000bb over my last month of poker . Still have like 17.5bb/hour wr for the year but this is brutal mentally. I feel like I suck. Plus every time I call light they have me now, I wonder how I ever got it right in the past

I feel lost right now in poker. I don't think I have experienced the abyss that DGAF talks about yet, but I think I'm close to it. I feel like I have a cloud over me right now at the table I just expect the worst to happen and then it does. I still want to play and am excited to go into the casino, but then I leave 4-5 hours later stuck 400-500b and am crushed. I'm sure others have run worse and I'm sure I have leaks (fix that I know I have leaks) but it seems like the fish can soul read me now. I just can't seem to get good boards or value no matter how bad my image is. At the same time I feel like I should be able to work through this. I'm trying to study more, focus at the table more, to take more time during hands, I'm just trying to hard to play well and losing a lot of the reasons I have crushed in the past.

I am usually good at generating action and getting conversations going, but when I'm so focused on my game my social skills are not up to par. I also feel like I usually have a really good intuitive feel for game flow and what is happening. When I'm forcing it like I have been I constantly overrule my intuition and make the wrong play. That said maybe its all run bad and I'll come soaring out of this a 10x better player than before. One can only hope. I'm going to post some hands from tonight with my thoughts. I know this blog isn't that popular, but if you do read feel free to respond and let me know how much of a donk I am

HH1:
Hero: Young blonde 22 years old looks 18. One orbit went by where I didn't play a hand in my second orbit right now. No matter where/who I play with I feel like people assume I'm some crazy internet kid and never believe me. (400)

V1: Bad OMC have told him like 5 times i can see his cards and is still flashing them to me. I have given up and decided it's his fault (275)

V2: Seems like a pretty standard middle aged fish, don't really have reads other than how he looks.(covers)

$2/$3

Pre-Flop

V2 limps from MP1
V1 checks his cards and has QhJc he limps
Hero looks at T7 in HJ and decides to isolate V1 raises to 15 (I have informed this guy I can see his card a bunch, don't know what I can do other than play my hand and feel bad)
Co calls
BB calls
V2 calls
V1 calls

Well that was a success lol

Flop (75)
A66

BB checks
V2 checks
V1 checks
Hero bets 45 with Td7d
folds around to V2
V2 calls
V1 folds

Turn (165)
K
V2 donks 60
Hero raises to 140
V2 calls

River (455)
A66K2
V2 checks
Hero jams 180

I made turn raise smaller so I could have enough left to jam good rivers like this one. I think he almost never has a 6 here playing it this way and is capped to Ax. I feel like it is a really hard spot for any A to call when they can only chop or lose unless opponent is a spazztard lag like me. The other option is to overbet jam this spot on turn and see if he calls. Don't know which one is more +ev. Imagine it is close since he does fold river sometimes. Guess i can just not bluff here too. But i love to bluff this turn card that makes my range so strong.



HH2

Same table I doubled up a few hands later with KJ on K52Q person claimed i counterfeit them on river when K hit. My image is super aggro, but since i won a big pot probably get some credit.

V3: This dude is playing terribly and tilting. Plays top pair super aggro and never slow plays anything. Because of this his calling range is lol weak. Was jamming super light frequently

Pre-Flop
Hero opens T9 UTG to 15
3 people including V3 call. I am first to act

Flop (70)
753
I bet 35 planning to barrel a lot of turns
V3 calls

Turn (140)
J753
I bet 80 he jams for 325 total. I figured he never had a set or straight here given reads. He could have some 7x or J7s,J5s,J3s. Think he can also have 86 and 98. Against that range I think I'm around 30-35% so i sigh call. Ran it in Equilab and I can't construct a range of his that I am ever worse than 30% against.



I am fine with pre flop opening think it is plus ev long run for sure. Flop c-bet is close but i have a prety ideal hand for it in terms of barrel cards and turn is the perfect card, against a very imperfect V. I thought he had plenty of hands that would fold turn, but he proably stuffs it too often for me to want to bet.

