Hi guys,

Been out of poker for the last year or two. I used to play 3/6 6max pretty regularly pre-UIGEA, but it's been a while and I'm just getting back into things playing some micro 6-max.

Villan1 is a straight-forward calling station who has shown that he's willing to call the river with ace high and sometimes even less.

Villan2 is a laggy player who has displayed a consistent pattern to overplay the river (donkbetting with air, raising marginal hands, etc). I haven't seen him raise with air, but I have seen him raise with marginal hands like mid-pair (I feel I have to call a raise if I bet). His WTSD is ~55 so while he calls loosely I think he has enough sense that he's not going to call with garbage (especially in a protected pot situation), he's probably calling ace high+ but would bet if checked to with a wider range than this (i.e. J-high spade flush that missed...he'd probably fold that if I bet and calling station calls).

I'm wondering about my river line. I'm torn between check/call and bet/call.

By check/calling I can induce a bluff from villan2 and hope that the calling station overcalls.

By betting I can sometimes get two bets from both (when villan2 raises a marginal hand that I beat) and the calling station overcalls, but of course there will be times when they both fold (where villan2 might have bet if checked to) as well as the risk of putting int two bets when behind. Given the fact I haven't been raised I feel pretty good about my hand, but Villan2 would be the type to wait to the river to raise most of the time when he holds a king.

I think check/raise is clearly wrong here because it forces the calling station to call two cold and opens us up to a potential three bet.

What's your play 2+2?

Thanks,
J


Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 Limit Hold'em - 6 players
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Pre Flop: Hero is SB with Q Q
2 folds, Villan1 calls, Villan2 calls, Hero raises, BB calls, CO calls, BTN calls

Flop: (8 SB) K 6 2 (4 players)
Hero bets, BB calls, Villan1 calls, Villan2 calls

Turn: (6 BB) K (4 players)
Hero bets, BB folds, Villan1 calls, Villan2 calls

River: (9 BB) T (3 players)

Hero...?

WB Jason.

Value bet the river. Even though with the read you might induce a bluff if the LAG has something busted, he'll probably check behind weak showdownable hands and you miss out on 1-2 bets in that case.

I agree with sharpie. I can't see which busted hands villains could have and the pot is 3-way so you won't induce a bluff often enough to check.