Hand 1. 4man final table. Villain seemed an okay player. Loose on the btn, tight oop (VPIP 34%, 3bet 12%). He has played fairly straightforward postflop so far and been on a passive side, although we're still early in the game.
So when he c/r on the flop, I flatted because I wanted to keep his bluff, FD and 6x in the range that might continue on turn - maybe smallish 3bet was better?
Turn is not the card I really wanted to see, but it gets interesting when he checks to us. Still, I thought betting this turn was a bit thin, since I might be getting value only from Ax and FD, which might fold anyway a decent amount of time.
River is.. well, what would you do here? His line makes sense for a flush or 6x, even Jx. I just couldn't see many hands I beat that take this line.. is this an easy fold, or would you sometimes call here?
Poker Stars, $30 Buy-in (20/40 blinds) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 2 Players
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BB: 2,660 (66.5 bb)
Hero (SB): 3,340 (83.5 bb)
Preflop: Hero is SB with K
K
Hero raises to 80, BB calls 40
Flop: (160) Q
Q
6
(2 players)
BB checks,
Hero bets 80,
BB raises to 240, Hero calls 160
Turn: (640) 6
(2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks
River: (640) T
(2 players)
BB bets 360,
Hero folds
Hand 2. Villain is a winning (but very leaky) reg at $30 reg speed. He's opening wide on the button (VPIP 88%, limp 9%) and a bit loose oop too (VPIP 56%, 3bet 26%), spewing monkey 3-betting from time to time. I've been 3-betting him quite a bit in this match (but much less in previous matches), and expect his 3-bet calling range to be reasonably tight.
The question here boils down to river decision. Flush draw missed, AQ and Q9 got there on turn (although I'm sure his 4-betting AQ all day), not much change for (most) Kx and now I'm beating KT, Jx now became trips.
Obviously my plan on flop and turn was to shove on river (slightly less than psb), but on that specific river I thought about checking too and kind of hesitated between these two options. The reason why I considered checking was that the only hands that might call are Kx, namely KQ, KT and maybe K9. Jx and better are obv never folding, and busted FD *might* be shoving when checked to.
I talked about this hand with many people and their opinions kinda diverged, although I was surprised to see that many of them were advocating c/c or even c/f on the river for the reasons mentioned above. I'm still thinking that might be too nitty, but am not quite sure about it.
Any thoughts and inputs are much appreciated.
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Hero (BB): 1,300 (65 bb)
SB: 1,700 (85 bb)
Preflop: Hero is BB with A
A
SB raises to 40,
Hero raises to 120, SB calls 80
Flop: (240) T
3
K
(2 players)
Hero bets 140, SB calls 140
Turn: (520) J
(2 players)
Hero bets 300, SB calls 300
River: (1,120) J
(2 players)
Hero ,