I have a bunch more hands to post tomorrow. I sucked pretty bad in a few of them and then got in some real marginal spots in others

HH 3
I moved tables and sat down at a 5/5 game, am super card dead not playing many hands.

V1: seems like a nitty tag, think he will spew OOP. Saw him make a pretty terrible c-bet then call a raise from utg on QJ9 with AK into like 4 players (~1500)

Pre-flop
Hero opens HJ to 25 with T9
Sticky player in button calls
V1 in bb makes 125 (bigger than usual sizing seems like he is trying to squeeze)
Hero calls
button folds

Flop (280)
963
V1 bets 140
Hero calls

Turn (560)
9632
V1 bets 375
Hero calls (may be bad but figure river goes check check a bunch and there are some implied odds to hitting two pairs/trips if I am behind)

River (1310)
9632Q
V1 jams for 850ish
Hero folds

Am I crazy thinking river could be close? I just don't expect people to do this with KK-AA often feel like they check call a bunch with that. He could have like QQ exactly, but decided to just give it up I probably play sets and 54 the same way so am calling plenty of rivers.

HH 4
Image isn't that terrible right now I'm stuck a little at the table, but haven't shown down any bluffs or lost on river showdowns.

V2: Sticky V who is to my left. He is a middle aged indian dude playing very passively. (600)
V3: Bad player who is donk betting to find out where he is at frequently (350)

Pre flop
V3 limps EP
hero makes it 25 with T9
V2 calls
V3 calls

Flop (85)
873
V3 donks 25
Hero makes it 80
V2 cold calls
V3 folds

Turn (270)
8732
Hero bets 225
V Jams for about 500 total
Hero calls



I almost overbet jammed turn for little under 2x pot. Felt like stack sizes put me in a weird spot where any reasonable bet was pretty damn commiting for him. Because of this I decided 225 was just as strong and should get as many folds.

HH 5
Vs same villain as before he has around 1350 to start the hand

Hero opens MP with 64to 25
V2 and two others call

Flop (100)
578
Checks to hero
Hero bets 75
V2 calls

Turn (250)
578Q
Hero bets 215
V2 snap folds

I think anything other than huge sizing on turn is terrible by me. Did consider check raising turn.

HH 6
Got moved to a the main game because it is a must move. Have ran kind of bad in it and stuck some have about 1200 in front of me both Vs cover

V4: Bad OMC who is stationing people with pairs
V5: Middle easter guy around 35-40 probably. Wearing sunglasses and looks like the bluffy type, but I haven't seen anything yet to show that. He did jam as a short stack earlier in a spot I expect him to be light, but no one called

Pre Flop
V4 limps Co
V5 limps BU
Hero makes it 30 from sb with AJ
Both call

Flop (95)
A83
Hero bets 55
V4 calls
V5 makes it 110
Hero calls
V4 folds

Turn (370)
A833
Check
V bets 160
Hero calls

River (690)
A833T
Hero checks
V bets 275
Hero????

Played last night ran pretty bad again got JQ in vs 54hh on JQ7hh and lost then lost 74dd to AQdd on K43dd. Did have one spewey hand I opened AQ to 25 two calls. Flop Q77r I bet 40 guy makes it 160 I call turn 8 check he bets 270 I call. River J check he bets 370 I fold and he shows a 7. Should have folded flop dude is never bluffing here.

I like your blog! It seems like you are getting calls down very light in a bunch of spots,nwhich means that your laggy play isn't working. I would suggest tightening up a bit and having it when they call off with a5 or a8, which should be a lot of the time. Fwiw, I found that looking superstrong doesn't have a lot of benefit as a bluff live, since most of the time people feel priced in and are going to call down, especially on the installment plan. Hope that helps and that running is going well.

Thanks for the response! I agree with this talked to my friend who is a nit (a good one) and he said the same thing. I am taking some time off right now to relax I feel like I have been pretty lucky in the fact that I hit those tournaments this summer before this downswing. Makes it a lot less stressful.

