Hi wondering whats everyones thoughts on this hand?


[converted_hand][hand_history]Poker Stars, $2 Buy-in (75/150 blinds, 20 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 6 Players
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UTG: 2,735 (18.2 bb)
MP: 2,156 (14.4 bb)
Hero (CO): 14,279 (95.2 bb)
BTN: 10,009 (66.7 bb)
SB: 4,346 (29 bb)
BB: 7,220 (48.1 bb)

Preflop: Hero is CO with J A
2 folds, Hero raises to 330, 2 folds, BB calls 180

Flop: (855) J K K (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets 376, BB calls 376

Turn: (1,607) 7 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

River: (1,607) 6 (2 players)
BB bets 1,071, Hero?

I would call. I think you have the best hand here most of the time. Depending on what our reads our on Villain, he could be defending wide 6max from your open. Certainly a King hits his range sometimes, but I think he would have checked raised you on the flop or lead the turn. Hes probaby betting a lot of rivers here with this board and given you checked back the turn. Also he probably figures you would also be checking back a lot of Ks on that flop in position.

The one thing im uncertain of is what hands are betting the river for value here and not a bluff. A weaker J maybe, and obviously any nutted hands but I think you would have known by the turn at the latest.

Yes got to call here - V can be valuing a weaker J or bluffing hands like QT T9 or random floats

Full houses and kings, but there are not many combos that beat us. Two kings are blocked for AK, KQ, two jacks are blocked for JJ and so KJ is blocked, so there is only one possible JJ-combo left, 66 and 77 there are 3 combos each.

That´s why I would call river too because I think in most of the times we will have the best hand. There are many worse hands like 6x, 7x, weaker J, 55, 88, 99, TT, busted draws or only hot air.

Call. One of the main reasons you check behind on the turn is to weaken your range and entice villain to bet the river with his whole range. Your range can easily include medium pairs and missed AQ/AT that might fold to a river bet. But you're actually near the top of your range with AJ here.

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i wouldnt consider folding if we actually beat some vbets.

This is kinda interesting cos most players at $2 level prob aren't value betting a Jack esp a weakish one which is most likely from the big blind. With reads a fold may be correct here.

What was your intention in checking the turn? Did you check the turn with the intention of calling a river bet? I think the hand is played well, but I think we have to call as I think that was the initial plan going into the river. I see you didn't plan that villain may bet this large, but there really aren't a lot of combo's that beat us and given the way the hand played out I think it's a snap call.