I think this is one of my two biggest leaks though I overestimate FE and then also overestimate their bluff combos on rivers. My A game is as good as anyone I know and my C game in general isn't that terrible, but sometimes I just have a brain fart and jam for no reason or call off way to light.

Wrote some stuff about c-betting for LLSNL http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/17...tting-1550652/

Going to be on LATB if anyone cares to watch

Looked like a decent game for 5-5. At least when I was watching you did not play any big pots - how did you come out?

Yeah the game was great and got better after the show ended. I came out of the game up like $20 was just pretty card dead the whole time. Played a 5/T game before though that was half PLO, half NL and ran pretty dang well so I can't complain.

Figured I'd update this in hopes of gaining mass fans. I'm back up at school now and on my way to Bend, Or for the teams training camp. Running wise I had to make a decision to take my fifth year or not and chose to give it one more shot. I've had a frustrating last two years of running, but still think I can crush this upcoming year if I focus. We opened up yesterday and I was our 6th guy, probably not where I should be at the end of the year, but for now it's a good start. Running around 90 miles a week right now and really want to help the team get a podium finish at NCAAs this cross season.

Poker wise I got a mini doom switch post Vegas, but have been climbing out of it. I am continue to study and improve which is fun. I feel like there is still so much more for me to know and love playing whenever I can. That said following the theme of the above post I am cutting back playing a lot the next few months so I get good sleep and don't lose focus on my athletic goals.

I wish I had some sick hands to post, but I think 99% of what I do is boring/standard spots where I get huge value or run a very easy bluff. Here's One hand I did play recently that was fun though

1/2

V1 is a ok abc tag. Isn't creative or very tough to play
V2 is a bad lag/station
V3 is a complete station and calls down super light all the time
Hero has a clean winning image and has been running well

Pre-Flop
4 people limp to me in BB
Hero checks A4o

Flop (10)
A97

V1 checks
Hero bets 10
V2 calls
V3 calls
Button folds
V1 calls

Turn 50
K
V1 checks
Hero bets 30
V2 calls
V3 folds
V1 calls

V1 is always going to lead two pair on flop and will open 99+/AJ+ for sure. He likely leads AT and 77 on flop as well so I am almost always ahead/chopping. V2 will pretty much always raise two pair+ on flop he is likely on a draw or Ax here. V3 had any pair and was easy to continue against. Taking all of this in I felt the best option was to bet turn as a bluff to fold out Ax and depending on rivers bet, check/call, or check/fold

River 140
9
V1 checks
Hero bets 175
V2 thinks for 5 seconds and folds
V1 snap folds

This is the sizing I would use if I had A9/97/77/99 for sure so I am not always bluffing here. I think I am basically free rolling this bet as no one plays back at me here ever and I get it through so often.

Sticking with running is the correct choice, you are in such an enviable spot and poker isn't going anywhere. Just play on Bovada every now and then to still be able to enjoy the game, going to a casino a bunch can't be optimal while training as hard as you guys do. Do you still have indoors/outdoors? I would love to hear more about some workouts and general training you do.

Quick update. We just had our second race of the season up in Seattle at the UW invite. The team won and I was our 8th guy in 24:05 for 8k. It's the fastest I have ever ran an 8k so I'm pretty happy with it, but in order to help the team win a title this year I still need to drop another 20-30 seconds. Cross Country has always been tough for me, but feel like I am steadily fixing some of my issues with it.The team is a really close knit group of guys this year so would be awesome if we could win nationals and upset Colorado (they are back to back champs).

I have only played poker two or three times since my last post but curious what people think on river here. Hero has been opening a bunch and has won most hands without showdown, the two times I did go to showdown had AK and AA and won. I'm sitting on 800-900 off my initial 300

V1 just standard bad loose player

V2 New kid in the room from Canada claims to be a low stakes Stars grinder. Doesn't top up instantly and limp calls from EP some. He has small 3b sizing and I don't think he is capable of anything thing tricky postflop. He certainly seems to think I am out of line

Preflop
Hero opens QT to 15 UTG
V1 calls UTG+1
V2 3b to 35 from button
Hero calls
V1 calls

Flop (105)
553

Checks Around

I really don't think V2 is smart/good enough to check an overpair here so he feels super capped to A high, V1 could have almost ATC

Turn
T

Hero thinks for a little and bets 55
V1 folds
V2 calls and has about 145-155 behind

I think I have a pretty easy time getting value here, the board is so dry and I am sure he thinks I am completely crazy/out of line

River (215)
6

Hero bets 115

I think I should be jamming river instead of this sizing. My plan is to make him think I'm polarized in a spot where in reality I am relatively linear so he will hero me with his Ax

Thanks for the response. I agree that focusing on running is going to be best, I only have one year left to enjoy and make the most of this experience. I redshirted everything my Freshman year so I still have indoor and outdoor left, which I am much better at than XC. Our typical week of training usually looks something like this (literally copying off my log from two weeks ago)

Monday: 8-10 mile training run followed by a light llift
Tuesday: AM: 30-35 minute morning run
PM: 8x3:00 1 minute jog in between
Wednesday: 11-12 mile Training run and a lift
Thursday: Easy 6 with strides after for 8 total
Friday: AM: 30-35 minute morning run
PM: 5xMile 4:50 down to 4:42 with 2:30 rest and a lift after
Saturday: Easy 6-8
Sunday: 15 mile long run

Total mileage with that is around 80 a week and during cross all of our workouts are on the trail.

Thanks for the training log and good luck.

Cool thread, just finished reading it. Gl in future.

Wouldn't recommend peeling OMC squeezes with 9To in future, especially when we don't have absolute position in the hand, unless you like giving OMC money.

Very cool thread. I was a 3:44 guy myself in college. Toying with the idea of trying to get fit again but it's tough not being on a team anymore! Would like to take another crack at sub 4 but it seems like a long ways away at this point.

Anyways, been a lurker for a long time but wanted to chime in and say best of luck with the grind and the running goals. I'll make sure to keep tabs on your results.

I played one year of poker as a pro/semi-pro and am not busto post!
So my results for the year will be put below this post my hours are way off for the tournaments played, but cash is accurate. In terms of BB/hr I crushed in terms of $/hr less so. I got some pretty rough negative variance in every game I played above $1/$2 this year, even when against the same lineups I generally crush at $1/$2. Not much I can do about that and it doesn’t really bother me. I have run so good for the majority of my life both on and off the felt I don’t think I can ever complain about negative variance. I want to write out some of my thoughts after the last year on things I have learned, seen, and believe now.

Things to have learned/know/do as pro

Talk at the table! I can’t stress this one enough. This is very easy for me because I am obnoxiously loud and never shut up, but it keeps the fish entertained and brings action back in. At the place I play there are two regs who openly will admit to losing a ton to me and also table change to play with me. They are two of the biggest whales in the room and it blows my win rate through the roof when they are in. Also it just makes playing more enjoyable, I actually really like those two guys and have a good time playing with them. Its way easier to not tilt when you are laughing and having fun.

Gamble! Or at least pretend do! Don’t be the stick in the mud dude who won’t do a blind flip or throw in a straddle or agree to play 72 etc. This relates to the point above but entertain the other players and make them not feel like prey. Sometimes small gambly things can lead to amazing meta game and long term action. I specifically remember one day when the game was dead I said winner of the next hand buys shots next doors and we all agreed 4 handed, I raised blind took it down showed some trash and bought everyone drinks. When we came back in one of the guys decided he wanted to have fun and started opening to 100 dark saying “I know Chris will call” and it turned into one of the best games I have ever played in, partly because I joked around gambled and had some fun.

Don’t loan money or take a loan! This one is obvious but we work in rooms full of degens, they often don’t intend do but will scam you. So simple solution is don’t pay them. On the flip side don’t take a loan, if you don’t have enough cash go home and come back later you do not want to ruin your reputation in the room struggling to pay some one back. I’ve seen it happen to winning players in the room and is not worth it. Selling action for tournaments or a huge game is totally different scenario and I’m cool with that.

Make friends with the floor/staff. Sometimes the floors just don’t know what the players perspective is or they make a mistake etc. often times if they respect you as a person and you speak to them politely about the issue you can begin to see a change (not always, but sometimes). It’s nice if you get preferential treatment for game selection and get even minor input into any of the operations.

Oversell your losses undersell your wins and leave your ego at the door. You won 1000bbs last night and made every perfect play awesome! Now tell everyone you ran like god and that it was pure luck. You ran like **** last night and lost a ton of money sucks, but tell people it’s because you spewed a ton and it happens then move on (don’t be the dude complaining about losses, people should think money doesn’t matter to you) Also don’t try to convince people you are good, tell them you are a pro, explain to them what they did wrong, use poker vocab etc. You want to by all means appear as a lucky fish. If you ever hear the comment that you always run good or are the luckiest player in the room you’re doing it right.

Manage your money: I need to work on this one a lot. When you are winning a ton it is easy to casually spend money quickly and not be stingy, but it sucks when you finally downswing and realize that even though you won 40k on the year you only have a role of 20k. I think managing the roll and letting it grow is so important, because you never know when some gold mine huge game could come in and you want to be able to play in it. Sucks if you see a 10/25 game where everyone is shoving blind, but you can’t sit it.

Be Honest to yourself! Don’t lie to yourself about your process, be honest about what your actual in hand thoughts were and if they make sense. Be honest with yourself if you are tilted and accept that it’s going to happen time to time. Be honest about what games you can afford and not afford. Don’t go busto because you want to be the sick pro crushing 10/25 when you have a 10k roll or something.

Study: Continue to improve whenever you can, talk to poker friends about hands, read good 2+2 threads, think hands over, and if you are willing to spend the time purchase memberships to training sites. Be honest again though if you will use the site. Paying $99 a month to RIO is super –ev if you don’t watch any of the videos.

Master 2+2: By this I mean learn how to find the good threads worth reading and evaluate the advice being given. Often times the popular threads are better content, but not always. I have found the best things on the site I have seen are in the high quality PGC threads and some of the wells like Galfonds and Limons

Have Fun and Relax! You are playing a card game with a bunch of other people for money, not saving the planet. At the end of the day it is just money and you should be properly rolled so don’t stress out over the losses or freak out over the wins. Just have fun and stay even keel. What’s the point of life if we are not happy so have fun playing and if you are not then stop and find another hobby or job. This game doesn’t have to be the soul draining mind crushing abyss that it can be and often is for a lot of people.

Anyways Merry Christmas everyone and a Happy New Years!

Played two sessions so far this week and had a few interesting hands, a few spew spots, and some standard lollivepoker spots. Only have two classes this term and then I will be done with school so have a lot of free time to focus on running and play some poker, with the stipulation that I always leave by midnight so I stay on top of my sleep. Also writing out these hands I am noticing two big leaks, overestimating people's competency and value betting too thinly. There are hands I played well/won that I chose not to include, because I care more on getting comments about hands I made mistakes on and can improve

Hand 1
Villain 1: A bad lag young kid, has sizing tells and is a station.
Villain 2: An erratic MWG who can get very out of hand when he feels like it
Pre
V1 opens to 6 from MP
Hero makes it 20 with AQo
V2 jams 105 total
V1 folds
Hero sigh calls and loses to AK

It is really dependent on this guys mood if this call is printing money or burning it. He had just busted from a tournament so i felt like he could be jamming any Ax/pair. Need to work on sucking out next time

Hand 2
V3: A bad 30 something lag player. He basically just hates to fold and spews really hard. Also thinks I am the mark in the room, heard after the first time he played vs me he was telling people he would love to play me in any game any day. Has a stack of about 330 I cover him

Pre
Hero opens JJ UTG to 12 and 5 people call
V3 squeezes to 72
Hero calls, considered a 4b but prefer to use position here he is light a lot and makes big mistakes post
Short Stack jams for 60 everyone else folds
Flop (Pot is 240ish):
333
V3 bets 95 Hero calls
I am obviously not folding here, considered just jamming and getting it in, but that would just fold out all his A highs and get called by his value range
Turn (Pot is 430):
T
He jams for just about 165
Hero calls
I took a sec to make sure he could have spazz here. the T is a bad card since I don't beat TT any more and if he has 99 he may slow down now, but I was never going to find a fold here
River:
Q

He rolls over AQ and scoops. Oh well happy with the hand

Hand 3
V4: An ok lag (guess a lot of lags play at the room ) who is somewhat thinking, can operate on level 2, but also gets obsessed with his hand strength and becomes overly sticky. This last read is important and proof I suck at poker
Pre
2 limps from people who l/f a lot to hero
Hero opens HJ with 87 to 16
V4 calls 16
Sb calls
Everyone else folds

I know a lot of people would consider this too wide and it may be, but I am pretty confident in my ability to make decisions post IP and basically never get 3b

Flop (54)
864
SB checks
Hero bets 30
V4 makes it 95
Sb folds
hero calls
Turn (244)
864Q
Hero Jams 180
V calls with 8d6d and holds

I am fine with preflop and flop c-bet. I need to just lay it down on flop, I got the idea in my head that I had good equity and could bluff hearts. If he is calling my turn jam this wide though that plan is **** and I should just give it up since I have plenty of RIO (note i will say this sentence again)

Hand 4:
Stacked up and covered the table after winning two big pots when I flopped a set and won stacks. V4 has 520 or so dollars starting this hand
Pre:
Hero opens to 12 utg with AQ
V4 raises to 40
Folds to hero who raises to 145
V4 makes it 305 (WTF is this sizing who doesn't jam here)
Hero snap folds

This was the third time he 3b my utg open the last two times over straddles. Folded the other two times, hate flatting OOP because of the RIO of the hand so decide to bluff. Think it is bad though because with the sizing I used I need it to work 70% here as a pure bluff, though I obviously has some small amount of equity when he flats. Think he can lay down TT/JJ/AK/AQ here, but AQ/TT he doesn't always 3b, AK he may just decide to always 5b (terrible decision vs my range but oh well) and he could still flat TT-QQ/AK which means I'm stuck with a weird SPR of like 1.8. In short I have FPS and need to fold

Hand 5:
My Chips are in a rack and I have announced that I am leaving after this hand

Hero Opens AT UTG to 12
4 people call including V4 (~650-700 I cover)
Flop (~60)
975
Hero bets 45
V4 calls
Turn (150)
7
Hero bets 90
V4 calls
River (330)
2
Hero checks
V4 checks
MHIG

I think I look insanely strong when I fire the third barrel here, his entire range that will call should be betting anyways (straights,flushes,boats, and trips) and I give him a chance to bluff if he has something silly like 64. Think he folds all his 9x on river if I bomb it. He is a station though so I could be persuaded that I should just bomb for 215 and pray he levels himself

Hand 6
V5 is a loose passive young Asian whale, but gets aggro with top pair+, is a huge station, and pays little attention to board texture
Pre
V5 opens UTG to 12
Hero Calls UTG+1 with KQ
3 others call
Flop
Q36
V5 checks
Hero bets 40
folds to V5 who raises to 81
Hero calls 41 more
Turn
4
Check
Check
River
5
Check
Hero bets 85
V5 calls with 66

I didn't bet turn because I felt like he had a lot of AQ and then other random Qx and I am not really afraid of many rivers. Felt like I didn't want to play for stacks here so just peeled my draw. River when he checks again I still think he has a similair range and that I could get value from the non AQ part. Reflecting on this think i should have bet turn and checked back river instead though. River bet seems very thin/inconsistent with my prior thinking in the hand.

2016: 12.5 hours +$132